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.

Follow along for updates and analysis as Andy Farrell's men kick off the 2026 championship with a daunting Thursday night test at the Stade de France in Paris

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.

Ireland Women's Rugby Head-coach, Scott Bemand has named his side's matchday squad to face France in this Saturday's Guinness Six Nations opening clash, against France. Dannah O'Brien has been named at fly-half for the game.

Later, Scotland welcome Wales to Murrayfield.

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The Leinster back-rower missed his country’s win away to Wales because of a knee issue.

(L-r) Cian Healy, Peter O'Mahony, and Conor Murray will call time on their careers in green when the Six Nations competition ends on March 15th.

France delivered an 11-try rout of Italy.

The Connacht wing is replaced by Munster’s Calvin Nash.

Finlay Bealham and Mack Hansen are both set to be monitored over the coming days, while Tadhg Furlong and Joe McCarthy have both stepped up their rehab.

Les Bleus ran out 43-0 winners in Paris as Wales crashed to a 13th successive Test defeat.

Itoje says ‘rugby needs more eyes on it, not less’.

Without head coach Andy Farrell, who is managing the British and Irish Lions this summer, Simon Easterby takes charge for the campaign,

Ireland are favourites to complete another title success, despite Farrell temporarily handed the reins to defence coach Simon Easterby.

Ireland begin their championship title defence at home to England on Saturday, February 1st

As Farrell prepares to take charge of the British and Irish Lions this summer in Australia, defence coach Simon Easterby will take charge of the side during the Six Nations.

Ireland beat Scotland 15-12 at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast

A day full of sporting action.

The Scots showed plenty of promise during an inconsistent campaign.

Ireland’s Under-20s could only watch as England secured the Six Nations title last night

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France’s World Cup captain is starring on the sevens circuit.