Six Nations: Round Two predictions and teams for 12 – 13 February 2022

The early Six Nations Rugby Championship table continues to take shape this weekend, with the second round of fixtures across Europe.

All eyes are on the Stade de France for a fascinating fixture between Les Bleus and Ireland on Saturday, with both nations winning their opening match last weekend.

Wales go up against Scotland earlier in the day in Cardiff, before England look to put their opening round loss behind them against Italy.

Prediction methodology explained: The expected win percentage is based off publicly available odds. For example, if a team’s odds are 2.30, the expected chance of winning is 43%. If the odds are 1.62 the expected chance of winning is 62% and so on. These are accurate at the time of writing but are subject to change. Where there is no value listed, the odds were not available at the time of writing. Score margins use the methodology developed by Rugby Vision.

The predictions for each match follow below the short preview and team news for each individual Six Nations match this coming weekend.

The second round of the 2022 Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship kicks off on Saturday afternoon when Wales welcome Scotland to Cardiff.

Contrasting fortunes befell the British pair on the opening weekend.

Wayne Pivac’s reigning champions were never in the game at the Aviva Stadium as they slipped to a 29-7 defeat away to Ireland.

But it could hardly have gone better for the Scots, who took full advantage of a raucous Hampden Park to edge out Auld Enemy England 20-17 and seal back-to-back Calcutta Cup victories.

Josh Adams misses out for the hosts through injury, while there’s a start at eighth man for Ross Moriarty and a debut for Jac Morgan at flank.

It’s all change in the front row for Townsend,