Andy Farrell’s side were seconds away from championship glory when Thomas Ramos landed a last-gasp penalty to retain the title for France with a gripping 48-46 win over England.

A much-improved England almost cost the defending champions the title.

The hosts kept themselves in contention for the Guinness Six Nations title with a 12th consecutive victory over the Scots.

The hosts kept themselves in contention for the Guinness Six Nations title with a 12th consecutive victory over the Scots.

France has won the Six Nations

The Offaly TD said tickets for this weekend’s crunch Six Nations rugby clash between Ireland and Scotland at the Aviva are for sale online for exorbitant prices

James Ryan misses out through injury. 

The passengers at Dublin will be travelling for a mixture of St Patrick's Day celebrations, Six Nations rugby and the Cheltenham Festival. 

England lost to Italy for the first time in 33 meetings between the countries.

England had never lost to Italy in 32 previous meetings.

Goals from Shane O'Brien, Cathal O'Neill and an Aidan O'Connor penalty helped the Treaty to a 3-19 to 20 point win at the Gaelic Grounds.

Ireland led just 12-10 at half-time before battling to a bonus-point win.

First-half tries from Jacob Stockdale and Jack Crowley set the hosts on their way.

Ireland got off to a great start with a try from Jacon Stockdale after six minutes, his first in the Six Nations since 2020.

Ireland go into the penultimate round of fixtures in third place, six points adrift of reigning champions France, who can retain the title with a game to spare by securing a bonus-point success away to Scotland on Saturday.

Elsewhere, Jamison Gibson-Park will win his 50th Test cap in green, while uncapped Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak is in line for his Ireland debut off the bench.

There are a further three positional switches in Steve Borthwick’s starting XV.

Andy Farrell’s side return to Guinness Six Nations action at home to winless Wales on Friday evening after celebrating a record 42-21 victory at Twickenham in round three.

Ireland hosts Wales in round four of the championship on Friday, March 6,th before Scotland visits Dublin eight days later on the final weekend.

Andy Farrell’s side responded to their detractors in emphatic fashion by securing Ireland’s largest win at Twickenham courtesy of a stunning display in the Guinness Six Nations.

Handling errors and mistakes from England have been taken advantage of by Andy Farrell's side, who could not have wished for a better opening 40 minutes.

Jack Crowley will start at Twickenham.

Jack Crowley replaces Sam Prendergast, who has been left out of the matchday squad, with Ciarán Frawly as the backup option at fly-half.

Head coach Andy Farrell is on Thursday morning set to name his matchday 23 for the Guinness Six Nations third-round clash against an English side smarting from their 31-20 Calcutta Cup defeat to Scotland in Edinburgh.

Conor O'Donnell's goal helped them on the hosts on the way to a 1-19 to 14 point victory in Letterkenny.

The hosts had to recover from a 10-5 half-time deficit before withstanding a late Azzurri rally.

Jamie Osborne, Jack Conan, and Robert Baloucoune have crossed over for the Irish tries while Jack Crowley has kicked a penalty.

Andy Farrell’s side is under pressure to produce a performance in Saturday’s Dublin clash with the Azzurri in the wake of a dispiriting round-one defeat away to reigning Guinness Six Nations champions France.

The head coach accused his players of lacking intent during a one-sided championship opener in Paris, which further fuelled talk of Ireland being a team in decline.

Both players have been rewarded for their form with Ulster, as Ireland look to get back on track in the Six Nations following their opening round defeat to France.

Arundell scored three tries as Wales were swept aside in London.

Both teams were reduced to 14 men just before half-time, with Tipp's Jason Forde and Cork's Shane Barrett shown red cards for contributing to a melee.

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Feyi-Waboso suffered a hamstring injury in training on Thursday and has been ruled out of at least the showdown at Allianz Stadium.

Louis Bielle-Biarrey resumed the fine form which saw him crowned player of the championship in 2025 with two tries.

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Jeremy Loughman and Jacob Stockdale also get the nod as Les Bleus welcome Ireland to the Stade de France on Thursday.

The Connacht centre was cited following his side's defeat to Leinster in the URC on Saturday and appeared before a disciplinary panel yesterday.

Aki is alleged to have engaged with the match officials on several occasions at the end of Connacht's loss to Leinster in the URC last weekend.

England begin their campaign against Wales on February 7th.

The Ireland full-back scored the winning try as Andy Farrell's side won the series 2-1.

Elsewhere in the squad, the uncapped Edwin Edogbo and Nathan Doak have been included.

Porter could be absent for a couple of months after suffering a calf injury in training, while McCarthy suffered a foot injury during Leinster's win over La Rochelle last weekend.