Rugby's biggest tournament of the year is back this weekend as France take on Italy, Scotland face England and Ireland come head to head with Wales in the 2012 6 Nations Championship.
The Jaguar Academy of Sport speaks to rugby legends Jonny Wilkinson, Shane Williams, Gareth Edwards, Jonathan Davies and David Flatman to find out their views and predictions on the imminent Championship. And according to the experts, it looks like this year's 6 Nations will be a hard one to call!
First up is Jaguar Academy of Sport Ambassador Jonny Wilkinson - the former England player who is sadly no longer apart of the England set-up following his retirement from International rugby last year, gives us his insight into the upcoming tournament...
SIX NATIONS
"It feels strange not to be available for selection for this years 6 Nations but nonetheless I'm looking forward to a great tournament. The World Cup showed just how competitive the tournament is likely to be with all England's up coming opponents putting in strong performances at some stage or other during the tournament."
FRANCE
"Beaten finalists France will be looking to build on their performance in the final against New Zealand under the leadership of my old coach at Toulon, Phillipe Saint Andre. A player to look out for is their winger Alexis Palisson who is a current team mate of mine at Toulon. He has fantastic pace and can cause even the best of defences real problems."
WALES
"Another team who built up momentum in the Autumn is Wales. They have a really strong all-round squad, very young and energetic and I think another winger, George North of Llanelli Scarlets is going to make a real impact on the tournament. He has a great work ethic and has a very deceptive turn of pace for such a big man. Jamie Roberts is a real hard running centre and their inspirational captain Sam Warburton led them brilliantly during the World Cup."
IRELAND
"Ireland had a great win against Australia in New Zealand and whilst they will be disappointed to have lost to Wales in the Quarter Final, their all-round experience and world class players such as Brian O Driscoll and Ronan O Gara means they can never be ruled out."
SCOTLAND
"I can tell you from first hand experience that Scotland will be a handful whoever they play against. They were very unlucky to lose against Argentina in the pool games and we had a right old battle against them in the final group game in Auckland. Playing at Murrayfield is always tough and Andy Robinson will have them well prepared, that's for sure. Rory Lawson at scrum half is just one of an exciting number of young talents."
ITALY
"Italy also have a new coach in Jacques Brunel. He had great success with Perpignan in the French Top 14 and he will be looking to continue that with Italy. They play England second up and their Captain and number 8 Sergio Parrisse is a truly world class back row forward."
ENGLAND
"Which leaves me with England who will be the third team starting the campaign with a new coach in Stuart Lancaster. I know the boys will be desperate to put behind them the disappointments of the Autumn and Stuart has picked an exciting young squad. They have a tough start with away games against Scotland and Italy to kick off with but have home fixtures against Ireland and Wales to look forward to.Whilst they have a few injuries to cope with, players such as Ben Foden, Tom Croft and Dan Cole can have a big impact on the tournament. Owen Farrell is another young player with a massive future and one I am looking forward to seeing play."
