Welcome to our LIVE coverage of this afternoon's Six Nations-deciding matches. What a cracking afternoon's entertainment we're in for...

Scotland lose the lineout they've won from that penalty - ball not straight - and Italy take the ball from the scrum. What can they do with it?

Italy try the rolling maul and looks like they've won a penalty as the Scots try to haul it down - but it looks like Ongaro tried to strangle Denton on the floor, and the penalty is reversed! Bad mistake by Ongaro - he's cost his side three points for that petulant attack.

Ross Rennie penalised for coming in from the side - well, almost from the back he was so far offside - and Italy kick deep in the Scotland 22m to get an attacking lineout.

Scotland win a free kick as Italy push early; the visitors are keeping the ball well but are still being pushed back by the defence.

Scotland are steered across the pitch bby Italy's defence and win another lineout, but they spill it - Italy scrum.

Bright start for the visitors as they win a throw-in from the off; slight delay as Canale gets a bit of treatment, but now we're back on.

Scotland kick off and the wooden spoon match gets under way.

Italy playing in white today and Scotland in blue - not quite sure why since Italy are the home side but there you go.

Italy come into the game on the back of a run of five straight defeats, while Scotland have lost their last six matches in a row - one more and it'll be their worst string of results since 1998.

The last time two winless teams met in the final match of the Six Nations season was back in 1995, when Ireland played Wales in Cardiff. Wales lost 16-12.

Scotland are currently ahead of Italy on points difference: they're at -45 compared to -75 for Italy.

SCOTLAND - 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Max Evans, 13-Nick De Luca, 12-Graeme Morrison, 11-Sean Lamont, 10-Greig Laidlaw, 9-Mike Blair, 8-David Denton, 7-Ross Rennie, 6-John Barclay, 5-Jim Hamilton, 4- Richie Gray, 3-Geoff Cross, 2-Ross Ford (Captain), 1-Allan Jacobsen

ITALY - 15-Andrea Masi, 14-Giovambattista Venditti, 13-Tommaso Benvenuti, 12-Gonzalo Canale, 11-Mirco Bergamasco, 10-Kristopher Burton, 9-Edoardo Gori, 8-Sergio Parisse (captain), 7-Robert Barbieri, 6-Alessandro Zanni, 5-Marco Bortolami, 4-Quintin Geldenhuys, 3-Martin Castrogiovanni, 2-Fabio Ongaro, 1-Andrea Lo Cicero

Italy have been forced into a late change: Fabio Ongaro has replaced the injured Leonardo Ghiraldini at hooker.

Both sides have come within a whisker of picking off big scalps - only Charlie Hodgson's charge-down tries prevented both nations beating the English for starters - but the bald facts are that Scotland and Italy are both played four, lost four this season.

Wales will take on France in search of a third Grand Slam in eight seasons at 2:45pm, but first up we've got Scotland travelling to Italy in the wooden spoon decider.