Scotland team announcement LIVE: Line-ups ahead of Six Nations opener after Tom Curry named England captain

LIVE – Updated at 13:20

Follow live coverage of the Six Nations team announcements as England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland confirm their selections ahead of the opening round of tournament fixtures this weekend. Tom Curry has been named England captain as Eddie Jones revealed his starting XV to take on Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Curry is set to become the youngest England captain in 24 years in the absence of Owen Farrell and Courtney Lawes, just a couple of those experienced players the head coach must do without against Scotland, with Marcus Smith, Freddie Steward and Nick Isiekwe handed starts.

Wales have also announced their team as last year’s champions begin their defence of the Six Nations title away to Ireland. Wayne Pivac has also been hit by a lengthy list of injury absentees, including captain Alun Wyn Jones as well as George North, Leigh Halfpenny, Ken Owens, Justin Tipuric and Josh Navidi, and Josh Adams will start at centre for the trip to Dublin.

Scotland and Ireland have fewer problems as they look to start their campaigns with homes victories following inconsistent tournaments last time out and will be naming their teams in the afternoon. France face Italy in the final match of the weekend on Sunday and both of those countries will announce their starting line-ups tomorrow.

Follow live for teams news and updates ahead of the Six Nations:

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend:

“We feel privileged to be involved in the oldest international rugby fixture on Saturday, against our nearest rivals.

“We are aware of how much winning at Twickenham boosted the spirits of our supporters at the start of last year’s tournament, and we’re looking forward to playing in front of them in person this year.

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