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Three Irish players feature in our Six Nations Team of the Weekend

Here is our combined XV after round two of the Six Nations featuring three Ireland players, four Welsh, three members of Eddie Jones' England side, two each from Scotland and France and a single Italian...

France edge Ireland in scrappy Six Nations round two match in Paris

France scored a second half try to claim a 10-9 victory and their first win over Ireland in five years when they came out on top in Paris on Saturday. The only try of the match was scored by Maxime Medard...

Ireland's Day In Stade de France

Six Nations 2016: France's brutal targeting of Jonathan Sexton was disgraceful

Our writers discuss the weekend's big Six Nations talking points - including France's decision to target Ireland fly-half and bizarre man-of-the-match awards

6 Nations Highlights: France v Ireland

France come away with a win that will do wonders for their confidence. Ireland lead 9-3 at the break after some good Sexton place kicking, but the second have was reduced to a turgid war of attrition....

Title now a very long shot for us, admits Schmidt

Joe Schmidt has conceded that a third successive Six Nations title is probably beyond his team after this ugly, dispiriting defeat to France that leaves him with a costly injury toll and a host of big...

Ireland dig their own grave and offer France renewed life

A quiet burial after a most public funeral. Three hours later and the Stade de France is eerily, aptly desolate. Seven groundsmen are lazily gardening upon the exact spot where a French scrum had begun...

Inadequate refereeing and missed opportunities - Five things we've learned from defeat to France

Ireland's hopes of a third successive championship evaporated at the Stade de France as the hosts held out for a one-point victory.

France dent women's Six Nations prospects

After a facile win over Wales last weekend, Saturday's trip to France was always going to be an entirely different affair and so it proved as Ireland's inexperienced players were taught a lesson about...

Joe Schmidt admits Ireland are focusing on England now title looks remote

• Ireland’s Six Nations hopes all but gone after 10-9 defeat by France• Schmidt: ‘We are a week-to-week team’Life as a head coach has been about as smooth an experience as Joe Schmidt could have...