Dan Sheehan will captain unbeaten Ireland in Saturday’s Six Nations game against Wales in Cardiff after both Caelan Doris and Ronan Kelleher were ruled out through injury, the Irish Rugby Union said on Thursday.

Ireland rugby star Tadhg Beirne has opened up about how he nearly ended up playing for Wales, claiming that an official at Scarlets overlooked his agent's emails. Beirne, set to earn his 59th cap for Ireland this Saturday, had a two-year stint at Parc y Scarlets after moving from Leinster in 2016.

Dan Sheehan will skipper Ireland against Wales in the third round of the Six Nations in Cardiff on Saturday in the absence of regular captain Caelan Doris. Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby named hooker Sheehan as captain,

Wales interim coach Matt Sherratt looked for familiarity as he made nine changes to the starting line-up for Saturday's Six Nations match against Ireland. Wales were beaten 22-15 by Italy in their last Six Nations outing,

IRELAND INTERIM HEAD coach Simon Easterby could bring exciting 23-year-old back Jamie Osborne into his side to face Wales in the Six Nations on Saturday in one of a handful of changes. Jack Conan is in line to wear the number eight shirt in the injury-enforced absence of captain Caelan Doris,