IRELAND AND Andy Farrell will lock horns with Wales this weekend in Ireland's opening game of the Six Nations.
It promises to be a mouth watering affair for Irish rugby fans and they will have a full squad to choose from when the side get going in the Aviva this Saturday.
Tadhg Furlong, James Ryan and Iain Henderson, Keith Earls, Josh van der Flier and Joey Carbery give Andy Farrell's side an advantage over the defending champions Wales
Here's all the information you need.
Date and time
Saturday February 5 at 2.15pm the game will commence
Location
Ireland will play Wales at the world class Aviva Stadium
TV information
Irish fans at home will be able to see the game on RTE Two. The programme will start at 1pm.
Dublin , Ireland - 13 November 2021; (Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)What Andy Farrell said today
Speaking today Farrell said that Ireland needed to get better despite beating the All Blacks in Dublin in November.
He said,
“This is a new competition, the Six Nations is like no other, the autumn has gone.
“Yes, there were some decent performances but we want to be better, we want to kick on, we want to see who is hungry enough to be in that frame of mind.
“We want to deliver a trophy every single time we enter a competition and this year is certainly no different.
“But ultimately we want to kick on as a group, we want to kick on with how we want to play the game, we want to push new boundaries for ourselves.
“There is a good foundation that’s been built and there is a real belief in how we’re trying to play the game.
“It came together in parts pretty well in the autumn and the aim is 100 per cent to kick on.”
