With Andy Farrell taking a step back from the Irish setup to manage the British and Irish Lions this year, Ireland's defence coach Easterby has stepped up to the plate ...

The Ireland interim coach’s deputy tag may soon be cast off if he leads his country to a historic Six Nations repeat triumph ...

In fact, Easterby’s toughness was already a distinguishing feature of his game as an underage international. Eddie O’Sullivan ...

DAVID HUMPHREYS is confident Ireland will be okay without Andy Farrell in the Championship - but he insisted he still wants him leading the team long-term. Ireland kick off their Six Nations ...

Interim boss Simon Easterby believes back-to-back champions Ireland are “up for the challenge” of chasing Six Nations history in the absence of Andy Farrell. Ireland are bidding to become the ...

Things look a little bit different this time around and yet the switch over from Andy Farrell to Simon Easterby — while Farrell does his Lions gig — ought to really be quite seamless.

Ulster hooker Tom Stewart has backed the "brilliant" Simon Easterby to "get Ireland firing" in the Six Nations. Easterby has stepped up as interim head coach to lead Ireland's bid for a third ...

With no additions in personnel, each of them will have to share the extra load while Farrell is away, particularly Simon Easterby. The Irish squad and the Irish public are going to see more of the ...

Peter Stringer, Ronan O’Gara, ‘The Bull’ Hayes and Shane Horgan: 25 years later, they’d still be recognised in the street by passing strangers with an interest in Irish sport. All four ...