Eddie Jones

Australia set to be named hosts in 2027 and USA in 2031 at meeting in Dublin on Thursday

England international represented Ireland U20s before committing to country of birth

64-year-old will miss World Rugby’s council meeting in Dublin next week

Former England international has a point to prove against Premiership champions

Bath winger having to overcome Covid, injury and British ‘betrayal’ of his family

RFU director of performance Conor O’Shea also backs succession plan

New Zealand’s prep for summer tour will focus on how Ireland played in Six Nations

Five Irish players included, nine from the winning French team, and Maro Itoje

Using the PA system at times to awaken the ground was a little embarrassing

Scotland captain Stuart Hogg could learn a lot about leadership from the Italians

Former internationals question ‘progress’ as last year’s poor Six Nations result repeated

Shane Horgan keeps the cork in the bottle and looks at what Ireland had to beat

Paris punishment may follow Murrayfield misery and Twickenham tribulations

Ben Youngs returns at scrumhalf with changes also made in the pack

Eddie Jones has left Max Malins out of his squad to face France on Saturday

Ewels was upright, clumsy and ran risk of a head collision in trying to stop offload

Real question now for James Ryan is how many serious knocks to the head are enough

Donal Lenihan went through the exultant highs and funereal lows in a draining 80 minutes

England head coach ‘a bit disappointed the referee didn’t allow us to scrum fully’

Like Muhammad Ali, England coach knows how to engage the public and sell the game

Ireland head coach names a settled XV with a number of players returning from injury

Leinster player knows Irish team will have to arrive in London with a changed game face

A fast start and scoring early is our best chance of beating England

Secondrow looking forward to pitting his wits against England talisman Maro Itoje

Marler reports extra edge to England in training in anticipation of ‘ding-dong’ battle

Prop admits England training session on Tuesday was ‘tasty’ ahead of Twickenham

‘They are literally, and I say that without any hesitation, the most cohesive side’

England boss starts mind games ahead of Saturday by labelling Ireland as favourites

Eddie Jones appears to have something new in mind for the must-win game

Demanding tests against Ireland and France will tell us a lot more about Jones’s side

Short-sighted strategy leaves Andy Farrell’s side trailing in wake of well-prepared rivals

Jones’s team have the individual talent – they just need to plug it all into the mains

Centre set to play his first Six Nations game in almost two years against Wales in Cardiff

Galthie’s decision to select six forwards in the replacements important in the end game

England coach to assess if Tuilagi is fit enough to step up after appearing for Sale

Both England and Scotland have been serial offenders in this aspect for too long

Clear game plan comes up trumps in contrast to England who hauled off Marcus Smith

The role of the inside centre is letting the No 10 flourish is one of the game’s key combinations

Almost half of Eddie Jones’ 37-man training squad have never appeared in Six Nations

Captain Owen Farrell ruled out of tournament and will have surgery on ankle injury