Rugby World Cup - Ireland v Scotland: All you need to know

It all comes down to this. Ireland face Scotland in Paris at 8pm on Saturday night.

It's not exactly winner takes all with a series of permutations allowing for Ireland to lose and still progress.

A win or a draw removes the need for the abacus and Andy Farrell's men will be hoping that it's not needed at all.

Find out all you need to know about the game here.

RADIO

Listen to live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1 with Michael Corcoran and David Humphreys.

ONLINE

Follow a live blog on RTE.ie/sport and the RTÉ News App followed by report, reaction and player ratings.

TV

The match is live on Virgin Media TV.

WEATHER

Paris is set to be clear and cool on Saturday night. No breeze to talk of and temperature of around 13C.

Ireland go through if they

Ireland go out if they

It's that simple. Right.

All the available evidence points to an Irish win but despite winning eight in a row against Scotland, there have been a few close calls in those games.

You can read a full review of Ireland's recent head-to-head against the Scots here.

Ireland are on a 16-game winning run, including Pool B victories over Romania, Tonga and South Africa, two weeks ago. Two points from this game would see them qualify top, for just the second time in their World Cup pool history, and likely face a match-up with New Zealand in the quarter-finals.

Gregor Townsend's side lost their opener to the Springboks but bounced back with routine wins over Tonga and Romania.

Ireland's average winning margin against Scotland over the last six years has been 14.3 points, again, that doesn't tell the full story, with the Dark Blue having had chances within those matches to turn Ireland over.

The sides have met 141 times since 1877 with Ireland leading 69 to 67 and there have been five