Scotland was dealt a major blow ahead of the Six Nations when captain Sione Tuipulotu was ruled out of the rugby tournament because of injury. The Australian-born center sustained a pectoral muscle injury during a training session with his club,

Scotland have suffered another injury blow ahead of the Six Nations after hooker Dylan Richardson was ruled out of the tournament by Scottish Rugby on Tuesday, a day after they lost captain Sione Tuipulotu.

Scotland hooker Dylan Richardson has been ruled out of the Guinness Six Nations with a shoulder injury. The 26-year-old’s absence was confirmed by Scotland a day after it was announced that both captain Sione Tuipulotu and lock Scott Cummings would be unavailable for the entirety of the Championship as well through injury.

Influential centre Sione Tuipulotu is ruled out of the Six Nations because of the pectoral injury he picked up in training.

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu has been ruled out of the Six Nations Championship after being hurt in training last week while lock Scott Cummings’ participation is in doubt after he broke his arm at the weekend,