Ireland’s road to the World Cup begins this evening at the Aviva Stadium.
They take on Italy in the first of three warm-up matches.
There’s a first international start for lock Joe McCarthy, while Jack Crowley gets the chance to impress at out-half.
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Kick-off at Lansdowne Road is at 8.
Three of Ireland’s World Cup pool opponents are also in action tonight.
Scotland welcome France to Murrayfield, with kick-off at 3.15.
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Romania play the United States in Bucharest.
And Munster lock Jean Kleyn will start for the Springboks, who’ve made the trip to Buenos Aires to play Argentina.
