Scrum-half Danny Care claims England are ready to ‘click’ into gear and hopes it happens in the Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield (Scotland 6/4, England 2/5, draw 18/1 80 Minute Betting) on Saturday.

Martin Johnson’s men will go up against the struggling Scots (8/13 Wooden Spoon) for the Calcutta Cup in Edinburgh aiming to bounce back from the Twickenham defeat to Ireland last time out and the unconvincing win in Italy before that.

And Harelquins star Care is looking for England (9/2 Six Nations Outright W/O France) to finally show what they can do against a Scotland side looking for its first points of the campaign.

He said: “We’re working hard in training on that last finishing touch.

“And when it does click I think it will be something really special. Hopefully we can do that this weekend.”

England have lost their last two games in Scotland but regained the Calcutta Cup on home soil last year.

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Ireland coach Declan Kidney will stick with the same Ireland side (10/1 to win the tournament) that beat England (20/1) last time out as they prepare to host Wales on Saturday in the Six Nations.

Geordan Murphy retains his position at full-back despite Rob Kearney’s return to full fitness after he missed the game at Twickenham while Jonathan Sexton stays at fly-half with Ronan O’Gara on the bench again.

Kearney’s inclusion in the squad means there is no place for Ulster’s Andrew Trimble as he drops out of the 22.

Kidney believes despite Lions star Kearny returning to full fitness he felt Murphy had done enough in his first international start for a year to warrant another game against Wales (11/10 to score over 12.5 tries in the tournament specials).

“I thought Geordan went well against England to warrant a second go,” said Kidney.

“Rob has worked hard to get back but we’ve decided to go with Geordan.”

The other big team news is that skipper Brian O’Driscoll will earn his 100th cap for Ireland (4/11 to win the Triple Crown) just one game after John Hayes had become the first Irishman to reach the landmark.

While Ireland have few injury concerns their opponents haven’t been so lucky with captain Ryan Jones set to miss out with a calf injury.

Jones’ absence mean Martyn Williams will skipper the Wales side for the trip to Croke Park while Gareth Delve will take the number eight shirt for his first international cap since the summer tour to South Africa in 2008.

The good news for Wales is that Matthew Rees is fit enough to start so he replaces Huw Bennett from the 26-20 defeat to France while Luke Charteris comes in at lock in place of Deiniol Jones.

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Lock Simon Shaw has been ruled out of England’s Calcutta Cup match with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday with a shoulder injury as Martin Johnson’s men look to keep their Six Nations hopes alive (England 20/1 Six Nations Outright).

The 36-year-old Wasps star suffered the injury during the 20-16 Six Nations defeat by Ireland at Twickenham on 27 February and he was replaced in that game by Leicester lock Louis Deacon, who is favourite to start against the struggling Scots (Scotland 4/6 Wooden Spoon) .

Tom Palmer has been called into the squad as an injury replacement for Shaw, while there is also a call-up for Gloucester centre Mike Tindall.

Meanwhile England are still awaiting news on the fitness of full-back Delon Armitage, who has a rib cartilage injury.

“Delon’s rib injury is difficult to call when he will be fit,” said Johnson.

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Leicester Tiger head coach Richard Cockerill believes Toby Flood should be fit for England’s vital Six Nations clash against Scotland (4/6 to receive the Wooden Spoon) next weekend.

England coach Martin Johnson already has injury concerns over Delon Armitage and Simon Shaw heading into the Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield and the last thing he will want is another player facing a race against time to be fit for the crunch game.

Stand-off Flood left the field just after half-time in the Tigers 35-19 Guinness Premiership victory over London Irish having suffered a blow to head in the early exchanges of the game.

Cockerill has now moved to reassure all England (20/1 to win the Six Nations) supporters that Flood will be fit for the clash against the Scots and claims taking him off was just a precautionary measure.

“He was a little dazed but nothing serious. He had it early in the game and we looked at him at half-time, he was a bit hazy in his vision so we decided to bring him off early in the second half,” Cockerill said.

“He will be fine (for Murrayfield). It was a physical game in lots of ways, it’s a precaution and we are looking after him.”

Saturday’s victory for Leicester saw them extend their lead at the top of the Premiership with Northampton hopeful of making up some ground on Sunday by beating out-of-form Sale (11/8 to win in the 80 minute betting).

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England coach Martin Johnson has said he expects to be without Simon Shaw and Delon Armitage for the Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland (4/6 to receive the wooden spoon) on March 13.

England (20/1 to be tournament winners) head to Murrayfield next week needing a win to have any chance of keeping of their hopes alive of winning the Six Nations after their 16-20 defeat to Ireland (10/1).

Shaw and Armitage look unlikely to play any part in the crunch game against the as yet winless Scots.

Wasps (10/1 to be Grand Final winners) lock Shaw injured his shoulder in the opening minutes of the defeat to Ireland while London Irish (5/1) full-back Armitage was forced off in the same game with damage to his rib cartilage.

Johnson has now revealed that he expects both players not to be involved next week, although he will know for certain in the coming days.

“Delon’s rib injury is difficult to call when he will be fit but he and Simon are progressing very well,” said Johnson.

“We will know more next week but it is likely, particularly Simon, that they will be ruled out.”

Louis Deacon looks set to step in for Shaw should he be unavailable will Ben Foden could get the nod at 15 having replaced Armitage in the defeat to the Irish.

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Manchester United (6/4 with totesport to win the Premier League title) will be without Michael Owen for the rest of the season, after the striker was told he needs an operation on a hamstring injury.

The former Real Madrid star pulled up during the first-half of Sunday’s Carling Cup final, having scored the equaliser against Aston Villa, and had to be replaced by Wayne Rooney.

Scans revealed Owen will need surgery to cure the problem and the injury looks set to end his hopes of featuring for England (11/2 to win the 2010 World Cup) in South Africa this summer.

Sir Alex Ferguson revealed: “It is a terrible blow for the lad. It is more serious than we thought. I think the heavy pitch at Wembley played some part, but it’s also bad luck.”

Despite not being a regular starter for United, the 30-year-old has scored nine goals in all competitions this season.

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Steven Gerrard has admitted a good team spirit will be vital if England (11/2) are to triumph at this summer’s World Cup.

Gerrard, who will captain England in the absence of the injured Rio Ferdinand against Egypt in the friendly at Wembley on Wednesday, says Fabio Capello’s squad must be united out in South Africa if they are to stand any chance of winning the World Cup (England 7/1 to beat Egypt 3-0).

The Liverpool skipper said: “I think it is important for everyone to get on to be successful. We know there are a lot of opinions about this squad from the outside.

“But the most important thing is from the inside we are all one, we are all together and united.

“For us to be successful in the summer, we need to all stick together. We know each other inside out now. We’ve had enough time under Fabio to realise what the manager wants from us.”

Gerrard will ine up in the England midfield against Egypt as Capello’s side continue to prepare for the World Cup with the friendly the final game before the Italian names his provisional squad for the tournament.

England selector Geoff Miller admits Kevin Pietersen could miss part of the ICC World Twenty20 (England 10/1 in totesport’s outright winner market), in order to be at the birth of his first child.

Pietersen’s wife Jessica is due to give birth in the middle of May, with the Twenty 20 tournament in the Caribbean taking place between April 30 and May 16.

England (12/5 to win the Ashes series later this year) officials have offered Hampshire ace Pietersen the chance of paternity leave should the birth take place during the ICC event.

The 29-year-old has always suggested that he would not consider missing the birth and Miller says he completely understands Pietersen’s thoughts.

Miller stated: “I’m a great advocator of people being solid family-wise, so I’ve no problem with that. Nobody dictates when the birth will be, so we’ll play it by ear.”

Pietersen was included in the 30-man preliminary Twenty20 squad announced by England, who are in a group with West Indies and Ireland, earlier in the week.

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Jack Collison has called on his Welsh compatriots to qualify for Euro 2012 ahead of their friendly against Sweden (11/10 to beat Wales in the 90 minute betting) on Wednesday night.

The West Ham midfielder believes the game against the Swedes is a good opportunity for Wales’ promising young squad to show they can compete with the top European nations ahead of the start of qualifying for Euro 2012.

John Toshack’s team have been put in Group G alongside England (2/7 to win the group), Switzerland (5/1), Bulgaria (8/1) and Montenegro (33/1) and are 16/1 with totesport.com to qualify for the tournament after the tough draw.

With Simon Church (15/2 first goalscorer against Sweden), Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Chris Gunther and Wayne Hennessey all likely to be prominent in Wales qualifying campaign the future of Welsh football looks bright.

However, Collison believes that now is the time for the Wales squad to deliver and believes the game against the Sweden will serve as a good litmus test to see how far the squad might go.

“We’ve a lot of a good young players who have come through together and there has been a lot of talk about this good group,” said Collison.

“It is about time to start showing it - and we have a great opportunity for us on Wednesday before we start the qualifiers.”

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Carling Cup hero Wayne Rooney is a doubt for the international friendly against Egypt on Wednesday (England 3/10 draw 16/5 Egypt 8/1 - match betting) because of a knee injury, according to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The red-hot England striker took his goals tally to 28 in all competitions (Rooney 3/10 Premier League Top Goalscorer) this season with a winning header in the 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at Wembley on Sunday.

The 24-year-old was introduced from the substitutes’ bench just before half-time for the injured Michael Owen, who now faces three weeks out because of a hamstring injury, and Ferguson revealed Rooney had been playing with some discomfort for a few weeks.

“He got a whack right away,” Ferguson said. “He has been complaining about that for a few weeks and I thought we might have to take him off.

“The doctors are assessing it. I don’t know what England are going to do.”

England manager Fabio Capello is expected to make a decision on Rooney’s availability for Wednesday’s visit of the African Nations Cup winners in the next 24 hours.

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