Olympic gold medallists Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy's respective crews will go head-to-head in the men's double sculls A final at the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland after advancing from their semi-final heat.
McCarthy - with whom three-time Olympic medallist O'Donovan won back-to-back golds in the lightweight double sculls at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 - and team-mate Konan Pazzaia won the second semi-final heat in a time of 06:11.43, having led from the start.
They will be in Lane 3 for Sunday's final, while O'Donovan and Daire Lynch - a bronze medallist from the Paris Games - will line up in the sixth lane after overtaking British pair James Gare and Tobias Schroder to take third in the same semi-final heat in 06:14.32.
Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Fiona Murtagh is also into an A final in the women's single sculls after winning her heat. She will face Great Britain's Lauren Henry in Sunday's decider.
Tiarnán O'Donnell and Sadhbh Ní Laoghaire claimed a bronze medal in the A Final of the PR3 mixed double sculls, having raced in the PR3 category due to a lack of entries in their own PR2 classification.
In the lightweight women's single sculls A final, Siobhán McCrohan finished fifth with a strong finish seeing her jump ahead of Peru's Valeria Palacios with Austria's Lara Tiefenthaler taking gold.
Alison Bergin finished fourth in the D final of the women's single scull, finishing fourth with a time of 07:58.51 while Mags Cremen and Zoe Hyde will compete in the women's double scull B final on Sunday after finishing fourth in their semi-final.
