The World Cup continues this Thursday as Joe Schmidt's side look to get maximum points from their final two games. Once again, for those wondering what time is Ireland vs Russia, the news is positive. Here are all the details on where to watch Ireland vs Russia as well as team news for both teams.
What time is Ireland vs Russia?
The match gets underway at 11.15am Irish time (7.15pm local time).
What is on the line?
Ireland can still reach 16 points if they can take bonus points wins from their final two games. Russia are yet to win a game at this tournament.
Where to watch Ireland vs Russia?
You are spoilt for choice. The game will be shown live on Eir Sport, RTE Two and ITV.
Follow it on our Liveblog
If you can't watch the game then you can follow it on our liveblog here.
Ireland team news?
There are 11 changes with Johnny Sexton returning to captain the side.
15. Rob Kearney
14. Andrew Conway
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Bundee Aki
11. Keith Earls
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Luke McGrath
1.Dave Kilcoyne
2. Niall Scannell
3. John Ryan
4. Tadhg Beirne
5. Jean Kleyn
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Peter O'Mahony
8. Jordi Murphy
Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin
17. Andrew Porter
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Iain Henderson
20. CJ Stander
21. Joey Carbery
22. Jack Carty
23. Jordan Larmour
Russia team?
Russia: Vasily Artemyev (capt); German Davydov, Igor Galinovskiy, Kirill Golosnitskiy, Denis Simplikevich; Ramil Gaisin, Dmitry Perov; Andrei Polivalov, Evgeny Matveev; Kirill Gotovtsev, Andrey Garbuzov; Bogdan Fedotko, Anton Sychev, Tagir Gadzhiev.
With Japan vs Samoa on Saturday and Scotland vs Russia next week, Ireland can put themselves in contention for the top spot in Pool A if they take a bonus-point win into the final round of games.
So a reminder on where to watch Ireland vs Russia and what time it kicks off - the game is live on RTE Two, Eir Sport and ITV. There is no early morning start with the action starting at 11.15am. You can listen to our full preview of the match on this week's Balls.ie rugby podcast here.
