Martin Johnson
England's World Cup winning captain on BBC One

Scotland have got to come out here and put Wales away, ideally for them they do it quickly so they can make changes and win slowing down.

It's up to Wales to come out and put the pressure on Scotland.

You have to give it the Welsh Rugby Union - which is not something you often hear!

There may be a lot wrong right now in Welsh rugby but they certainly know how to put on a pre-match show.

The Principality Stadium is cast into darkness before flames and red lasers light up the pitch under the roof.

Let's hope the action on the pitch has the same fireworks.

Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland

With the history of Scotland in the last nine years, I'm not that confident.

I think the record after an England game is that we've lost just about every time we have beaten England.

But I'm excited about the game. If we play like we did last week, it is going to be a rout and it will be a fantastic game to watch.

I just have that sense of trepidation. But I just think there are not a lot of these Welsh players who are international class and I think we'll win fairly convincingly.

Now this IS a stat!

Scotland have won the last three meetings with Wales.

They haven't beaten Wales four times in a row in 99 years!

They won five in a row between 1923 and 1927.

The world rankings don’t quite matter as much now that the draw for the 2027 World Cup has been done but Wales could drop from 11th this weekend.

Georgia, who are currently 13th, beat Spain 42-30 in Tbilisi earlier.

If Wales lose by 15 points or fewer then they will drop below Japan into 12th while if the margin of defeat is bigger then they will be leapfrogged by both the Brave Blossoms and Georgians.

Steve Tandy’s side cannot climb above 10th-placed Italy even if they draw or win.

Scotland are ninth and if they win then they go up to seventh above Australia and Fiji, a draw and they stay ninth, defeat and they slip below Italy, who take on France in Lille tomorrow.

Of course, none of this matters as much as it did in November.

Wales’ last-kick win against Japan meant they avoided tougher seeding for the draw for Australia 2027, when they were grouped with England, Tonga and Zimbabwe.

After a string of record defeats, BBC pundit and former Wales captain Sam Warburton was desperately trying to look for the green shoots of optimism from last week's performance against France.

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This may only be the third round of games but Scotland could pick up their second piece of silverware of the tournament today.

The Doddie Weir Cup was commissioned in 2018 to raise awareness for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and to celebrate the life of one of rugby's most beloved figures.

Former Scotland and British and Irish Lions lock Doddie Weir was a fierce competitor on the pitch but an even stronger campaigner against the condition that ultimately cost him his life.

And as someone who met him, also a wonderful person.

Wales won four of the first five but Scotland are the holders having won the last three and could add that trophy to the Calcutta Cup they lifted last week.

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After a remarkable result at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham, here's how the Six Nations looks now.

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Chris Paterson
Former Scotland international on BBC One

Two hungry Lions are coming in for Scotland.

They bring proven try-scoring ability as well as that hunger and Blair Kinghorn brings height for those high balls.

Duhan van der Merwe needs Scotland to put him on the front foot. You know what he's going to bring.

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It is a question that occupies defence coaches across the world when they face Scotland.

How do you stop fly-half Finn Russell?

Wales head coach Steve Tandy, who is also currently combining the defence role, will have that job on Saturday.

Tandy will have the benefit of knowing Russell better than most having been his defence coach at Scotland between 2019 and 2025.

"He was brilliant to work with and I loved it," said Tandy.

"He was an amazing character. Both sides of the ball, defence and attack, I loved working with him.

"You would see stuff in training that was pretty special, to be honest. You realise that sometimes you could have everything perfect and he could pull the rabbit out of the hat."

Sam Warburton
Former Wales captain on BBC One

I looked at the fixtures Wales have against the sides in blue, especially the Italy and Scotland games where I thought Wales should smell blood.

I watched Scotland=England last week and they were so good. But Wales can significantly improve. What a lot of people forget is that their last four games have been against the top four in the world. Wales were never going to win those games.

This game should be a lot closer and Wales should be better. I thought they made some strides last week. Where they have to improve massively is defence. Defence has to be the big focus today.

Only once has a team conceded more points in the opening two rounds of the Six Nations than Wales have this year - and that was Italy back in 2001.

Scotland may be head and shoulders favourites today but captain Sione Tuipulotu refuses to put much store in the odds.

Speaking on the eve of the game, he said the dejection of losing to Italy still lives with him and he is reluctant to let it go.

"That feeling still lingers," the centre said, before once again mentioning the desperation his players felt going into the Calcutta Cup and the need to tap into those same emotions in Cardiff.

"I put pressure on the group to be desperate out there and show desperation," he added.

"It also makes me a little bit frustrated because the week before we couldn't against Italy for a lot of reasons. So that feeling is still there for me and I hope it stays with me for the rest of the tournament, because I think it's needed.

"I'm still very desperate. I just know you can't lose two games in this tournament and think you're going to be there at the back end for anything.

"In order for us to stay in this tournament, we've got to be just as desperate, just as emotional, just as clinical as we were last week."

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Sam Costelow starts today for the first time under Steve Tandy - and it's his first appearance for Wales since the first Test defeat to Japan last summer.

Dan Edwards started the next seven Tests but does not make the matchday squad today.

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Wales got their Under-20s Six Nations campaign up and running with a bonus-point 31-21 win against Scotland at Cardiff Arms Park.

Richard Whiffin's side had endured frustrating defeats to title hopefuls England and France but it was third time lucky against the Scots.

As they did in the first two rounds, Wales raced into a half-time lead as lock Luke Evans and centre Bailey Cutts crossed for a 19-0 advantage.

Scotland replied after the restart through centre Campbell Waugh only for a rare Welsh attack to earn a response through wing Dylan Scott.

Wales had breathing space and got their bonus on the hour through hooker Tom Howe before the spirited Scots caused some late nerves with tries by replacement forwards Jack Marshall and Jackson Rennie.

John Barclay
Former Scotland captain on BBC One

We'll learn a lot more about this Scottish side in the next 80 minutes of play, whether they can back last week up.

They have to bring the same level of desperation and intensity as the England match.

We asked earlier whether Scotland can back up their heroics against England.

Well they will if they play anything like this again.

Despite their fluctuating respective form, Wales and Scotland are level with five wins each from the last 10 meetings in the Six Nations between the sides.

• 2025: Scotland 35-29 Wales
• 2024: Wales 26-27 Scotland
• 2023: Scotland 35-7 Wales
• 2022: Wales 20-17 Scotland
• 2021: Scotland 24-25 Wales
• 2020: Wales 10-14 Scotland
• 2019: Scotland 11-18 Wales
• 2018: Wales 34-7 Scotland
• 2017: Scotland 29-13 Wales
• 2016: Wales 27-23 Scotland

Former Scotland lock Jim Hamilton has questioned the decision to have the Principality Stadium roof closed.

Speaking to Scrum V The Warm Up, Hamilton suggested it was a bad tactic against a free-lowing French and believes it will be a similar case when Steve Tandy's men face Scotland.