joe schmidt will be without three irish lions players when his side take on wales on saturday.s was always going to come back in at number eight, given his return to fitness and the injury to sam simmonds. apart from that, the boss eddiejones has gone with the same 15 that grafted past wales last time out, a sign that england are settled and confident as they look to make it three wins from three this six nations. but how england go about things at murrayfield, a fortnight ago jones and the players piled the pressure on the young wales fly—half rhys patchell. this time in their sights as the scotland playmaker finn russell, who has had a shaky start of the campaign. he is a world—class player, you know? he went on a lions tour. he did some fantastic things in the france game and we have to defend him very closely. it is a small country, batting above its weight. i am sure we will feel that on saturday and we got to be up for it. this morning i spoke to them about the honour of being able to play in the calcutta cup. it is one of the most historic games in the rugby calendar. th

joe schmidt will be without three irish lions players when his side take on wales on saturday. make his first six nations start in the front row. james ryan also replaces iain henderson in the pack. with robbie henshaw ruled out, bundee aki finds himself the more experienced test centre this time around. chris farrell will also make his six nations debut. i have been talking to chris farrell for three or four years. i have been talking to chris farrell forthree orfouryears. he has i have been talking to chris farrell for three or four years. he has been a long—term project. but he did really well against argentina. so, yes, we are short on expert —— experience. we welcome back three lions and see three disappear so it is not ideal but at the same time, if you want to learn, what better environment than what will be a really white hot atmosphere on saturday. some of the other stories now. eddie van hoof has been dismissed from his post with british gymnastics. he was initially suspended as men's head national coach towards last year. following a subsequent investigation gymnasti

joe schmidt has spoken about the professionalism needed to win this competition and that is what irelande, england‘s players and head coach eddiejones were england‘s players and head coach eddie jones were reluctant england‘s players and head coach eddiejones were reluctant to talk too much about wales but that has all changed in the past 48 hours. after naming his same for the weekend clash, two changes, danny ca re weekend clash, two changes, danny care and jonathan joseph starting, jones started to crank the pressure upon the world. he said many of their young players may struggle to handle the occasion at twickenham and he is keen to point out that yes, some welsh players have a win at the home of english rugby but england‘s record under the australian is faultless. at wales‘ training base, it has been a happy camp. after the win against scotland, there is a spring in their step and a determination to pick up from where they left off. warren gatland has said same again and rewarded his players. the same starting 15. george north despite being fit will start on the bench. wales know t

joe schmidt's side are so well drilled. they have a fantastic strategy. you can hear rory lawson across 5 live and across the bbc. england, who are the favourites, they are in rome tomorrow. cannot wait. this place will be absolutely rocking later. fantastic, olly. thank you very much indeed. both matches today live on the bbc, starting with that huge kick—off, wales against scotland withjohn inverdale. the noise with the roof closed. all the singing beforehand, it makes the hairs stand on the back of your neck. ijudge the day by your quest. neck. ijudge the day by your questm neck. ijudge the day by your quest. it is like a weather vane! thank you, mike. let's have a look at some other stories. two million people with interest—only mortgages are being warned to check how they are going to pay them off when they come to an end. some may not even realise they're on an interest—only mortgage, or have not thought about how they'll find the money to pay off the debt. paul lewis from radio 4's moneybox has been looking at this, he's in our london studio. why t

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