Sunday afternoon in Japan sees the two top-seeded sides from Pool A square off in Yokohama. Follow all the action from the game on the RugbyPass live blog.
Joe Schmidt has named his Irish side to take on Scotland in their opening World Cup match and there are few surprises.
In the modern game, injuries to frontline players have become the norm, and the Six Nations is no more immune to that brute fact than any other competition.
Iain Henderson could be an injury doubt for the beginning of Ireland's Six Nations it has been revealed.
Joe Schmidt has changed things up significantly ahead of Ireland's second test against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday, making 8 changes to his starting line up.
The final Test of the series will take place on Saturday 23rd June at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney.