Set-piece, clinical finishing, and discipline the focus for Ireland in Six Nations

Ireland are no longer the favourites to win the Six Nations that they had been in recent years but winning every game is still the ambition for head coach Andy Farrell

Andy Farrell: "We have to be driven to want to win every game. But what certainly trumps that is us continuing to grow and evolve as a team." Pic: Ross MacDonald/Sportsfile

Andy Farrell has targeted improving discipline as Ireland bid to get back to winning ways in this season’s Guinness Six Nations championship.

Ireland kick off their 2026 campaign on Thursday week with a daunting visit to Paris and an opening-round date with defending champions France, whose 42-27 victory in Dublin last March helped end Irish ambitions of an historic third Six Nations title in a row.