The Counter Ruck Podcast

Andy Farrell makes five changes to side that took testing win over Italy

Sam Prendergast has not been included in the matchday 23 for Ireland’s round three Six Nations trip to Twickenham

No room for Prendergast in matchday 23 with Ciarán Frawley in line for spot on 6-2 bench

Andy Farrell’s squad have all the components to take on the daunting task ahead at Twickenham – they just need to use them

The Six Nations opener in Paris was Osborne’s first outing since the win over Japan in November

Critics ‘need to cop on and try to help these kids’, says Ireland head coach

The Stade de France witnessed another display of French sprinting ability last week, leaving the Irish trailing in the Six Nations

The hope is that the character of this Irish team won’t fail again in this Six Nations

Ulster pair of Robert Baloucoune and Cormac Izuchukwu will start as Andy Farrell makes six switches from France defeat

Ireland were written off in 2013 and 2019, so what’s to say the critics aren’t wrong again in 2026?

French success illustrates how Ireland’s production line desperately needs refinement

Andy Farrell set to make five or six changes, with James Lowe likely to return

Ireland do not yet look comfortable embracing a greater focus on kicking and transition attack

Andy Farrell’s men were beaten at the breakdown and all the other little scraps in sobering Paris loss

The Counter Ruck Podcast

The home side were sharper under the dropping ball, but Ireland kept using tactics that clearly weren’t working

Some 57 pairs of brothers have represented Ireland since the IRFU was established in 1879

We have reached point where not winning the Six Nations is framed as decline

Jeremy Loughman and Thomas Clarkson named in Irish frontrow