Factfile on Ireland ahead of the Six Nations which starts this weekend: IRELAND Population: 4.8million Capital: Dublin Coach: Andy Farrell (ENG/November 2019) Number of registered players: 194,387 World Rugby ranking: 5 (January 29, 2020) Six Nations past record (since 2000): Winners (4) - 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018 Wooden spoon - N/A Fixtures (all times GMT): Feb 1: Ireland v Scotland, Dublin (1645) Feb 8: Ireland v Wales, Dublin (1415) Feb 23: England v Ireland, London (1500) Mar 7: Ireland v Italy, Dublin (1415) Mar 14: France v Ireland, Paris (2000) Squad Forwards Backs: Will Addison (Ulster), Bundee Aki (Connacht), Billy Burns (Ulster), Ross Byrne (Leinster), Andrew Conway (Munster), John Cooney (Ulster), Keith Earls (Munster), Chris Farrell (Munster), Robbie Henshaw (Leinster), Dave Kearney (Leinster), Jordan Larmour (Leinster), Luke McGrath (Leinster), Conor Murray (Munster), Garry Ringrose (Leinster), Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/capt), Jacob Stockdale (Ulster) Forwards: Max Deegan (Leinster), Caelan Doris (Leinster), Ultan Dillane (Connacht), Tadhg Furlong (Leinster), Cian Healy (Leinster), Dave Heffernan (Connacht), Iain Henderson (Ulster), Rob Herring (Ulster), Ronan Kelleher (Leinster), Dave Kilcoyne (Munster), Jack McGrath (Ulster), Jack O'Donoghue (Munster), Peter O'Mahony (Munster), Tom O'Toole (Ulster), Andrew Porter (Leinster), James Ryan (Leinster), CJ Stander (Munster), Devin Toner (Leinster), Josh van der Flier (Leinster) Player to watch: Jonathan Sexton. The 2018 World Player of the Year, at 34, has been named skipper, and will be desperate to guide his team to a better performance than in the World Cup, where they again bombed out at the quarter-final stage. Aim for the tournament: "We've got a very competitive squad and the lads have been in great form." - Head coach Andy Farrell lp/dj