The hosts are seven to one favourites to win the Six Nations opener, but there are reasons for optimism for the men in green.
Ireland boss Andy Farrell has backed Jacob Stockdale to make the most of his first Guinness Six Nations appearance in five years.
With the loss of key personnel on either side, the set-piece battle, and the platform it creates, could look radically different o…
It seems no Six Nations country is immune to the current prop injury crisis, with Scotland's James Whitcombe the latest to be side…
As he manages a swathe of absentees, Farrell may be tempted to plump with his most familiar playmaker despite intense competition.
All the Six Nations teams will aim to avoid a fatal early blow that leads to elimination in the contest for the major prize.
Ireland boss Andy Farrell is relishing his Guinness Six Nations return as he negotiates a lengthy injury list and an ongoing trans…
Leinster loosehead prop Jack Boyle is set to undergo a procedure on his Achilles tendon, which will almost certainly rule him out …
Andy Farrell’s Ireland preparations for the Guinness Men’s Six Nations have been disrupted by a fresh injury setback, with cha…
Since RWC23, a chasm has appeared between the ‘Haves’ of France, Ireland and England, and the ‘Have Nots’ of Scotland, Wal…
The last meeting between both teams saw Leinster earn a huge 52-17 win at the beginning of January, and they opened the scoring ei…
Injuries at loosehead and blindside mean Andy Farrell will need to find solutions to match French power.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has included uncapped duo, Munster lock Edwin Edogbo and Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak, in his squ…
Leinster are counting the cost of their hard-fought 22-13 Investec Champions Cup win away to Aviron Bayonnais at the weekend.
Leinster signed off the pool stage in Bayonne with a controlled, largely no-nonsense Champions Cup win that mixed early authority …
The hosts' battles at scrum time bore alarming hallmarks of Ireland's November savaging by the Springboks.
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