Ireland v Scotland updates: Championship and triple crown on the line

President Catherine Connolly is shaking hands with the players, with the national anthems set to follow as excitement is building in the Aviva Stadium.

Ireland go into this game with a great record against Scotland, having not lost to Gregor Townsend's side since 2017.

In fact. Scotland have not won in Dublin since 2010, when a last-minute penalty in Croke Park denied Ireland a triple crown.

Scotland winger Darcy Graham made headlines earlier this week by claiming the hosts are “there for the taking” and have “probably not been firing as well as they have in previous campaigns”.

Ireland head coach Farrell, who selected the 28-year-old for last year’s British and Irish Lions tour, offered a diplomatic response, saying: “He’s entitled to his opinion first and foremost.

“He’s a great lad, Darcy, actually. Obviously, I got to know him in the Lions, so it’s how he feels and obviously how the squad feels, and rightly so, in my opinion.

“They were outstanding last week against France and we’ve been preparing for another Scottish performance like that.

“We know that we’ll have to be at our best to beat them as they’re a side that we’ve always respected.”

Both teams will line out an announced during the week.

Ireland has made four changes to the team which defeated Wales last Friday.

Tommy O'Brien starts on the left wing with Jacob Stockdale out of the squad.

Dan Sheehan comes back into the front row, where he is joined by Tom O'Toole and Tadhg Furlong, Joe McCarthy and Tadhg Beirne are in the second row, with James Ryan out due to injury.

Josh Van Der Flier comes back into the starting 15, where he is joined by Jack Conan and captain Caelan Doris in the back row.

On the replacements, Darragh Murray could make his Six Nations