Ireland

Despite Eddie Jones’ claim that “no one thinks we can win”, plenty of serious pundits believe England can beat Ireland in the Six Nations’ opening round. TRU's Rhiannon Garth Jones looks at why and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.

Ireland will begin their Six Nations 2019 title defence with a clash against England at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 2nd February. Here is everything you need to know about the high profile encounter.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named Robbie Henshaw at full-back for the Six Nations opening clash against England to be played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi is set to make his first start for England since 2014 after he was named in the XV by head coach Eddie Jones for the Six Nations opening clash against Ireland at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt said playmaker Johnny Sexton is in line to be available for Six Nations opening clash against England at Aviva Stadium on 2nd February.

Ireland have been dealt another blow ahead of the upcoming Six Nations tournament after Ulster lock Iain Henderson has been declared unfit for opening game against England due to a finger injury.

Ireland will miss the services of Munster lock Tadhg Beirne in the opening two rounds of the upcoming Six Nations tournament following a knee injury.

England will be without skipper Dylan Hartley for the upcoming Six Nations 2019 opener against Ireland at Aviva Stadium after the Northampton Saints' hooker failed to make sufficient recovery from a knee injury.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named a 38-man squad for the opening two rounds of the upcoming Six Nations tournament.

Ireland scrum-half Luke McGrath will miss the upcoming Six Nations tournament following a knee injury.

Live or on TV there has been numerous performances on the rugby pitch that have caught our intention. As we sat down as rugby union fans to put together our team of 2018, the TRU team discussed criteria for inclusion.

Ireland and Ulster forward Iain Henderson will miss between 10 to 12 weeks of action after he underwent a surgery on his thumb.

Ireland international Jacob Stockdale has gone on to claim the 2018 BBC Sport Northern Ireland Personality of Year award.

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew revealed that current Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt turned down an offer to be part of All Blacks backroom staff last year.

Experienced fly-half Jonathan Sexton has signed a new deal with Ireland and Leinster that will see him play for the country and province at least 2021.

In his latest column for TRU, Josh Beaumont reflects on another important home win for Sale, the battle at the bottom, reaching a personal milestone + some of the key points from the Autumn internationals.

Former Ireland international Ronan O'Gara said he is interested to be part of the backroom staff of the national side when Andy Farrell takes in charge following Joe Schmidt's departure.

Ireland skipper Rory Best believes Irish Rugby Football Union's decision to name Andy Farrell as the successor for head coach Joe Schmidt will be beneficial for the national side.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has confirmed that he will step down from his role as head coach of the national side post 2019 World Cup.

Ireland's stupendous form in 2018 has been rewarded as they went on to dominate the World Rugby Awards held in Monaco on Sunday.