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Tommy O’Donnell is ready to seize an opportunity he thought was beyond him.
Rob Kearney is expected to join the squad on Tuesday, “at the latest Thursday”.
The head coach explained some of his key selection calls for Sunday’s crunch clash against Wales.
There are some exciting and surprising calls in Schmidt’s first XV of 2016.
The South African-born back row is the only uncapped player in Ireland’s 23 to take on Wales.
We want to know what your favourite pre-match tune is.
TV3′s Tommy Martin can’t wait to get reacquainted with the northern hemisphere’s premier rugby tournament.
There was also plenty of Fitzgibbon Cup action and a number of line-ups were confirmed for the opening weekend of Six Nations matches.
Scottish rugby blogger Rory Baldwin gives us the lowdown on our Celtic cousins ahead of the Six Nations kick-off.
Wales boss is expecting another physical game in Dublin on Sunday.
Guy Novès hands out four debuts for France’s Six Nations opener.
French rugby blogger Jérémy Sarda continues our look behind enemy lines ahead of the Six Nations kick-off.
Eddie Jones deemed Danny Care a safe enough pair of hands to hand over a kitty courtesy of the RFU.
Ireland’s fourth previously-capped player Jacob Stockdale has been retained by Ulster for Pro12 duty.
Joe Schmidt has big selection calls of his own before the sides meet this weekend.
With away fixtures to England and France in even years, it’s no surprise that odd editions dominate this list.
The Leinster back is targeting a return to his province in time for the business-end of the PRO12.
English rugby blogger Calum Spiers takes us behind enemy lines ahead of the Six Nations kick-off.
Sean O’Brien will be one of the core squad members aiming to make up for the absence of one of Ireland’s best ever players.
O’Brien and Stander are cut from the same cloth, but the Tullow Tank has no desire to run at the South African.
Cruel setback as Fitzgerald suffers medial ligament injury.
Everything you need to cash in (please gamble responsibly) on the Six Nations.
The U20 Six Nations didn’t know what hit it when the class of ’07 came along.
The brilliant back had been linked with a move to join Conrad Smith and James Coughlan in France.
World Rugby say the rankings will encourage more matches to be played.
Winners, wooden spoon or somewhere in between?
The Kiwi is chasing a third straight Championship with Ireland.
It’s time Dylan Hartley got his own channel.
Ireland’s captain and world player of the year nominee are among the most important components of the squad in this campaign.
Here’s how Ireland are looking a week out from the Six Nations.
Head coach Tom Tierney has included seven uncapped players as Ireland women spread resources across two forms of the game.
Eddie Jones apparently hasn’t got time for action heroes, last or not.
Ulster hooker knows he has big boots to fill leading the defending champions into the Six Nations.
‘I’m not thinking about the Lions,’” says Warren Gatland after reeling off a chunk of the tour itinerary.
The Kiwi says his contract with the IRFU wouldn’t allow him to lead the tour to his homeland next year.
The flanker’s healthy mind has helped his body to follow suit after a horrible dislocated hip injury in August.
Ashton banned for 10 weeks following incident with Ulster’s Luke Marshall.
The Ulster wing hopes Earls can still be his team-mate with Ireland even if he moves to the Premiership.
“The next part of his career is going to be the best part of his career.”