Northampton director of rugby Phil Dowson and head coach Sam Vesty spotted that Freeman’s “mental state wasn’t in the best spot”.

Les Bleus scored eight tries to return to the top of the Six Nations table.

It was particularly timely for embattled Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend, who had come under intense pressure after a grim 18-15 defeat by Italy.

This setback in the Eternal City sparked renewed calls for the long-serving 52-year-old to quit or be sacked.

The France-based duo return to Gregor Townsend’s group for the first time since last year’s championship.

Hansen sat out Saturday’s 42-27 loss to title rivals France because of a quad strain.

Ducrot recently won a Grammy for co-writing SZA's song Saturn in the Best R&B Song category

The interim boss has targeted an improved performance after the narrow defeat of England.

Simon Easterby’s Ireland are due at Murrayfield on Sunday afternoon.

Tries from Jamison Gibson-Park, Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne and Dan Sheehan secured a comeback success in Dublin.

The Leeds-born 37-year-old won his 100th England cap in the 23-22 win over Ireland on March 9th

The 31-year-old will hang up his boots after Saturday’s game against Italy.

The loss will raise questions about coach Gregor Townsend.

The 28-year-old moved within one of Stuart Hogg at the top of the Scots’ all-time try-scoring list.

Les Bleus had won 45 of their previous 48 matches against the Azzurri.

The 24-year-old was elevated to first-choice fly-half following Johnny Sexton’s retirement after the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Ireland return to the Aviva Stadium for the first time since the Rugby World Cup.

The 25-year-old made his international debut in the first match of the Andy Farrell era.

Ireland’s bonus-point success was their largest winning margin away to France.

Centre Garry Ringrose misses out due to a shoulder issue.