Ireland travel to Edinburgh to face Scotland today as they aim to take another step towards the Grand Slam.
Andy Farrell's men have defeated all before them so far in this year's Six Nations, but face a tricky task this afternoon before next weekend's final match against England.
Prop Tadhg Furlong will make his first appearance of this year’s Six Nations, while captain Johnny Sexton and centre Garry Ringrose, who sat out the round-three win in Italy, will also start at Murrayfield as part of six personnel changes after overcoming respective groin and calf injuries.
Hooker Dan Sheehan, flanker Peter O’Mahony and scrum-half Conor Murray are the other men restored to Andy Farrell’s starting XV.
Robbie Henshaw and Jamison Gibson-Park are in line for first Test outings since the autumn after being named on the bench.
Here's what you need to know about the match:
Where and when is it?
The match takes place at Murrayfield on Sunday, March 12.
What time is kick-off?
The action is scheduled to commence at 3pm.
What TV channel is it on?
RTE Two will show the match live from 2.15pm.
You can also follow updates with our live blog.
Scotland team
15-Hogg; 14-Steyn, 13-Jones, 12-Tuipulotu, 11-Van der Merwe; 10-Russell, 9-White; 1-Schoeman, 2-Turner, 3-Z. Fagerson, 4-R. Gray, 5-J Gray, 6-M. Fagerson, 7-Ritchie (capt), 8-Dempsey
Replacements: 16-Brown, 17-Bhatti, 18-Berghan, 19-Cummings, 20-Watson, 21-Price, 22-Kinghorn, Harris
Ireland team
15-Keenan; 14-Hansen, 13-Ringrose 12-Aki, 11-Lowe; 10-Sexton (capt) 9-Murray; 1-Porter, 2-Sheehan, 3-Furlong, 4-Henderson, 5-Ryan, 6-O'Mahony, 7-Van der Flier, 8-Doris
Replacements: 16-Kelleher 17-Healy, 18-O'Toole, 19-Baird, 20-Conan 21-Jamison-Park, 22-Bryne, 23-Henshaw
Quotes corner
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell: “You can’t prepare half-hearted and expect to walk out confident because when you are in the cauldron, it squeezes everything out of you.
“Our preparation is absolutely key to that and how we make each other feel all week and understanding if everyone is on the same page and everyone feels the same, that’s absolutely the key.
“It’s something we’ve been building towards for a while now and, from what I’ve seen this week, it continues to build.
“What we’ve got really good at is making sure that towards the end of the week the right balance is there between switching on and switching off and being relaxed enough and not being too drained as far as the emotion of the occasion (is concerned), so therefore you’re able to be yourself.
“That’s something that’s been in the mix for quite some time now and it needs to continue to get better. How does it get better? By keep putting yourselves in these type of situations, so it’s a good test for us at the weekend.”
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton: “Going back a couple of years, we’d lost our first two games and we were fighting for a bit of respect, a bit of pride, whatever.
“So it’s not always like this. You’ve got to cherish it. Where else would you rather be? Would you rather be fourth and playing for nothing?
“It’s where we want to be. You can’t get away from that so it’s just about driving home process, driving home performance, driving home the things that matter.”
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend: “There have been other teams that have been dominant that have come here, such as New Zealand over the years. It is maybe different to see it from a Six Nations team but that is the strength of European rugby just now, we have the number one and number two teams in the world in our competition.
“They have got a lot of things that lead to success at Test level, first of all cohesion. They know each other really well, a lot of them play for the same club and they all play in the same country.
“They have been together now for a few years and have built success through Joe Schmidt, and Andy Farrell has evolved their game as well which has led to even more success from them.
“They know what works for them. They have a full deck of cards this week with their players coming back and they will take confidence from that.”
Betting odds
Scotland win: 13/5
Ireland win: 1/3
Draw: 20/1
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