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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Fly-half Dan Parks is adamant that Scotland are still confident of not finishing the Six Nations campaign bottom of the pile (Scotland 4/6 Wooden Spoon) following recent narrow defeats against Wales and Italy.

The Scots lost their opening match to favourites France (1/5 to win Grand Slam) before suffering a late collapse to lose 31-24 in Wales and then losing a lead before going down 16-12 in Italy.

However Parks claims the squad have spoken with coach Andy Robinson and are now in good spirits ahead of next weekend’s clash with England at Murrayfield.

“We had a really thorough talking over with Andy,” Parks told BBC Scotland.

“I have to say confidence is quite good at the moment. We just need to close off games.”

He added: “He was very honest and it was appreciated by all the boys, which was really good.

“We sat in it and took it. It was tough, but it was really good for the team.

“We had ourselves in a position to win the game against Italy and against Wales we should have won the game full stop.

“Confidence is still there. It is just a case of putting in an 80-minute performance instead of a 75-minute performance.”

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Ireland coach Declan Kidney was delighted with the way his side bounced back from a heavy defeat against France to keep their Six Nations hopes alive (Ireland 10/1 Six Nations Outright) with a 20-16 win against England at Twickenham.

Ireland wing Tommy Bowe’s brace of tries, plus one from Keith Earls, were instrumental in securing victory for the visitors and ending the Grand Slam hopes of England coach Martin Johnson’s side.

Kidney was left thrilled with his side’s performance as they put the 33-10 defeat against France in Paris a fortnight ago behind them to also maintain their Triple Crown (Ireland 4/11 Triple Crown Winner) aspirations.

“I’m hugely proud, I’ve got the same feeling we had at the end of last year’s championship,” he told BBC Sport.

“We can be hard on ourselves and we’re lacking a bit of belief - I’m not sure why, but we responded better. The difference between today and Paris was we took our opportunities today.”

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Martin Johnson has given his support to under-fire Jonny Wilkinson after naming the same England XV (10/11 in the 80 minute betting) for Saturday’s Six Nations clash with Ireland (10/11 and 16/1 the draw).

The Toulon fly-half has been heavily criticised for his display against Italy, particularly his negative kicking tactics, as England eked out a 17-12 victory to make it two wins from two.

However, Johnson has admitted his surprise at the way the knives have come out for the 2003 World Cup-winning hero and insists that the problems cannot solely be placed on the number 10.

“I find the amount of criticism that has gone Jonny’s way a bit surprising and disappointing. I think it has gone over the top,” said Johnson, who resisted the clamour for Toby Flood to be included.

“Everyone is pointing fingers at Jonny but it is a team issue.

“We had a good chat about it as a group about where we need to improve. There were chances we missed last week. We were effective when we kept the ball in hand.”

England remain in contention for outright glory and are 10/3 to lift the trophy, behind firm favourites France at 1/3, while they are 6/4 to complete the Triple Crown, with Ireland on offer at 13/8 and No Winner at 2/1.

Richie Rees will start at scrum half for Wales (12/1 with totesport to win the Six Nations) on Friday night, as Warren Gatland’s men face France in Cardiff.

The Wales coach says Cardiff Blues has “played himself into the starting line-up” and says he “deserves his chance”, as Wales look to end France’s unbeaten run.

Rees will replace Gareth Cooper, criticised for his displays against England and Scotland, while fit-again Mike Phillips is Rees’ scrum-half cover on the bench.

Cardiff lock Deiniol Jones is another new inclusion in the Wales (2/1 to win Friday’s match) starting XV, while Huw Bennett starts at hooker and Jonathan Thomas switches to number six.

Gatland admits that Wales’ back row will have to improve if they are to beat the Six Nations leaders, who have so far beaten Scotland and Ireland in the tournament.

The coach said: “We missed, I think, 10 tackles between the the back-row (against Scotland). As a loose-forward trio we probably didn’t do so well.”

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England team manager Martin Johnson admits his side must re-discover their cutting edge in time for the Six Nations showdown with Ireland at Twickenham on February 27.

The Red Rose have won their opening two games in this year’s championship but the performance last weekend in the 17-12 victory over Italy in Rome was criticised after England failed to capitalise on the sin-binning of prop Martin Castrogiovanni.

Johnson’s charges put Wales to the sword at HQ in their first game when lock Alun Wyn Jones was sent off for ten minutes, but Johnson is refusing to press the panic button.

The 2003 World Cup-winning captain said: “I admit I would be concerned if we had not created those breaks, had failed to unlock their defence so often. But we did.

“Our fault right now is not taking chances, being ruthless when the hard work has been done.”

Ireland also drew criticism for their limp win over Italy – 29-11 at Croke Park on February 6 – before going down to another poor defeat against France in Paris last weekend to end their hopes of back-to-back Grand Slams.

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Scotland will be forced to play the rest of the Six Nations without Thom Evans, Chris Paterson and Rory Lamont.

The trio all suffered injury problems in the heartbreaking 31-24 defeat to Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday and have been ruled out of the remaining games against Italy, England and Ireland.

Winger Evans underwent neck surgery in Cardiff after being forced off, versatile goal-kicking back Paterson suffered kidney damage while winning his 100th cap and Lamont has a medial knee ligament injury.

Scotland have now lost their opening two games and head to Italy on February 27 for a meeting with the Azzurri in Rome which could decide the Wooden Spoon.

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