Johnny Sexton has been helping form Ireland's masterplan for their Six Nations opener against England on Saturday.

Holders England survive Junior Kpoku's 20-minute red card to defeat Ireland in the Under-20s Six Nations opener 19-3 in Cork.

Simon Easterby, Ireland’s Interim Head Coach, has named his first matchday squad, for the highly anticipated Guinness Men’s Six Nations opener against England.

When these sides met last year, England scraped a draw to deny Ireland a historic three Grand Slams in succession

England open Six Nations campaign against defending champions Ireland in Dublin on Saturday; Maro Itoje confident England can upset the odds and the defending champions on his first match as captain

Maro Itoje says England are "ready to go" as they bid to upset the odds by launching their Six Nations campaign with a defeat of twice defending champions Ireland in Dublin. But they were also the only side to beat Ireland in last year's Six Nations and Itoje believes a new-look England can repeat that Twickenham triumph at Lansdowne Road.