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Six Nations: Scotland's Russell eyeing 'career peak' with title tilt

16h19 CET

08/03/2026

Finn Russell is eyeing up a career high as he aims to help Scotland clinch the Six Nations title.

Russell played in his 50th Six Nations match, becoming just the fourth Scot to do so, on Saturday.

He marked the occasion in style, helping Scotland beat France 50-40 at Murrayfield.

That win means, should they beat Ireland in Dublin next week, and France fail to overcome England, Scotland will win the Six Nations for the first time since Italy joined the competition.

"Winning something for Scotland, especially the Six Nations, would definitely be the peak of my career," said Russell, who counts a treble with Bath and a Pro 12 title win with Glasgow Warriors among his honours, along with 93 Test appearances and three British and Irish Lions call-ups.

"When you start playing for Scotland, you always want to win it, obviously, and we've never put ourselves in a position where we can. So now we're in that position, it's all to play for this weekend.

"Making sure that the occasion doesn't get to us will be so important, but, yeah, it'll definitely be the top thing in my career if we can win it."

"It's new territory for us going into the last game with a chance to win it.

"There will be a lot more outside noise after putting 50 points on France, but for us it's making sure we keep it within the circle and keep doing what we're doing.

"It's never the perfect performance. And as long as we can keep the outside noise outside of the circle and not let it get to us, then that's the main thing."

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