The Six Nations Round Three overlaps with Super Rugby which is hardly ideal, but this weekend there is a really high profile match between the two big guns and traditional foes England and Scotland.  Both these teams look like the form sides of the competition and Saturday's match could well decide the winner of the Six Nations with two rounds to follow. 

http://www.testrugby.com/ managers should favour Wales try scorers this week, with Shane Williams, James Hook and the kicking of Stephen Jones likely to bare plentiful yields for managers.  I am out of trades and so couldn't bring in any more players for this weekend.

Here is my team: The Swede Eaters

FR Leonardo Ghiraldini ITA 140 140 $880,000

FR William Servat FRA 380 640 $950,000

LK Richie Gray SCO 0 320 $667,500

LK Bradley Davies WAL 95 95 $1,075,000

LF Kelly Brown SCO 230 230 $992,500

LF Thierry Dusautoir FRA 240 240 $1,202,500

HV Toby Flood ENG 495 495 $1,480,000

HV Stephen Jones WAL 0 0 $1,080,000

CT Brian O'Driscoll IRE 190 470 $1,235,000

CT James Hook WAL 320 320 $1,310,000

OB Shane Williams WAL 520 810 $1,267,500

OB Chris Ashton ENG 790 790 $1,012,500

England vs France

This is the biggest match of the competition.  The England team is yet to be named, but Lewis Moody is a doubtful starter.  Chris Ashton, Toby Flood and the annoying Dylan Hartley have done well in http://www.testrugby.com/ , while France have made changes including starting with the mammoth Chabal at Number Eight with Harinordiquy and Dusatoir as an exciting loose forward trio. Dusatoir is a point scoring machine!

Sebastian Chabal comes in at Number 8, with Imanol Harinordoquy switching to the openside flank. Dimitri Yachvili starts ahead of Morgan Parra, Maxime Medard shifts to full back in place of Clement Poitrenaud and Yanick Jauzion starts at 12.

France:

15 M Medard

14 Y Huget

13 A Rougerie

12 Y Jauzion

11 V Clerc

10 F Trinh-Duc

9 D Yachvili

1 T Domingo

2 W Servat

3 N Mas

4 J Pierre

5 L Nallet

6 T Dusautoir (capt)

7 I Harinordoquy

8 S Chabal

Replacements: 16 G Guirado, 17 S Marconnet, 18 J Thion, 19 J Bonnaire, 20 M Parra, 21 D Traille, 22 C Poitrenaud

My pick: England to win a nail biter at home.

Scotland vs Ireland

Can Scotland the Brave do what the Highlanders did last weekend and win?  They have the home advantage and have decided to bench Dan Parks.  I think Scotland will be the unlucky loser in this one.  Their forwards like Richie Gray and Kelly Brown are worth a punt and so is evergreen Chris Paterson.  For Ireland, it is hard to know if Ronan O'Gara (Emilio Estevez) will help or hinder them, while Tommy Bowe and BOD are good buys for the backs.  Ireland to win by 5 points.

Ronan O’Gara will start at flyhalf when Ireland travel to Murrayfield this Sunday.

Declan Kidney has made two other changes to his backline, with Tommy Bowe restored at right wing and Eoin Reddan stepping in for the injured Tomas O’Leary.

Donncha O’Callaghan is named in the second row where he will win his 70th cap for Ireland while Brian O’Driscoll will captain the team for the 73rd time.

Ireland – 15 Luke Fitzgerald, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (c), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Sean O’Brien, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.

Subs: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Cullen, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Peter Stringer, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Paddy Wallace.

Scotland have opted for Ruaridh Jackson instead of Dan Parks for their clash with Ireland. Scrumhalf Rory Lawson, lock Nathan Hines and No 8 Richie Vernon are also cut, while Euan Murray has made himself unavailable due to religious reasons.

Fullback Chris Paterson, centre Sean Lamont, scrum-half Mike Blair, prop Moray Low, lock Richie Gray and No 8 Johnnie Beattie come in.

Scotland – 15 Chris Paterson; 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Sean Lamont, 11 Max Evans; 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Mike Blair; 8 John Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.

Subs: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Geoff Cross, 18 Nathan Hines, 19 Richie Vernon, 20 Rory Lawson, 21 Dan Parks, 22 Simon Danielli.

Italy vs Wales

As usual, I can't find the Italy side named for this week, while Wales have a great chance here to get their confidence up after a mixed start to the season.   The Wales backs could run riot in http://www.testrugby.com/ points, while Ryan Jones and Matthew Rees will do well.  Wales should win this by about 12 points.

Warren Gatland has named his side to take on Italy in Rome this weekend.

Welsh fans will be feeling a little more confident after their victory at Murrayfield – another defeat there, and they would have looked pretty vulnerable at the Stadio Flaminio.

James Hook has now been shifted from full-back to outside centre, with Stephen Jones returning at fly-half and Jon Davies missing out through injury.

Wales

Lee Byrne

Morgan Stoddart

James Hook

Jamie Roberts

Shane Williams

Stephen Jones

Mike Phillips

Ryan Jones

Sam Warburton

Dan Lydiate,

Alun Wyn Jones

Bradley Davies

Craig Mitchell

Matthew Rees

Paul James

Replacements:

Hibbard, Yapp, Thomas, Turnbull, Knoyle, Priestland, Halfpenny

Who do you think will win this weekend?

My picks

England by 3

Ireland by 5

Wales by 12