Six nations 2025. In the focus: will Scotland with damage ever fulfill its potential of the championship? | News of rugby
In 2024, Scotland went to six countries as challengers of titles, but the usual inconsistency, she saw them mixing well with the bad: the beating of England and scares France, but losing to Italy. Can 2025 show up differently?
For several years, the Scots were flattering to cheat, entering tournaments with quality and confidence to cause a trophy, but falling below their best when it was most important or in the games they expected to win.
Last year, Scotland won Cardiff, defeated England for the fourth year and was a decision by TMO away from the defeat of France in Murrayfield, but then lost in Italy in Rome and Ireland in Dublin.
Here, we watched in more detail how Scottish shaped on the eve of the introductory home game 2025 against Italy …
Fixing
- Italy – Murrayfield – Saturday from February 1 – 14:15 (GMT)
- Ireland – Murrayfield – Sunday from February 9 – 15:00 (GMT)
- England – Twickenham – Saturday 22. February – 16.45 (GMT)
- Wales – Murrayfield – Saturday 8th March – 16.45 (GMT)
- France – Stade de France – Saturday 15th March – 20:00 (GMT)
What has changed?
After Finn Russell and the back of Rory Darge were named captains replacing Jamie Ritchie in last year’s six countries, the Extraordinary Center of Sione Tuipulotu announced as Captain Gregor Townsend for the fall.
In November, Tuipulot led victories in the house over Fiji, Australia and Portugal – in addition to a strong defeat against Springbox – but the 27 -year -old has since picked up a serious injury in the training championship compared to six of the six nations that excluded him from the championship.
The returnee is catastrophic to Scotland, with Tuipulot in such a form of the majority as a potential test driver for British and Irish lions against Australia in the summer.
As a result, Russell and Darga were re -elected as captains.
The second big change for Scotland is that the huge proportion of their team has first tasted silver accessories.
Glasgow Warriors embarked on a stunning URC race at the end of last season, beating Munster in the semifinals and then returned from 1-0 behind, to win the Bulls in South Africa 21-16 in the miraculous finals.
This success can only be positive for the Scottish side that seeks its first silver championship for 26 years. Winning breeds of victory.
What is hot?
Because of everything they have absent (more below), Scotland continues to own a wealth of talent, especially in the back, and there is more than enough to disturb each team in six countries.
Bath Playmaker Finn Russell, Toulouse Blair Kinghorn and Edinburgh Wings Van der der Merwe and Darcy Graham are fantastic players, and each is capable of turning test matches.
Forward, the props of the top levels of Pierre Schoeman and Zander Fagerson means that Scrum Scotland is no longer Achilles heel that has been seemingly decades, while their depth is strong in the back.
The schedule of Scotland also means that their hardest game on paper is left to last on a trip to face France in Paris – maybe they will be in the title?
They are invincible to six of their last seven meetings with England and travel to them in Twickenham in the middle of two fall weeks, while in the second round they hosted Ireland without Andy Farrell in Murrayfield.
Ireland proved that Scotland with teams failed to win any of its promising campaigns, incredibly losing 10 tests on the greenery of men in green. Such a run, though, has to end for a while.
What isn’t it?
In a word, injuries. The loss of the middle Beldizer-Cum-playmaker Tuipulot is the title, but unfortunately for Townsend and CO, he was not the only victim for Scotland in recent weeks.
Lock Scott Cummings is also excluded for the entire championship with a broken forearm. The broken thumb was put on Cummings’ promising Glasgow second row of Max Williamson.
Flanker Saracens Andy Christie is out there for ankle surgery, while Glasgow skipper and Wing Kyle Steyn have been missing for some time due to knee injury.
The return order of the Crosbie Luka, the second row duo Grant Grant Gilchrist and Jonny Gray, and Lethal Wing Van der Merwe have also struggled with the blows since he joined the camp in something bordering the crisis.
The time of such injuries and doubt could not be up for Scotland, which this time was stored for true hope for the title.
The second factor of Scotland, which is a consistently negative theme, was their inconsistency. Every championship of the last seasons mirror is second: a landmark, an impressive victory supported by shock or meek defeats.
This loss in Rome last year, for example, persecution and cannot afford more surprises.
Championship record
Six Nations of 2000: No
Total: 15 titles directly (1887, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1938, 1984, 1990, 1999)
Scotland’s 39 teams team for 2025. Six Nations:
Forward: Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh), Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow), Gregor Brown (Glasgow), Dave Cherry (Edinburgh), Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh), Rory Darge (Glasgow), Jack Dempsey (Glasgow), Zatgerssons Matdersow (Glasgersow), Matdersow (Glasgow), Matt Faberson (Glasgow), Matt Faberson (Glasgow), Matt Faberson (Glasgow), Euan Ferrie (Glasgow), Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh), Jonny Grey (Bordeaux) Cameron Henderson (Leicester Tigers), Patrick Harrison (Edinburgh), Will Hurd (Leicester), Ewan Johnson, Jacn (Oyannax), Ewan Johnson (Oyannax), Ewan Johnson (Oyannax) Glasgow Angouleme), D’Arcy Rae (Edinburgh), Jamie Ritchie (Edinburgh), Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh), Rory Sutherland (Glasgow), Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh).
Back: Fergus Burke (Saracens), Matt Currie (Edinburgh), Jamie Prizi (Glasgow), Darcy Graham (Edinburgh), George Horne (Glasgow), Rory Hutchinson (Northhampton), Huw Jones (Glasgow), Tom Jordhan (Glasgow), Blasgow (Blasgow Glasgow), (Toulouse), Stafford McDowall (Glasgow), Arron Reed (Sale Sharks), Finn Russell (Bath), Kyle Rowe (Glasgow), Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh), Ollie Smith (Glasgow), Ben White (Toulon ).
