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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

'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

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

“I’ll play wherever the coach needs me to play," stated the 27-year-old Leinster out-half, who understands that the general perception towards him has shifted - in a good way.

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