Good afternoon and welcome to our live text commentary of the Autumn Nations Series game between Ireland Fiji at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland responded to their defeat against New Zealand in game one of the Autumn Nations Series by defeating Argentina 22-19 last week but it was not a convincing performance by any stretch.

Ireland’s fresh charges have given coach Andy Farrell options to ponder for the autumn rugby closer against Australia after they comfortably handled Fiji 52-17 in Dublin.

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's fresh charges gave coach Andy Farrell options to ponder for the autumn rugby closer against Australia after they comfortably handled Fiji 52-17 on Saturday. All eight Ireland tries came off set plays, and the result — and a 29 ...

A dominant Ireland thrashed a disjointed and undisciplined Fiji 52-17 at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, running in eight tries, three of them assisted and one scored by debutant hooker Gus McCarthy. The Six Nations champions made a stuttering start to their November series,

Fiji may not have followed through on the notion that Ireland were “vulnerable” but Saturday’s third Autumn Nations Series match still gave Andy Farrell’s side more to think about – and work on - ahead of next week’s clash with Australia.

Ireland will be seeking to put together a convincing performance in their one-off rugby union Test with Fiji on Saturday after two below-par displays against New Zealand and Argentina. "That all accumulates to them believing in the performance they're looking forward to put out here on Saturday.