{"id":387580,"date":"2026-04-08T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387580\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T05:34:10","slug":"anna-caplice-opportunity-knocks-for-ireland-to-move-the-dial-in-whats-shaping-up-as-best-womens-six-nations-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387580\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Caplice: Opportunity knocks for Ireland to move the dial in what\u2019s shaping up as best Women\u2019s Six Nations yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ireland head coach Scott Bemand. Photo: Harry Murphy\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IS SBEMAND 8.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Ireland head coach Scott Bemand. Photo: Harry Murphy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The 2026 Women\u2019s Six Nations is finally here. After the huge success of the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup just over six months ago, fans of the women\u2019s game have been patiently awaiting this moment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Millions have come to women\u2019s rugby in recent years as the sport is experiencing a huge boom. With the echoes of an emphatic men\u2019s tournament still in our ears \u2013 it\u2019s now the women\u2019s turn to take the stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland head coach Scott Bemand. Photo: Harry Murphy\/Sportsfile The 2026 Women\u2019s Six Nations is finally here. After the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28454,61,19086,60,11287,11897,43,31398],"class_list":["post-387580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-connacht-rugby","tag-ie","tag-international-rugby","tag-ireland","tag-leinster-rugby","tag-munster-rugby","tag-news","tag-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387580","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=387580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}