What’s happening? Ireland get their 2025 Guinness Six Nations campaign under way on Saturday against England in the last of the tournament’s opening round fixtures. Where & When? Ireland have hosting duties this time around, Steve Borthwick’s side travelling to the Aviva Stadium for a 4.45pm kick-off. Where can I catch the game? Ireland v … Read more
Thursday The Paul McGinley Golf Academy welcomes us at the modest entrance at Vilar do Golf. This is Quinta do Lago, a vast and sprawling place of worship to golf. Sweeping greenery, it is exactly what you expect it to be. Across the fairways some 3.5km away the Irish rugby squad are starting their day. … Read more
The pictures of the captains and coaches posing in front of the Colosseum look iconic and surreal at the same time, as if generated by AI – gladiators readying themselves for the fight and all that. Yet the wonder is that it took the organisers until this year to hold its launch of the world’s … Read more
Once more unto the breach, and in the first Six Nations campaign without Andy Farrell there was even less cause for ripping things up and starting again. A strong core of the 36-man squad announced by Simon Easterby for Ireland’s attempt at a historic three titles in succession have been an integral part of the … Read more
Here is the squad! IRELAND’S SIX NATIONS SQUAD * denotes uncapped player Forwards (21): Ryan Baird (Leinster), Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Tadhg Beirne (Munster), Jack Boyle (Leinster)*, Thomas Clarkson (Leinster), Jack Conan (Leinster), Caelan Doris (Leinster, capt), Tadhg Furlong (Leinster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ulster), Rob Herring (Ulster), Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster), Rónan Kelleher (Leinster), Gus … Read more
Hello and welcome to live coverage of Ireland’s Six Nations squad announcement, where Simon Easterby will announce his first squad as interim boss for the annual tournament. Ireland’s campaign begins on February 1st when England visit the Aviva. We will keep you up to date with all the news ahead of the tournament, the squad … Read more
American basketball icon Michael Jordan’s observation that “talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships” explains why the majority of coaches irrespective of sport, are hard-wired to place great store in the tried and trusted when it comes to picking teams and squads. There aren’t many coaches who are willing to double down on … Read more
The stakes grow higher virtually by the week from here on. Next Saturday fortnight Ireland will begin their quest to become the first side to win three outright Six Nations titles in succession when hosting England. Bringing that more sharply into focus, Simon Easterby will announce Ireland’s Six Nations squad on Wednesday afternoon. There was … Read more
Tickets for Ireland’s forthcoming Guinness Six Nations home games against England and France are being resold on websites for vastly inflated prices. One website is selling more than 600 tickets for prices ranging from €700 for seats in the upper tiers to €2,481 each for lower tier seats. These tickets also range in batches from … Read more
IAN MADIGAN and his wife Anna were feeling a level of love they ‘couldn’t put into words’ following the birth of their first child. The former Ireland out-half revealed the wonderful news on Instagram with photos of him, his wife Anna, and their new arrival. 4 Ian Madigan welcomed the birth of his and wife … Read more