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Everything you need to know ahead of the opening weekend of the Six Nations

Ireland are the favourites to win this year’s Six Nations and travel to Cardiff, where Warren Gatland kicks off his second spell in charge

The Reds will be looking for something from their clash with the French giants having secured back to back wins over Northampton Saints

'You get picked, you don't get picked. To use that Rocky Balboa line, it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how you get back up and get going again'

The former full-back also backs Ross Byrne to seize the opportunity given to him in Andy Farrell's Six Nations squad

Spectators and TV viewers were stunned when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s heart stopped beating last week. But cardiac arrest in young athletes happens more often than is realised, and the key to averting disaster is quick thinking by bystanders, two survivors tell Sheila Flynn

Dublin (AFP) - Joey Carbery, widely seen for a long time as the natural successor to Johnny Sexton as Ireland's fly-half, was not included in the Six Nations squad unveiled by head coach Andy Farrell on Thursday.

Andy Farrell has named his Ireland squad and there are a number of winners and losers.

Mike Prendergast speaks of his delight that Ben Healy has made Scotland's Six Nations squad while praising the professionalism of veterans Conor Murray and Keith Earls, who were dropped last weekend