Ireland vs Wales: Live stream, TV channel, kick-off time and Six Nations team news
IRELAND and Wales come into their third game of the Six Nations 2018 off the back of very different results.
Ireland ran in eight tries against Italy and while the Azzurri managed three of their own in the second half, the game was well gone and the 56-19 scoreline was no less than Joe Schmidt’s men deserved.
Wales meanwhile were robbed of full-back and goal-kicker Leigh Halfpenny by injury and saw England grind out a 12-6 win at Twickenham in filthy conditions.
Now they will face off in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, where they drew 16-16 last time - and the fixture is likely to be close: since 2005, Wales have won eight of the encounters and Ireland seven.
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Ireland vs Wales kick-off time
With France and Italy facing off on Friday night, Ireland and Wales will contest the middle game of the third weekend of the Six Nations.
Kick-off in Dublin is due at 2.15pm on Saturday February 24 before Scotland host England at Murrayfield at 4.45pm.
Ireland vs Wales TV channel
The Six Nations coverage for 2018 has been split between ITV and the BBC once again.
ITV will show all of England’s home games as well as four others while the BBC will retain all of the other eight matches including England’s trips to Paris and Edinburgh.
ITV have the rights to Ireland vs Wales with coverage starting at 1.30pm, 45 minutes before kick-off.
Ireland vs Wales live stream
Since both ITV and BBC are terrestrial and free-to-air, every game of the Six Nations will be shown live online for free.
Viewers simply need to hold a valid TV licence and may be required to sign in on the ITV website to watch Ireland vs Wales.
Ireland team to face Wales
Starting XV: Rob Kearney, Keith Earls, Chris Farrell, Bundi Aki, Jacob Stockdale; Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray; Cian Healy, Rory Best, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Devin Toner, Peter O’Mahony, Dan Leavy, CJ Stander.
Replacements: Sean Cronin, Jack McGrath, John Ryan, Quinn Roux, Jack Conan, Kieran Marmion, Joey Carberry, Fergus McFadden.
Wales team to face Ireland
Starting XV: Leigh Halfpenny, Liam Williams, Scott Williams, Hadleigh Parkes, Steff Evans; Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Samson Lee, Cory Hill, Alun Wyn Jones, Aaron Shingler, Josh Navidi, Ross Moriarty.
Replacement: Elliot Dee, Wyn Jones, Tomas Francis, Bradley Davies, Justin Tipuric, Aled Davies, Gareth Anscombe, George North.