{"id":10952,"date":"2025-02-21T15:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/six-nations-2025-wales-v-ireland-preview-kick-off-time-team-news-bbc-tv-coverage-match-facts\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:36:19","slug":"six-nations-2025-wales-v-ireland-preview-kick-off-time-team-news-bbc-tv-coverage-match-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/six-nations-2025-wales-v-ireland-preview-kick-off-time-team-news-bbc-tv-coverage-match-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations 2025: Wales v Ireland preview, kick-off time, team news, BBC TV coverage & match facts"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ireland make seven changes,<\/a> with Dan Sheehan captaining the side for the first time in the absence of Caelan Doris, who misses out with a knee injury. <\/p>\n

Sheehan replaces the injured Ronan Kelleher at hooker, while Jack Conan comes in for Doris at eight.<\/p>\n

Prop Thomas Clarkson makes a first Test start, Jamie Osborne wins a first Six Nations cap at 15, Mack Hansen returns from injury and Garry Ringrose is preferred to Bundee Aki. <\/p>\n

Joe McCarthy is also recalled following injury, with James Ryan, Finlay Bealham and Bundee Aki dropping to the bench.<\/p>\n

Uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle is included in a matchday squad for the first time.<\/p>\n

Ireland: <\/b>15-Osborne, 14-Hansen, 13-Ringrose, 12-Henshaw, 11-Lowe; 10-S Prendergast, 9-Gibson-Park; 1-Porter, 2-Sheehan (capt), 3-Clarkson, 4-J McCarthy, 5- Beirne, 6-O’Mahony, 7-Van der Flier, 8-Conan.<\/p>\n

Replacements: <\/i>16-G McCarthy, 17-Boyle, 18-Bealham, 19-Ryan (Leinster), 20-C Prendergast, 21-Murray, 22-Crowley, 23-Aki.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Ireland make seven changes, with Dan Sheehan captaining the side for the first time in the absence of Caelan Doris, who misses out with a knee injury. Sheehan replaces the injured Ronan Kelleher at hooker, while Jack Conan comes in for Doris at eight. Prop Thomas Clarkson makes a first Test start, Jamie Osborne wins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10954,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10952\/revisions\/10954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}