{"id":10804,"date":"2022-02-04T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1578647"},"modified":"2022-02-04T15:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:53:41","slug":"ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Six Nations 2022: Fixtures, squad and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Ireland head into the Six Nations 2022 hoping to upset the odds and claim the title from under French noses.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Farrell\u2019s men enjoyed some superb form in 2021 and have continued to add quality players to their ranks.<\/p>\n<p>France are the bookies\u2019 favourites to win the championship but Ireland will be confident they can challenge Les Bleus all the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you everything you need to know about Ireland in the Six Nations 2022.<\/p> <h2><strong>Ireland Six Nations fixtures 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Round 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday 5th February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/rugby-union\/ireland-wales-six-nations-2022-kick-off-tv\/&quot;\">Ireland v Wales<\/a> (2:15pm) ITV \/ S4C<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday 12th February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France v Ireland (4:45pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday 27th February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ireland v Italy (3pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday 12th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>England v Ireland (4:45pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Round 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday 19th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ireland v Scotland (4:45pm) ITV<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ireland Six Nations squad 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>FORWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Baird, Finlay Bealham, Tadhg Beirne, Jack Conan, Gavin Coombes, Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Cian Healy, Iain Henderson, Rob Herring, Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Peter O\u2019Mahony, Tom O\u2019Toole, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Dan Sheehan, Nick Timoney, Kieran Treadwell, Josh van der Flier<\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bundee Aki, Robert Baloucoune, Joey Carbery, Jack Carty, Craig Casey, Andrew Conway, Keith Earls, Jamison Gibson Park, Mack Hansen, Robbie Henshaw, James Hume, Hugo Keenan, Jordan Larmour, Michael Lowry, Conor Murray, Garry Ringrose, Johnny Sexton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ireland player to watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Mack Hansen \u2013 The wing has been selected for his full international debut following a rip-roaring start to the URC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ireland coach:<\/strong> Andy Farrell<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ireland Six Nations 2022 prediction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ireland enter this tournament with lofty ambitions and form to suggest they can go all the way.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s far from a sure thing that France will rumble to the title despite their pre-tournament favourites tag.<\/p>\n<p>Mack Hansen will add extra fire to an already bristling attack, while there are countless options for Farrell to choose from among his squad.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland will finish: <strong>CHAMPIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>. Visit our dedicated hub for more\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Sports<\/a>\u00a0news.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Potts Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am Ireland head into the Six Nations 2022 hoping to upset the odds and claim the title from under French noses. Andy Farrell\u2019s men enjoyed some superb form in 2021 and have continued to add quality players to their ranks. France are the bookies\u2019 favourites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10805,"template":"","categories":[7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-scaled.jpg",2560,1712,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-300x201.jpg",300,201,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-768x514.jpg",768,514,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-1024x685.jpg",800,535,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-1536x1027.jpg",1536,1027,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/ireland-six-nations-2022-fixtures-squad-and-predictions-2048x1370.jpg",2048,1370,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Michael Potts Published: Friday, 04 February 2022 at 12:00 am Ireland head into the Six Nations 2022 hoping to upset the odds and claim the title from under French noses. 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