Wales face off against Ireland in Six Nations on Sat 16th March 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:45. In South Africa it’s at 16:45 SAST, 03:45 NZST in New Zealand, 01:45 AEST in Australia and 07:45 EST in the US.
Ireland won the last encounter but Ireland are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Ireland sits at 4 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Wales holds 11.
The two sides are separated by 7 places in the rankings with Wales in position 11 and Ireland in position 4 as such Ireland are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Wales vs Ireland will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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