Ireland Rugby

Jamison Gibson-Park earns his 50th cap against Wales while Nathan Doak makes his international debut

Wales match offers opportunity for players to show their worth

IRFU boasts a solid system, but only five years ago the same could have been said about Wales

Andy Farrell recalls Ulster wing and gives him Six Nations start against Wales

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Head coach is under contract until the culmination of 2027 World Cup but could sign new deal before then

No selection is more indicative of the head coach’s approach than affording Dan Sheehan a rare weekend off

Struggling Wales come to Dublin for the penultimate round of the Six Nations

Everything you need to know about Ireland’s third match of the 2026 Six Nations

Nick Timoney to make first Six Nations start with Tom Stewart, Nathan Doak and Tom Farrell on the bench

Steve Tandy’s side are on a 14-match losing run in the Six Nations

Team selection to reveal great deal about Andy Farrell’s mindset

Statistics show how Ireland and other teams are adapting their Six Nations game plan midway through a World Cup cycle

Inspired by Ulster team-mate Stuart McCloskey’s late rise, backrow now looks to first Six Nations start

Ulster hooker Tom Stewart could make his Six Nations debut on Friday night as Andy Farrell continues to shuffle his pack

Trophy has meant less in recent times, but winning it this year would represent a fine recovery after Paris defeat

Performance against England one of player’s more impressive days in an Irish shirt

Ireland aim to avoid slipping up in potential banana-skin clash

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Outhalf has not recovered from an ankle injury he sustained in the defeat to Scotland

Organisers confirm no injuries after fire damages trophy in transit

Irish centre had been suspended for four weeks for verbally abusing match officials

History of sport might suggest otherwise, but decent people do well in golf and elsewhere

Josh Neill has been one of Ireland’s standouts across the first three rounds of the Under-20 Six Nations

The players overcame the seemingly insurmountable, but supporters need to come back to earth

Easterby was stand-in head coach against Wales last year and memories of the game have stayed with him

Premiership club label media speculation ‘misguided’ and ‘disrespectful’

Ireland assistant coach Simon Easterby says side can’t rest on their laurels after England win

Putting 42 points on the Twickenham board silenced the increasing din of negativity around Andy Farrell’s squad

Andy Farrell has used 30 players in the first three rounds of the tournament, with only two playing every minute

Young backrower is out to show Wales will no longer be the whipping boys of the tournament

Outhalf Sam Costelow expected to be fit to play in Dublin despite ankle injury

In other news, how Ireland’s win at Twickenham might have flagged the way forward

How Ireland created a new set piece to solve their transition attack woes

Borthwick’s England played like a team drilled to within an inch of their lives while Farrell’s Ireland were trusted to play more on instinct

The province are back in URC action this weekend but boss Murphy took time to praise international contingent

Head coach had pointed to potential title decider against France on final day of Six Nations at launch back in January

Leinster centre insists challenge now is to match the standards shown in historic Twickenham win

Ireland have climbed back up the world rankings after beating England but Italy’s tournament could still go either way

His value lies not just in physical attributes but also his ability to read the game and pick those running lines