{"id":206758,"date":"2025-12-23T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/206758\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:05:08","slug":"ireland-xv-to-host-england-a-in-limerick-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/206758\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland XV to host England &#8216;A&#8217; in Limerick in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/245\/sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ireland XV<\/a> squad will return to action in 2026 as Thomond Park hosts a Friday night lights clash against England &#8216;A&#8217; in February.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from November&#8217;s victory over Spain in Madrid, Ireland XV will host England &#8216;A&#8217; in Limerick on Friday, February 6 (Kick-off 7.15pm), providing another opportunity for players of national interest to be exposed to high-level game time in a green jersey.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/munster-rugby\/1973417\/munster-rugby-prop-joins-english-champ-leaders-on-loan-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Munster Rugby prop joins English Champ leaders on loan deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The addition of February&#8217;s fixture to the calendar follows the recent outing against Spain and last season&#8217;s Ireland &#8216;A&#8217; game against England &#8216;A&#8217; in Bristol and will provide a broader pool of players with exposure to the National Team environment during a busy international period, with Andy Farrell&#8217;s Ireland opening their Guinness Men&#8217;s Six Nations campaign in Paris the night before.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcast details will be confirmed shortly, with tickets now available on Ticketmaster.ie.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Ireland XV squad will return to action in 2026 as Thomond Park hosts a Friday night lights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,1449,43,20617],"class_list":["post-206758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ireland-rugby","tag-news","tag-thomond-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}