Ireland travel to Rome to face Italy in their last game of the 2025 Six Nations on Saturday. Having gone undefeated in the opening three rounds, Simon Easterby’s side suffered a bruising defeat to France at the Aviva Stadium last weekend. Fabien Galthié’s men now lead the championship on 16 points, followed by England on 15 and then Ireland on 14. A win for France against Scotland in Paris would earn them the title regardless of the weekend’s other two results, but should the Scots pull off a major upset England and Ireland could enter the fray. A bonus-point win for England would leave them ahead of Ireland, Steve Borthwick’s side facing last-place Wales in Cardiff. But to have any chance of pulling off the historic three-peat, Ireland will firstly need a strong win over Italy at Stadio Olimpico. Italy head coach Gonzalo Quesada is due to name his team at 1.30pm Irish time. We’ll keep you posted. Our interim fearless leader Simon Easterby is due to name his team at 11am. He’s been mightily prompt thus far, big thumbs up from me. Until then, we’ll go through some news, analysis and commentary from our rugby writers and contributors, and follow up the team announcement with some reaction and the full lowdown from Easterby’s press conference. Good morning everyone. Our last squad announcement live blog of the 2025 Six Nations. Are we still feeling a little deflated about last weekend? Yes. Are we going to let that spoil Super Saturday? No. Because there’s still a chance, slim and all as it may be. Expert in all things permutations, John O’Sullivan got the calculator out to see what needs to transpire in order for Ireland to claim a third successive title, a feat never achieved before in the Six Nations. Have a read of his piece below: [ Ireland need help from Celtic cousins if they are to complete Six Nations hat-trickOpens in new window ] In short, Ireland need a big bonus-point win, for England to at least not win with a bonus point and for France to simply not win. Simple. Easy. Oh God.