Ireland stand-in boss Simon Easterby will name his Six Nations squad for the 2025 tournament on Wednesday afternoon. Easterby will be the man tasked with picking the squad for the back-to-back defending champions, with Andy Farrell taking the reins as British and Irish Lions boss ahead of a tour down under in the summer.

Ireland's squad for this year's Six Nations tournament is due to be announced at around 2pm this afternoon. Simon Easterby will be the man tasked with picking the squad for the back-to-back defending champions, with Andy Farrell taking the reigns as British and Irish Lions boss ahead of a tour down under in the summer.

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named his squad for the Guinness Six Nations with just one uncapped player, Leinster's Jack Boyle, included.

Uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle is included in Ireland's Six Nations squad, replacing the suspended Tom O'Toole.

This was never going to be a squad featuring lots of uncapped players and fresh faces, all the more so given that Ireland travel to Georgia and Portugal this summer when many of t

BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

IRELAND HAVE NAMED uncapped Leinster loosehead prop Jack Boyle in their 36-man squad for the 2025 Six Nations. 22-year-old Boyle was involved in Ireland’s November campaign as a development player but has now been formally named in the senior squad for the first time.