James to replace injured Shanklin

Wales have called up the Bridgend centre Dafydd James after it was confirmed that Tom Shanklin will miss Saturday's Test against Canada. Shanklin, the Saracens centre, limped off after nine minutes of the 58-14 victory over Fiji last weekend, and the Wales coach Steve Hansen admitted the player is likely to be out for several weeks, meaning he will almost certainly miss the visit of New Zealand on 23 November.

The Scotland captain Bryan Redpath has urged his side to show more consistency ahead of the visit of South Africa on Saturday. Australia and New Zealand have both enjoyed comfortable afternoons at Murrayfield in the last two seasons, and Redpath wants Scotland to inflict more misery on the Springboks after their defeat to the French at the weekend.

He said: "There have been times when Scotland have played very well – not necessarily against the southern hemisphere sides but against the likes of England and France – and pulled off performances that have got wins. Now we have to start performing more against the southern hemisphere sides."

Brian O'Driscoll's rest from the Ireland team has been short-lived after he was recalled for Saturday's game against Fiji. After captaining the Irish to the 18-9 win over Australia last weekend, O'Driscoll was told he would be rested this weekend. But the withdrawals through injury of John Kelly and Paul Wallace have forced the Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan to recall O'Driscoll and his Leinster team-mate Reggie Corrigan.