Pressure on Prendergast as Ireland launch Six Nations title defence against England
Sam Prendergast will be in the spotlight when Ireland begin their quest for an unprecedented third successive Six Nations title against England in Dublin on Saturday. England have not finished higher than third since last winning the Six Nations in 2020 and they arrive in Dublin with an off-field crisis engulfing the Rugby Football Union.
Six Nations LIVE: Latest news with champions Ireland set to name side for opener against England
Interim boss Simon Easterby faces a key call at fly half, with Scotland and Italy also set to reveal their line-ups today
Ireland handed Six Nations blow as star player ruled out of opener against England
Ireland has suffered a big blow ahead of its Six Nations title defense with prop Tadhg Furlong ruled out through injury for the team’s opener against England.
Furlong out of Ireland's England Six Nations opener
British and Irish Lions prop Tadhg Furlong will miss Ireland's Six Nations opener against England on Saturday because of injury.
Ireland suffer crushing injury blow ahead of England Six Nations clash
Ireland have suffered a major blow ahead of their Six Nations opener against England next weekend with talismanic prop Tadhg Furlong ruled out of the clash through injury.
Veteran Ireland Prop Furlong Out Of Six Nations Opener
Veteran Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong was Sunday ruled out of his team's Six Nations opener against England next weekend because of a calf injury, the IRFU announced.
Furlong ruled out of Ireland's clash with England as Aungier called up
IRELAND TIGHTHEAD PROP Tadhg Furlong has been ruled out of Ireland’s Six Nations opener against England in Dublin due to a recurrence of his calf injury. Connacht’s uncapped Jack Aungier has been called up to the Ireland senior squad for the first time in place of Furlong.
Will Ireland author a first Six Nations three-peat?
Ireland are widely considered to be the Six Nations favourites once again but there is plenty for the side to sort out before ...
Rugby-Ireland prop Furlong ruled out of Six Nations opener
Ireland prop Tadhg Furlong has been ruled out of Saturday's Six Nations opener against England after suffering a recurrence ...
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Andy Farrell makes appointments to British and Irish Lions backroom team
The British and Irish Lions have confirmed three appointments to Andy Farrell’s backroom team for this summer's Tour to ...
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Andy Farrell makes first British & Irish Lions appointments ahead of 2025 tour to Australia
Welshman Walters, who joins on secondment from the IRFU, said: “The Lions is the absolute pinnacle and my earliest memory of ...
Andy Farrell appoints first members of British and Irish Lions coaching staff
Aled Walters, formerly of England, takes up a key strength and conditioning role having joined Farrell’s Ireland staff last ...
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Ireland hit by Tadhg Furlong injury setback on eve of Six Nations as replacement flown in
Ireland have been dealt a major setback ahead of the opening Six Nations fixture of their title defence after prop Tadhg ...
Six Nations rugby is back. Here are the big questions ahead of Friday’s start
The Six Nations starts on Friday and the annual jamboree between the top rugby nations in the northern hemisphere isn’t short ...
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Tadhg Furlong ruled out of Ireland’s clash with England
Prop Tadhg Furlong is out of Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations opener against England through injury. The 32-year-old Leinster ...
IRFU performance director David Humphreys insists Irish rugby needs Leinster strong as other provinces must catch up
DAVID HUMPHREYS insisted that Irish rugby needs a strong Leinster – and the rest of the provinces must catch up. The IRFU’S ...