A bouyant Scotland team arrive in the Aviva Saturday afternoon for a game with far more than final Six Nations reckoning on the line. The winner will have a clear path to a second seed for the yet-to-be-dated World Cup draw, while the loser will likely be drawn into a group of death scenario in Japan like Wales-Austalia-England this year.
With that in mind, not surprisingly, Joe Schmidt looks likely to stick with the team that put up nine tries against Italy. According to this morning's Irish Independent, Schmidt looks likely to name exact same XV from last week, as long as Rory Best can prove his fitness. Cian Healy's hamstring makes him the only other injury worry.
Ireland XV for Italy (likely): Zebo, Trimble, Payne, Henshaw, Earls, Sexton, Murray, McGrath, Best, Ross (c), Ryan, Toner, Stander, van der Flier, Heaslip
