What are Ireland’s Six Nations fixtures?

The 2023 men’s Six Nations is off to a thrilling start as two teams head into the first rest week with a perfect record after Scotland followed up a dramatic Calcutta Cup win against England with a record defeat of Wales and Ireland also defeated the Welsh in Cardiff on the opening day before downing France in an enthralling Round 2 fixture between the best two sides in the world.

England and Wales both arrived to the championship with new coaches - or old in Wales’ case as Warren Gatland returns to the helm. Steve Borthwick takes over England from Eddie Jones but his first match ended in defeat after Duhan van der Merwe stole the show at Twickenham with two stunning tries.

Andy Farrell is on course to take Ireland one step further after they finished second in the table last year, while Italy head coach Kieran Crowley built upon their first win in 36 Six Nations matches during the last campaign with a battling performance in a narrow defeat to reigning grand slam champions France, having also earned a memorable victory over Australia in the autumn.

Les Bleus came into the tournament looking to defend the title they won in such impressive fashion 12 months ago but that Round 2 loss in Dublin has given them an uphill battle, although they also have one eye on a home World Cup later this year.

Here are the Six Nations 2023 fixtures and UK TV channels: