Ireland are slender favourites to lift the Six Nations 2023 crown following some terrific results since the last tournament.

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France are reigning champions following a Grand Slam victory in 2022, but the Irish recorded victories over Australia and world champions South Africa as well as two wins against New Zealand in the back half of last year. They are undefeated in six games.

Ireland boss Andy Farrell will hope to keep his men's feet on the ground, and will look to mark their progress with the title in 2023 before attention turns to this year's Rugby World Cup.

RadioTimes.com rounds up everything you need to know about Ireland's Six Nations 2023 campaign.

Ireland Six Nations squad

Forwards: Aki, R Byrne, Casey, Crowley, Earls, Gibson-Park, Keenan, Larmour, Lowe, McCloskey, Murray, O'Brien, Osborne, Ringrose, Sexton, Stockdale

Backs: Baird, Bealham, Beirne, Conan, Coombes, Doris, Furlong, Healy, Henderson, Herring, Kelleher, Kilcoyne, McCarthy, O'Mahony, O'Toole, Porter, Prendergast, Ryan, D Sheehan, Van der Flier

Ireland Six Nations fixtures 2023

Round One

Saturday 4th February

Wales v Ireland (2:15pm)

Round Two

Saturday 11th February

Ireland v France (2:15pm)

Round Three

Saturday 25th February

Italy v Ireland (2:15pm)

Round Four

Sunday 12th March

Scotland v Ireland (3pm)

Round Five

Saturday 18th March

Ireland v England (5pm)

Six Nations 2023 on TV – Week One

Round One

Saturday 4th February

Wales v Ireland (2:15pm) BBC One / S4C

England v Scotland (4:45pm) ITV1

Sunday 5th February

Italy v France (3pm) ITV1

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Michael PottsSport Editor

Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.

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