TV details, kick-off time and team news for Six Nations opener – The Irish Times

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

How the Irish rugby team are preparing for the Six Nations in Portugal – The Irish Times

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

Caelan Doris looks forward to Six Nations improvement – The Irish Times

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

Natural squad regeneration on show in Simon Easterby’s Six Nations selection – The Irish Times

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

Sheehan and Lowe return for Six Nations as Stockdale misses out – The Irish Times

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

Simon Easterby to name Six Nations team with key players likely to return – The Irish Times

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

Key Ireland players returning from injury at the right time ahead of Six Nations squad announcement – The Irish Times

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

Ireland’s historic Six Nations title bid bolstered by return of key players – The Irish Times

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

Ireland v England Six Nations tickets selling for up to €2,480 on resale websites – The Irish Times

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

Former Ireland rugby star ‘can’t put it into words’ as he welcomes ‘our Christmas miracle’ following birth of baby boy

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