Rugby evening headlines as six Scotland players disciplined in shock announcement and Rees-Zammit earns respect

Here are the latest rugby headlines on Friday, March 18.

Three Scottish British Lions, including captain Stuart Hogg, have been disciplined for breaching team protocols after last weekend's Six Nations win over Italy.

Hogg, Finn Russell and Ali Price were among six Scotland players who left the team hotel to visit a bar in Edinburgh after returning from Rome. Darcy Graham, Sam Johnson and Sione Tuipulotu were the others involved.

The BBC report when Scotland's management was made aware of the group leaving, the players were ordered to return immediately.

Hogg, Graham, Johnson and Price have all been named in the team to start Scotland's final Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. Russell has been axed from the starting XV and replaced at fly-half by Edinburgh's Blair Kinghorn. Tuipulotu has been released from the squad and could play a part from the bench for Glasgow Warriors against Edinburgh later on Friday.

The SRU said in a statement: "The Scotland management team have this week dealt with a post-match matter involving six players following the game against Italy last weekend.

"The players involved have been spoken to individually and those conversations and outcomes will remain private. Preparations for the match against Ireland this week have been good and the whole squad is fully focused on achieving a positive result on Saturday."

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Louis Rees-Zammit has impressed his Wales team-mates with his reaction to being axed from the matchday squad for the England game.

The youngster's omission took everyone by surprise for the trip to Twickenham, coming on the back of his meteoric rise