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2017 Six Nations: Round three team news

The starting XVs and squads for the fixtures in Edinburgh, Dublin and London

George North is back in the saddle for Wales’s trip to Edinburgh. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty

Fri Feb 24 2017 - 13:26

Scotland v Wales, Murrayfield, Saturday February 25th, 2.25pm ko

SCOTLAND: Stuart Hogg; Tom Seymour, Huw Jones, Alex Dunbar, Tim Visser; Finn Russell, Alistair Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson; Richie Gray, Jonny Gray; John Barclay, John Hardie, Ryan Wilson. Replacements: Ross Ford, Allan Dell, Simon Berghan, Tim Swinson, Hamish Watson, Henry Pyrgos, Duncan Weir, Mark Bennett.

WALES: Leigh Halfpenny; George North, Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, Liam Williams; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis; Jake Ball, Alun Wyn Jones; Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric, Ross Moriarty.

Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Nicky Smith, Samson Lee, Luke Charteris, Taulupe Faletau, Gareth Davies, Sam Davies, Jamie Roberts.

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Ireland v France, Aviva Stadium, Saturday February 25th, 4.50pm ko

IRELAND: R Kearney; K Earls, G Ringrose, R Henshaw, S Zebo; J Sexton, C Murray; J McGrath, R Best (capt), T Furlong, D Ryan, D Toner, CJ Stander, S O'Brien, J Heaslip. Replacements: N Scannell, C Healy, J Ryan, I Henderson, P O'Mahony, K Marmion, P Jackson, A Trimble.

FRANCE: Scott Spedding; Yoann Huget, Remi Lamerat, Gael Fickou, Noa Nakaitaci; Camille Lopez, Baptiste Serin; Curil Baille, Guilhem Guirado (captain), Rabah Slimani, Sebastien Vahaamahina; Yoann Maestri; Bernard Le Roux, Kevin Gourdon, Louis Picamoles. Replacements: Christopher Tolofua, Uini Atonio, Eddy Ben Arous, Julien Le Devedec, Charles Ollivon, Maxime Machenaud, Henry Chavancy, Djibril Camara.

England v Italy, Twickenham, Sunday February 26th, 3.0pm ko

ENGLAND: Mike Brown; Jonny May, Ben Te'o, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly; George Ford, Danny Care; Nathan Hughes, James Haskell, Maro Itoje, Courtney Lawes, Joe Launchbury, Dan Cole, Dylan Hartley (captain), Joe Marler. Replacements: Jamie George, Mako Vunipola, Kyle Sinckler, Tom Wood, 20-Jack Clifford, Ben Youngs, Henry Slade, Jack Nowell.

ITALY: Edoardo Padovani; Giulio Bisegni, Michele Campagnaro, Luke McLean, Giovanbattista Venditti; Tommaso Allan, Edoardo Gori; Andrea Lovotti, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Lorenzo Cittadini; Marco Fuser, Dries Van Schalkwyk; Braam Steyn, Simone Favaro, Sergio Parisse. Replacements: Ornel Gega, Michele Rizzo, Pietro Ceccarelli, George Biagi, Maxime Mbanda, Giorgio Bronzini, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Benvenuti.

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