Ireland rugby union team
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Johnny Sexton has been ruled out of Ireland’s Six Nations opener against Scotland after failing to shake off his calf problem
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Ireland are the favourites to win the 2017 tournament but face competition from England, with Scotland an outside bet
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The Bath forward Taulupe Faletau has not played since Christmas Eve after aggravating a knee injury but the Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards said: ‘We’re very hopeful he’ll be fit for Sunday’
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Joe Schmidt said he is unsure of the new bonus point system being trialled at this season’s Six Nations Championship ahead of the competition getting underway
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The Munster scrum-half has been deeply affected by the death of Anthony Foley and, he tells Donald McRae, his coach and mentor continues to inspire him
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Famous Irish victories combined with the improvement of England and Scotland will have Warren Gatland believing a historic Lions series win is not impossible
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Ireland’s latest bruising win shows they are the real deal, England’s set-piece strength will be key against Australia, and New Zealand are human after all
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Ireland stunned Australia in a memorable 27-24 victory to complete calendar-year wins over the southern hemisphere’s big three
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Ireland had to dig deep to see off Australia, but in doing so became the first northern hemisphere team since 2003 to beat the Wallabies, All Blacks and Springboks in a calendar year
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Ireland, already blighted by injury after last weekend’s battle with the All Blacks, will give fitness tests to Sean O’Brien and Jared Payne on Saturday morning for their final autumn Test against Australia
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Elliot Daly in the spotlight for England, Ireland face a test of their consistency from the Wallabies and can Italy capitalise on Springboks upset?
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The All Blacks centre will miss the match against France after receiving a one-week suspension following a dangerous tackle against Ireland
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Rugby is now cleaner but no safer and as New Zealand’s brutal, bruising clash with Ireland – and the citings that followed – showed, something must change
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