Having finished off last year's Six Nations with an October flourish in Wales, Gregor Townsend has named his Scotland 35 for 2021.
Newcastle continued their fine start to the Premiership season with a 22-10 victory over struggling Gloucester at a frozen Kingston Park.
Sale Sharks claimed a first victory of interim head coach Paul Deacon’s reign as they beat Gloucester 22-19 at Kingsholm thanks to a late try.
All of the starting line-ups for the Gallagher Premiership Round Four action this Boxing Day and Christmas weekend.
It wasn’t quite Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in the cloying Saipan heat, but the Finn Russell dispute wasn't easy for Scotland boss Gregor Townsend.
The out-half was controversially axed from Scotland's Six Nations squad earlier this year following his late arrival into the camp from club duty.
The club have announced that three players will be leaving Gloucester for new clubs in Japan, while four players will be moving on when their contracts expire at the end of the month.
RugbyPass has sifted through the size of every starting lock in all the fixtures from the first week of January, calculated the averages and spotting the various trends.