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Referee Jaco Peyper sends off England's Freddie Steward during the Guinness Six Nations match at Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Picture date: Saturday March 18, 2023.

Confirmed: Peyper got Steward call wrong

England fullback Freddie Steward has been cleared to play after his red card in Saturday’s Six Nations defeat by Ireland was downgraded by a disciplinary panel.

Dublin , Ireland - 18 March 2023; Robbie Henshaw of Ireland, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second try during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Hansen: Ireland are still World Cup ‘chokers’

Former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says that newly crowned Six Nations champions Ireland still have to prove that they can overcome their World Cup quarter-final hoodoo in France later this year.

Watch: Bundee shows off his booty

Inside centre Bundee Aki wanted everyone at the Aviva Stadium to know he was a Six Nations and Grand Slam champion after Ireland beat England on Saturday.

Players roast Peyper for red card

Jaco Peyper’s decision to controversially red card England’s Freddie Steward during the first half of the Six Nations title decider against Ireland had former and current players fuming.

Highlights: Ireland seal historic Grand Slam

Ireland sealed Grand Slam glory in Dublin after defeating 14-man England in Saturday’s Six Nations decider.

Ireland crowned Six Nations champions

South African-born hooker Rob Herring sealed the deal as Ireland were made to sweat against 14-man England to claim a long-awaited Six Nations Grand Slam victory in Dublin on Saturday.

Six Nations permutations: Ireland near fourth Grand Slam

This year’s Six Nations Championship comes to a climax this weekend with Ireland and France still able to clinch the title.

Ireland star gets nod for grand battle

Scrumhalf Jamison Gibson-Park has been handed the No 9 jersey as Ireland bid to seal the Six Nations Grand Slam by beating England in Dublin on Saturday.

Sexton plays down Six Nations swansong

Johnny Sexton says even though Saturday’s match at home to England will be his last in the Six Nations and could end with a Grand Slam win, it does not feel as momentous as winning his 100th cap.

Ireland veteran wary of ‘bloody dangerous’ England

Ireland may be hot favourites to beat England and seal the Six Nations Grand Slam this weekend but veteran prop Cian Healy said on Tuesday their opponents were “bloody dangerous” despite a record thumping by France.