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

Simon Easterby stuck with the tried and tested in his first squad as interim coach of two-time defending Six Nations ...

One of the highlights from the recent Autumn Nations Series was the emergence of a number of new internationals in Thomas ...

Some of the 11 players who were not in the squad at this point last year have been blooded in the intervening period ...

Nearly five and a half years on from winning the last of his 57 caps for Les Bleus, Leinster tighthead Rabah Slimani has been recalled to the France squad at the ripe old age of 35.

There’s something in the minds of most rugby fans that draws the attention to the names that are absent from a squad sheet, ...

SIMON ZEBO has labelled as “mental” the decision to leave a popular Munster star out of Ireland’s Six Nations squad. Interim ...

ROBBIE HENSHAW has more reason than most to recall and rue the last time Ireland’s Six Nations began against England in ...

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