{"id":33337,"date":"2018-02-23T21:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/?p=33337"},"modified":"2018-02-23T21:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:04:10","slug":"2018-six-nations-preview-ireland-vs-wales-24-2-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/six-nations\/2018\/02\/2018-six-nations-preview-ireland-vs-wales-24-2-18\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Six Nations Preview: Ireland vs Wales {24-2-18}"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wales will be looking to keep their Six Nations hopes alive when they travel to tackle Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Having lost 12-6 to England in the previous round, another loss would all but virtually extinguish their hopes. Their chances have been boosted by the return of the British and Irish Lions backline trio of Leigh Halfpenny, Liam Williams and Dan Biggar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ireland, in contrast have been significantly weakened by the losses of Tadgh Furlong and Robbie Henshaw to injury. Both are massive to the Emerald Green cause. Chris Farrell starts at outside centre and Andrew Porter is handed the number three jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wales will be looking to their dynamic loose trio and Alun Wyn Jones to slow down Irish ball and force Johnny Sexton and company to kick to their dangerous back three of Williams, Steff Evans and Halfpenny who can launch counter-attacks from deep.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ireland will depend on their halfback pairing of Sexton and Connor Murray to intelligently and efficiently control proceedings as usual with their tactical kicking. Halfpenny’s positional sense is very good, so the Irish kicking game will have to be accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wales coach Warren Gatland has already said that his team will be looking to put pressure on both Ireland half-backs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sides’ recent meetings have been highly competitive. Only three of the last ten games have seen double-margin victories. And this one is equally difficult to call.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous results:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2017:<\/strong>\u00a0Wales won 22-9 in Cardiff<\/span>
\n 2016:<\/strong>\u00a016-16 draw in Dublin<\/span>
\n 2015:\u00a0<\/strong>Wales won 16-10 in Dublin<\/span>
\n 2015:\u00a0<\/strong>Ireland won 35-21 in Cardiff<\/span>
\n 2015:\u00a0<\/strong>Wales won 23-16 in Cardiff<\/span>
\n 2014:\u00a0<\/strong>Ireland won 26-3 in Dublin<\/span>
\n 2013:\u00a0<\/strong>Ireland won 30-22 in Cardiff<\/span>
\n 2012:\u00a0<\/strong>Wales won 23-21 in Dublin<\/span>
\n 2011:\u00a0<\/strong>Wales won 22-10 in Wellington<\/span>
\n 2011:\u00a0<\/strong>Wales won 19-13 in Cardiff<\/span>
\n 2010:\u00a0<\/strong>Ireland won 27-12 in Dublin<\/span><\/p>\n

Ireland:\u00a0<\/strong>15 Rob Kearney, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dan Leavy, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Devin Toner, 4 James Ryan, 3 Andrew Porter, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy<\/span>
\n Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 John Ryan, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Fergus McFadden<\/span><\/p>\n

Wales:<\/strong>\u00a015 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Scott Williams, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Cory Hill, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Rob Evans<\/span>
\n Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>16 Elliot Dee, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 George North<\/span><\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, February 24<\/span>
\n Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0Aviva Stadium<\/span>
\n Kick-off:\u00a0<\/strong>14:15 GMT<\/span>
\n Referee:<\/strong>\u00a0Glen Jackson (New Zealand)<\/span>
\n Assistant referees:<\/strong>\u00a0Pascal Gauzere (France), Matthew Carley (England)<\/span>
\n TMO:<\/strong>\u00a0Rowan Kitt (England)<\/span><\/p>\n

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