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Junior Kpoku, a key part of England Under-20s' World Cup win in 2024, is keen to move to Sale and push for a spot in the senior squad before next year's World Cup.

The 20-year-old, who can play in the back row and at lock, is at French side Racing 92, making him ineligible for selection by head coach Steve Borthwick.

However, Sale want to bring Kpoku back to England and add back-five physicality to their pack next season after failing in attempts to sign Leicester's George Martin, who opted for Saracens, and Chandler Cunningham-South, who extended his contract with Harlequins.

Line-Ups for the Wales v England Six Nations Match

Wales: Rees-Zammit; Mee, James, B Thomas, Adams; Edwards, T Williams; Smith, Lake (capt), Griffin, D Jenkins, Beard, Mann, Macleod, Wainwright.

Replacements: Belcher, Carre, T Francis, Carter, Plumtree, Deaves, Hardy, Grady.

England: Steward; Feyi-Waboso, Freeman, Dingwall, Arundell; Ford, Mitchell; Genge, George, Heyes; Coles, Chessum; Pepper, Underhill, Earl

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Rodd, Davison, Itoje, T Curry, Pollock, Spencer, M Smith

Line-Ups for the Scotland v Italy Six Nations Match:

Scotland

Jordan (Bristol); Steyn, Jones, Tuipulotu (c), Dobie (all Glasgow); Russell (Bath), White (Toulon); Schoeman (Edinburgh), Ashman (Edinburgh), Z Fagerson (Glasgow), Cummings (Glasgow), Gilchrist (Edinburgh); M Fagerson, Darge, Dempsey (all Glasgow).

Replacements: Turner (Harlequins), McBeth (Glasgow), Millar-Mills (Northampton), Williamson, Brown, Horne, Hastings (all Glasgow), Graham (Edinburgh).

Italy:

Marin (Benetton); Lynagh (Benetton), Brex (Toulon), Menoncello (Benetton), Ioane (Lyon); P Garbisi (Toulon), Fusco (Zebre); Fischetti (Northampton), Nicotera (Stade Francais), Ferrari (Benetton); A Cannone (Benetton), Zambonin (Exeter); Lamaro, Zuliani, L Canonne (all Benetton).

Replacements: Di Bartolomeo (Zebre), Spagnolo (Benetton), Hasa (Zebre), Ruzza (Benetton), Favretto (Benetton), A Garbisi (Benetton), Da Re (Zebre), Pani (Zebre).

Line-Ups for tonight's Six Nations match between France and Ireland:

France: Ramos; Attissogbe, Depoortere, Moefana, Bielle-Biarrey; Jalibert, Dupont (capt); Gros, Marchand, Aldegheri, Ollivon, Guillard, Cros, Jegou, Jelonch.

Replacements: Mauvaka, Neti, Montagne, Auradou, Meafou, Nouchi, Serin, Gourgues.

Ireland: Osborne; O'Brien, Ringrose, McCloskey, Stockdale; S Prendergast, Gibson-Park; Loughman, Sheehan, Clarkson, McCarthy, Beirne, C Prendergast, Van der Flier, Doris (capt).

Replacements: Kelleher, Milne, Bealham, Ryan, Conan, Timoney, Casey, Crowley.

Already 12-0 to France.

Penalty - France 15-0 Ireland

28 mins- Thomas Ramos (France)

An bonus point to France with an Bielle-Biarrey try and an Ramos conversion. 29-0 to France.

Oh dear for Ireland.

Timoney gets an much needed first try for Ireland which is then converted, 29-7 to France.

Michael Milne gets Ireland's second try which is then converted, 29-14 to France.

Attissogbe gets France's fifth try of the match and it is converted an 36-14 win to France.

Darcy Graham and Jack Dempsey will start for Scotland in Saturday's Six Nations meeting with France at Murrayfield, while Zander Fagerson drops to the bench.

Wing Graham, 28, has come off the bench in the Scots' past three Tests. Kyle Steyn moves from right to left wing to accommodate Graham with Duhan van der Merwe missing out. Graham, like Van der Merwe, has scored 35 international tries.

Scotland: Blair Kinghorn; Darcy Graham, Huw Jones, Sione Tuipulotu (capt), Kyle Steyn; Finn Russell, Ben White; Pierre Schoeman, George Turner, D'Arcy Rae, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey.

Replacements: Ewan Ashman, Rory Sutherland, Zander Fagerson, Grant Gilchrist, Freddy Douglas, Josh Bayliss, George Horne, Tom Jordan.