including saracens back rower andy christie and london irish scrum half ben white. once again, stuart hogg will captain the side as they hope to repeat last year s victories over england and france and improve on their fourth place finish. rory darge, ben vellacott and kyle rowe are also rewarded with call ups ahead of scotland s first game against england. veteran fly halfjohnny sexton will captain ireland for the third successive championship after overcoming ankle and knee issues suffered in november. uncapped backs michael lowry and mack hansen have been named in andy farrell s 37 man squad. ireland s campaign gets under way against wales in dublin. and preparations ahead of the women s ashes have been less than perfect for england, as they count down to their first t20 game tomorrow at the adelaide oval. the series is beginning a week earlier than originally planned to allow both teams to travel to new zealand and quarantine before the world cup. it s meant the build up to the mul
gregor townsend has named five uncapped players, including saracens back rower andy christie and london irish scrum half ben white. once again stuart hogg will captain the side as they hope to repeat last year s victories over england and france and improve on their fourth place finish. rory darge, ben vellacott and kyle rowe are also rewarded with call ups ahead of scotland s first game against england. veteran fly halfjohnny sexton will captain ireland for the third successive championship after overcoming ankle and knee issues suffered in november. uncapped backs michael lowry and mack hansen have been named in the 37 man squad. ireland s campaign gets under way against wales in dublin. next tonight, great britain have picked their names for the skeleton at the 2022 winter olympics in china. the team includes laura deas, who won bronze at the 2018 games in pyeongchang. she s been speaking to our sports news correspondent laura scott: the fact that everyone will have had the same num