{"id":212641,"date":"2025-12-26T23:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/212641\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:35:09","slug":"ireland-rugby-star-and-wife-welcome-new-baby-into-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/212641\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland rugby star and wife welcome new baby into the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fantastic Christmas present for the happy couple.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Robbie-Henshaw-and-his-baby.jpg\" alt=\"Robbie Henshaw and his baby.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Robbie Henshaw and his baby.(Image: Sophie Henshaw Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ireland rugby star Robbie Henshaw and his wife Sophie were given the best Christmas present imaginable after the birth of their new baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Revealing the news on social media, Sophie shared a snap of Dad <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/robbie-henshaw\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Robbie <\/a>walking down a hospital corridor carrying his baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Well wishes have flooded in underneath the post, with the likes of Jessika O&#8217;Mahony and Patti Gibson-Park sending messages of congratulations to the happy couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The name of the baby and the gender have yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_CapturePNG.png\" alt=\"Robbie Henshaw and wife Sophie\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Robbie Henshaw and wife Sophie(Image: Photographer Peter Carvill\/Instagram @sophiemarren)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The arrival of the little bundle of joy at Christmas time comes <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/sport\/rugby-union\/robbie-henshaw-ties-knot-long-32419340\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">less than two years after Robbie and Sophie tied the knot.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While Robbie is getting used to being on father duty, he will have to don the blue shirt of Leinster for the first time since becoming a Dad when he lines up for his province against Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b1ea692a-d5b9-4239-b4e4-d4296e9f32c1&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Click here to sign up to our sport newsletter, bringing you the top stories and biggest headlines from Ireland and beyond<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fantastic Christmas present for the happy couple.Robbie Henshaw and his baby.(Image: Sophie Henshaw Instagram) Ireland rugby 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