The Ireland Men's team was the most watched sports team of 2018 on Irish television with over 5.5 million viewers across the 2018 Six Nations and GUINNESS Series.

Jonathan Sexton added another individual honour to his list of accolades for the calendar year as he was announced as the RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year at a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday night.

Ulster and Ireland winger Jacob Stockdale has been chosen as the 2018 BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year. The 22-year-old had a terrific calendar year, scoring eight tries in ten Tests as Ireland won the Six Nations Grand Slam and defeated New Zealand on home soil for the first time.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has been announced as the Philips Sports Manager of the Year for 2018, receiving his award from Brendan Griffin, Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, at a function in Ballsbridge this afternoon.

Watch highlights from Ireland's final match of 2018 as they hosted the 13th-ranked USA Eagles in the GUINNESS Series at the Aviva Stadium. Andrew Conway weighed in with a hat-trick of tries on a night that saw his Munster team-mate Sam Arnold make his international debut.

The IRFU have announced that Andy Farrell will become Ireland head coach after next year's Rugby World Cup. IRFU Chief Executive Philip Browne and Performance Director David Nucifora speak about the decision to appoint Farrell as Joe Schmidt's successor in 2019.

IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora speaks about Joe Schmidt's decision to finish coaching after the 2019 Rugby World Cup 2019 and his enormous contribution to Irish Rugby. "The success has been so outstanding across so many different areas. Joe deserves a lot of credit for that and there's more to come hopefully," he said.

IRFU Chief Executive Philip Browne speaks about Joe Schmidt's decision to finish coaching after the Rugby World Cup in Japan, and the 'huge contribution' the New Zealander has made to Irish Rugby.

Joe Schmidt has today announced that he will finish coaching following the Rugby World Cup in Japan next year. Andy Farrell will become Ireland head coach after the tournament.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt hailed the impact of man-of-the-match Andrew Conway and a number of other players in Saturday night's 57-14 victory over the USA at the Aviva Stadium.

After enjoying a relatively low-key international debut in Chicago three weeks ago, Ross Byrne relished the opportunity to play for the guts of an hour during Ireland's GUINNESS Series finale against the USA at a sold-out Aviva Stadium.

It was a night to remember for Irish Rugby at the World Rugby Awards in Monte Carlo as Jonathan Sexton and Joe Schmidt were announced as the Player and Coach of the Year respectively, while the Team of the Year honour also went to Ireland.

In the six years since he made his international debut for Ireland, Munster prop Dave Kilcoyne has learnt the value of taking each and every opportunity that comes his way.

Head coach Joe Schmidt reflects on Ireland's eight-try 57-14 win over the USA in the final game of the 2018 GUINNESS Series at the Aviva Stadium.

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look as Ireland defeated the USA 57-14 at the Aviva Stadium to finish the 2018 GUINNESS Series unbeaten.

Try-scoring lock Tadhg Beirne said 'it was a good shift in the end' as Ireland got the better of the USA, who made it a tough battle before falling to a 57-14 defeat at the Aviva Stadium.

Sam Arnold won his first cap for Ireland, coming on as a half-time replacement in their 57-14 GUINNESS Series win over the USA. He spoke to Irish Rugby TV about his debut and his journey to becoming an Ireland international player.

Ireland closed out an unbeaten November run with a runaway 57-14 victory over an in-form USA team, as man-of-the-match Andrew Conway claimed a hat-trick and Stuart McCloskey and replacements Quinn Roux and John Ryan crossed for their first international tries.

Ireland are aiming to complete a clean sweep of November victories when they host a USA side boasting some familiar faces at the Aviva Stadium tonight (kick-off 6.30pm). Join us for our live blog, match stats and social media updates.

Ireland find themselves up against another in-form team in the USA as the curtain comes down on the 2018 GUINNESS Series. The final Test of the calendar year sees Joe Schmidt hand the captaincy reins to Rhys Ruddock and give a first start to John Cooney and a potential debut to Sam Arnold.