As interim head coach Simon Easterby prepares to announce his Ireland squad on Wednesday, BBC Sport NI looks at his options ahead of the Six Nations.

Simon Easterby named his Ireland squad for the Six Nations on Wednesday - we've had a stab at predicting the 23 for the opening game v England

BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

This was never going to be a squad featuring lots of uncapped players and fresh faces, all the more so given that Ireland travel to Georgia and Portugal this summer when many of t