{"id":24222,"date":"2024-02-06T18:08:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24222\/six-nations-week-2-team\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:08:41","slug":"six-nations-week-2-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24222","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations Week 2 team news: Botham leaves Wales camp; Scotland&#8217;s Crosbie, Gray out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Nations Week 2 team news: Botham leaves Wales camp; Scotland&#8217;s Crosbie, Gray out\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Six Nations began last Friday with Ireland&#39;s superb victory over France in Marseille, where the hosts struggled in the absence of their star scrumhalf Antoine Dupont.<\/p>\n<p>England finally defeated Italy on Saturday as Steve Borthwick&#39;s side recovered from a slow start to find their rhythm and start their campaign with a victory.  Meanwhile, Wales fell short in a thrilling 27-26 defeat to Scotland, which ended a 22-year losing streak in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p>Wales this <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> released James Botham from their squad as he recovers from a knee injury, while Scotland&#39;s Luke Crosbie and Richie Gray will miss the remainder of the Six Nations after suffering injuries of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s the latest team news and everything you need to know ahead of the weekend.<\/p>\n<h2>Scotland v France, Saturday, 2:15 p.m. GMT, Murrayfield, Edinburgh<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Luke Crosbie suffered a shoulder injury during Scotland&#39;s epic <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over Wales on Saturday. <cite>Ross MacDonald\/SNS Group via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Back row Luke Crosbie and second row Richie Gray will miss the remainder of Scotland&#39;s Six Nations campaign after being injured in their opening win over Wales, Scottish <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/rugby\/\"   title=\"Rugby\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Rugby<\/a> announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Crosbie suffered a shoulder injury and Gray is ruled out with a biceps problem.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland secured a dramatic first victory in Cardiff for 22 years after holding off a remarkable Wales fightback to seal a 27-26 victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Winger Darcy Graham and prop WP Nel are recovering well from their injuries and will both return to training with Edinburgh this week, the Scottish Rugby press release added.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland face France in their second match on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotland:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>France:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>England vs Wales, Saturday, 4:45 p.m., Twickenham, London<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Wales James Botham has been released to his club Cardiff to recover from a knee injury. <cite>Ian Cook \u2013 CameraSport via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Wales released flanker James Botham from their Six Nations squad to face England at Twickenham on Saturday due to a knee injury, but there are recalls for tight props Dillon Lewis and Seb Davies, who can cover the lock and the loose attacker.<\/p>\n<p>Botham, the grandson of former England cricket all-rounder Ian, sparked Wales&#39; remarkable comeback against Scotland on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The length of his absence is unknown, with Welsh Rugby confirming he will return to his club Cardiff to continue his rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Davies was called up to cover the final line after training with the team last week, although he was not officially part of the squad at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis comes into contention after Leon Brown went off at half-time against the Scots with a knock, although the latter remains with the team for now.<\/p>\n<p>Wales have two other big names in Keiron Assiratti, who has three international appearances, and uncapped Archie Griffin.  Lewis is a veteran of 54 caps and adds experience to the position.<\/p>\n<p>The young selection is aiming for a first victory against England at Twickenham since the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and a first success at the Six Nations in London for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Warren Gatland will name his team on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>England:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wales:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Ireland v Italy, Sunday 3 p.m., Aviva Stadium, Dublin<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ireland:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Nations Week 2 team news: Botham leaves Wales camp; Scotland&#8217;s Crosbie, Gray out\u060c The Six Nations began last Friday with Ireland&#39;s superb victory over France in Marseille, where the hosts struggled in the absence of their star scrumhalf Antoine Dupont. England finally defeated Italy on Saturday as Steve Borthwick&#39;s side recovered from a slow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10328,6154,10330,1612,2412,3898,714,10329,1216,1211,9],"class_list":["post-24222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-botham","tag-camp","tag-crosbie","tag-gray","tag-leaves","tag-nations","tag-news","tag-scotlands","tag-team","tag-wales","tag-week"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24224,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24222\/revisions\/24224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}