Cameron Hill

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Now coming up for you today, Fiona Hayes on whether it's a good idea to have an Irish club side playing in England.

Dave Rennie drafts in a New Zealand legend as part of his backroom team before the 2027 World Cup.

And an ex-Georgia captain is banned from rugby for more than a decade for cheating on doping protocols.

First up today, Ireland are stepping up their preparations ahead of a final day Six Nations showdown with Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.

Scott Beam and Side are looking to avenge the 26-19 defeat to the Scots in last year's final round.

Win on Sunday and Ireland will end their six-year wait to register three wins in a single Six Nations campaign.

Scotland's only win in this year's championship came in the opening round when they narrowly beat Wales 24-19.

Bayvin Parsons was among the Ireland players that our own Dara Smith-Nocton caught up with at the Aviva this week.

The team have been known for signing every jersey, ball and scrap of paper presented to them for autographs by fans and she revealed their strategy with an expected crowd of 28,000 coming to Lansdowne Road on Sunday.

And we'll hear plenty more from the Ireland camp over the next few days in the build-up to Sunday's massive game.

Now Ireland's fixtures for the 2027 edition of the tournament have been confirmed this morning.

They'll kick off with a trip to Scotland on Saturday April 10th before hosting France the week after.

That's followed a week later by a game away to Wales on April 24th.

There's a week break and then they're at home to England on May 8th and the final round is on Saturday the 15th of May with Ireland kicking off proceedings that day away to Italy.

Now one of the talking points in recent weeks is the possibility of an Irish side joining the Premiership Women's Rugby in England.

The IRFU's head of women's strategy, Lynne Cantwell, confirmed to Off The Ball that they had expressed an interest in joining the club competition and are focused on exploring the potential opportunity further that could enable us to grow the game.

Former Ireland international Fiona Hayes joined Owen Shahan and Mike Sherry on Monday Night Rugby.