Two years since his last Six Nations appearance, Louis Rees-Zammit is back and says "there's no bigger game'" than England against Wales.

Wing Tom Bowen has scored seven tries for Cardiff and was joined by centre Steffan Emanuel at Ulster, Scarlets fly-half Carwyn Leggatt-Jones started at Benetton while Evan Minto was an unused replacement for Dragons at Ospreys.

Pubs can stay open until 2am for quarter-finals starting at 10pm, and until 1am for knockout matches starting at or before 9pm.

Wales are in talks over a pre-World Cup friendly against England's group rivals Ghana.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, assistant coach Danny Wilson said the coaches have been hugely impressed with the players in training, insisting they are building towards causing an upset at some stage.

World Rugby has released the fixtures for the 2027 World Cup in Australia. The tournament has been expanded and the pool stages will be played over three successive weekends leading into a new round of 16 knockout stage.

Following England’s announcement of their 23-man squad to face Wales on Saturday in the Six Nations, here are our five key takeaways from Steve Borthwick’s selection.