Ireland start the defence of their Guinness Six Nations championship against England on Saturday afternoon at Aviva Stadium.
No team has ever won the tournament, in any format, three times in a row outright so Simon Easterby's men are out to make history.
It won't be easy, however, and England were the one side that got the better of Ireland in last season's championship.
Find out all you need to know about the match here.
ONLINE
Follow a live blog on RTE.ie/sport and the RTÉ News App followed by report, reaction and player ratings.
RADIO
Listen to live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport with Donal Lenihan and Michael Corcoran.
TV
The game will be live on Virgin Media.
Scotland v Italy (Saturday from 1.30pm) is live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player with highlights of all of the weekend's games on Against the Head, Monday, 8pm.
WEATHER
The game is set to kick off under thick cloud with a moderate breeze from the south east. Temperature is forecast to be around 9C with just over 15% chance of rain during the match.
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Ireland have lost just two of their last 29 home games in the Six Nations and have beaten England in their last three games in Dublin, including a World Cup warm-up in 2023.
However, England denied heavy favourites Ireland a Grand Slam shot last season when they edged out Andy Farrell's men 23-22 with a late dropgoal in their round-four meeting
It’s the 143rd meeting of the teams with England winning 81, Ireland 53 and they have drawn eight times.
Interim head coach Simon Easterby is in charge as Farrell looks after the Lions until after summer.
Ireland, ranked second in the world, fell to a dispiriting 32-20 defeat when the sides last met in Dublin on the opening weekend of the tournament back in 2019.
Sam Prendergast has got the nod over Jack Crowley at out-half for the hosts who are missing forwards Tadhg Furlong and Joe McCarthy through injury.
England boss Steve Borthwick hands a debut to Harlequins wing Cadan Murley, while lock Maro Itoje is the new captain for the visitors, ranked seventh in the world.
TEAMS
Ireland: Hugo Keenan; Mack Hansen, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, James Lowe; Sam Prendergast, Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Rónan Kelleher, Finlay Bealham; James Ryan, Tadhg Beirne; Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris (capt).
Replacements: Dan Sheehan, Cian Healy, Thomas Clarkson, Iain Henderson, Jack Conan, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, Robbie Henshaw.
England: Freddie Steward; Tommy Freeman, Henry Slade, Ollie Lawrence, Cadan Murley; Marcus Smith, Alex Mitchell; Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Will Stuart; Maro Itoje (capt), George Martin; Tom Curry, Ben Curry, Ben Earl.
Replacements: Theo Dan, Fin Baxter, Joe Heyes, Ollie Chessum, Chandler Cunningham-South, Tom Willis, Harry Randall, Fin Smith.
OFFICIALS
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (NZ)
ARs: James Doleman (NZ) & Hollie Davidson (Sco)
TMO: Glenn Newman (NZ)
FPRO: Richard Kelly (NZ)
WHAT THEY SAID:
Simon Easterby (interim Ireland head coach): "We have reflected, as coaches, on parts of our game that we felt like we could get better at and maybe where we didn't quite get right in the autumn. And the good thing is we have also had really good feedback from players, the leadership group in particular, who were reflecting in the same way."
Steve Borthwick (England head coach): "I think you saw Ireland's attack on the opposition breakdown – you see the same thing with Leinster. What’ll be interesting is how that is officiated. World Rugby talked last week about some factors of how they want that officiated and making sure it’s legal and within the laws."
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
England 23-22 Ireland (Twickenham) 9 March 2024 - Six Nations
Ireland 29-10 England (Aviva Stadium) 19 August 2023 - World Cup warm-up
Ireland 29-16 England (Aviva Stadium) 18 March 2023 - Six Nations
England 15-32 Ireland (Twickenham) 12 March 2022 - Six Nations
Ireland 32-18 England (Aviva Stadium) 20 March 2021 - Six Nations
The tournament gets under way on Friday evening with France hosting Wales at Stade de France (kick-off 8.15pm).
Scotland welcome Italy to Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon (2.15pm).
