Simon Easterby is interim head coach for Irelands Six Nations defence while Andy Farrell leads the British and Irish Lions in Australia this summer; uncapped Jack Boyle included in 36-player squad; Ir

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.

As expected, in what was his first Six Nations squad announcement as Ireland interim head coach, Simon Easterby stuck with the solid foundations laid by Andy Farrell rather than ripping up the script and making wholesale changes.

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six Nations. The 22-year-old Boyle has been selected ahead of Ulster’s Tom O’Toole,