Ireland v Scotland: All you need to know

GUINNESS SIX NATIONS

Ireland v Scotland, Aviva Stadium, Saturday, 4.45pm

TV

There is live coverage on Virgin Media which gets under way at 4pm. Wales v Italy (2.15pm) and France v England (8pm) are live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

ONLINE

We'll have a live match tracker on rte.ie/sport, the RTÉ News app, as well as updates on RTÉ Rugby Twitter and RTÉ Sport Facebook

RADIO

The game is live on Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1.

WEATHER

Dry and sunny with temperatures around 11C, says Met Éireann.

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The middle match of three on Six Nations 'Super Saturday', Ireland can get their hands on some silverware for the first time since their Grand Slam of 2018.

Whether or not the championship title comes their way around 10pm will depend on England doing Ireland a favour by beating France in Paris, alternatively holding them to a draw (without France scoring four tries) would do nicely as well.

That scenario is predicated on Ireland getting the job done in Dublin, a feat that has been achieved relatively easily over the last 12 years, with 2010 in Croke Park the one and only Six Nations success for the visitors.

You could say Gregor Townsend's men owe us a beating, but that's been true for a while without them really having a wherewithal to actual get over the line (and dot the ball down).

However, since Scotland's last visit to these shores they have won in London, Paris, Rome and Llanelli in the championship. So you can see what the missing link is and no doubt Townsend will be using that as motivation.

Consistency has been his side’s issue for a number of years: a win over England was followed by a poor showing in Cardiff and they blew a super chance