BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby's Six Nations squad.

As expected, in what was his first Six Nations squad announcement as Ireland interim head coach, Simon Easterby stuck with the solid foundations laid by Andy Farrell rather than ripping up the script and making wholesale changes.

Simon Easterby stuck with the tried and tested in his first squad as interim coach of two-time defending Six Nations champions Ireland on Wednesday, naming just one uncapped player in a 36-man roster.

Interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby has named uncapped Leinster prop Jack Boyle in a 36-man squad for the Guinness Six Nations. The 22-year-old Boyle has been selected ahead of Ulster’s Tom O’Toole, who is unavailable for his country’s first two games of the tournament due to suspension following his red card against Munster.

As interim head coach Simon Easterby prepares to announce his Ireland squad on Wednesday, BBC Sport NI looks at his options ahead of the Six Nations.

This was never going to be a squad featuring lots of uncapped players and fresh faces, all the more so given that Ireland travel to Georgia and Portugal this summer when many of t