READ MORE: Who is Ireland rugby coach Simon Easterby as he takes charge ... a teak-tough flanker as a player, had two spells at Ulster (2008-12, 2015-16) either side of Connacht (2012-15), coming ...

Ulster players Iain Henderson ... Back row prospect James McNabney is named in the panel as one of four development players. Simon Easterby has included hooker Dan Sheehan following the veteran ...

Dan Sheehan and James Lowe have been included in Simon Easterby ... Hugh Cooney, Ulster back row James McNabney and Connacht backs Ben Murphy and Cathal Forde as Development Players.

Simon Easterby is interim head coach for Ireland's Six Nations defence while Andy Farrell leads the British and Irish Lions in Australia this summer; uncapped Jack Boyle included in 36-player ...

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO has revealed Simon Shaw once showed up a team of Premier League stars - by returning to a training game with his "eye hanging out". Dallaglio spent his entire rugby career with ...

Along with Nick Timoney, Doak will be gunning to show Simon Easterby he made the wrong call by omitting him from Six Nations duty in the coming weeks. Four Ulster players who did get called up for ...

Few people know the Six Nations as well as Simon Easterby, who played in nine ... this team has produced some really special periods of rugby over the last couple of years,” he said, citing ...

Leinster prop Boyle, 22, has been promoted to the squad by interim head coach Simon Easterby having been a development player in Ireland's Autumn Nations Series squad in November. Ulster's O'Toole ...

A strong core of the 36-man squad announced by Simon Easterby for ... Murphy is one of four development players named, along with Connacht team-mate Cathal Forde, Ulster backrow James McNabney ...

Thankfully, the former tighthead, one of the most destructive scrummagers in rugby history, has channelled the hard-headed determination he possessed as a player ... or Simon Shaw every week.