# six-nations - Wednesday 26 January, 2022
# Competition
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# Competition
Andy Farrell is sure that Gavin Coombes will be looking to prove a point.
# Les Bleus
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# Les Bleus
Les Bleus’ preparation for the Six Nations has been severely disrupted by several withdrawals from the 42-man squad.
# Wooden Spoon
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# Wooden Spoon
Kieran Crowley hopes the Italians can quell the relegation chat in the coming years.
# Injury Update
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# Injury Update
Jack Carty will be pushing for Carbery’s spot in Ireland’s matchday squad.
# Captain
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# Captain
The Saracens man has undergone surgery on an ankle injury.
# six-nations - Tuesday 25 January, 2022
# COME WHAT MAY
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# COME WHAT MAY
The Gloucester wing will miss at least England’s first two games, and potentially the tournament as a whole.
# Cohesion
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# Cohesion
Head coach Andy Farrell included 16 Leinster players in his 37-man squad for the tournament.
# six-nations - Monday 24 January, 2022
# Back In Action
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# Back In Action
Jones named Farrell, a childhood friend of Ford, as England skipper last week.
# Injury Update
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# Injury Update
The openside flanker was replaced at half-time of Leinster’s win over Bath.
# Skippers
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# Skippers
Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar will face off as captains in their sides’ Six Nations opener.
# six-nations - Sunday 23 January, 2022
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Raphael Ibanez reckons Ireland are in with a shout of landing this year’s Six Nations.
# six-nations - Friday 21 January, 2022
# Bad Luck
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# Bad Luck
The captain will not be attending next week’s pre-Six Nations training camp in Brighton.
# Ulster Flyer
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# Ulster Flyer
Robert Baloucoune has forced his way into Andy Farrell’s plans for the Six Nations.
# six-nations - Thursday 20 January, 2022
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The likes of Kieran Marmion and Ciarán Frawley are unlucky to miss out.
# six-nations - Wednesday 19 January, 2022
# Tight Calls
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# Tight Calls
The Ireland head coach faced some interesting calls in finalising his 37-man group.
# CONFIRMED
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# CONFIRMED
Connacht’s Cian Prendergast is also involved as a development player.
# Announcement
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# Announcement
Saracens back-rower Andy Christie and London Irish scrum-half Ben White are two of the new faces.
# TV Guide
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# TV Guide
RTÉ to show Ireland’s games against Wales and England this season, while Virgin Media will show France, Italy and Scotland matches.
# Internationals
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# Internationals
Leinster haven’t officially ruled the trio out of their clash with Bath on Saturday.
# six-nations - Tuesday 18 January, 2022
# Tight Calls
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# Tight Calls
The Saracens man has been made the cut in England’s Six Nations squad, while other players have paid the price for injury-disrupted seasons.
# Sidelined
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# Sidelined
George North, Taulupe Faletau and Dan Lydiate could be available for the tournament’s latter stages.
# Les Bleus
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# Les Bleus
The scrum-half has missed the last month because of a knee problem.
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Stephen Donnelly was speaking ahead of NPHET’s meeting on Thursday.
# Depleted
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# Depleted
Head coach Wayne Pivac has named three uncapped players.
# Shake Up
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# Shake Up
Owen Farrell has been retained as captain but George Ford, Elliot Daly, Sam Underhill, Mako and Billy Vunipola are not included.
# six-nations - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Match Officials
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# Match Officials
The IRFU’s Andrew Brace, Frank Murphy, Chris Busby, Joy Neville, and Brian MacNeice are also involved.
# six-nations - Thursday 13 January, 2022
# Doubtful
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# Doubtful
Parisse will miss at least the first two games with a wrist injury but may be fit to face Ireland.
# six-nations - Saturday 8 January, 2022
# Scouting
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# Scouting
Many of Andy Farrell’s players have had very little rugby in recent months.
# six-nations - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# Fans
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# Fans
The union is hoping to see the 5,000 limit lifted in time for the clash with Wales next month.
# Restrictions
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# Restrictions
The Exeter director of rugby believes it is important that the national bodies explore ways to still bring in revenue from this year’s competition.
# six-nations - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Faz
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# Faz
The 2022 Six Nations now looms into view.
# six-nations - Thursday 18 November, 2021
# Sidelined
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# Sidelined
The England captain has been forced to undergo ankle surgery.
# six-nations - Tuesday 26 October, 2021
# Wait And See
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# Wait And See
In other news, the 2022 Women’s Six Nations will once again run in a standalone window.
# six-nations - Monday 4 October, 2021
# Centre Of Attention
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# Centre Of Attention
The former World Rugby U20 Championship-winning captain is facing eight months on the sidelines.
# six-nations - Tuesday 6 July, 2021
# 6n
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# 6n
Powerful Munster back row Daniel Okeke earns his first start of the campaign in one of nine switches.
# six-nations - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# Ireland U20s
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# Ireland U20s
Ireland’s defeat is their first in 11 games in the Under 20s Six Nations championship.
# six-nations - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Rising Stars
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# Rising Stars
The Irish Under 20 side begin their Six Nations campaign against Scotland today and face five games in 24 days.
# six-nations - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Grow The Game
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# Grow The Game
Ireland finished third in the Six Nations this year but suffered a heavy defeat to France.
# six-nations - Monday 10 May, 2021
# CONFIRMED
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# CONFIRMED
Women’s Six Nations and Men’s Under 20s Championships will also be shown on Virgin Media.
# six-nations - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
From The42
Organisers aim for a ‘return to normality’ in 2022.
