It's a solid scrum from both sides and Ireland keep possession. Conor Murray swings the ball right and Bundee Aki goes a bit too far.

It's easy for Owen Farrell to bundle him into touch and the England captain gives himself a round of applause for the endeavour.

The visitors counter-attack quickly and newly reinstated full-back Elliot Daly pokes his kick too far into touch.

Maro Itoje is a bit too quick in his defence and knocks the ball on, before Hugo Keenan does the same.

We have our first scrum of the game.

If someone could keep a box-kick tally that would be great.

Conor Murray sends another one up and Ireland quickly recover possession before the ball heads into touch. England line-out on their 10m line.

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half on BBC Radio 5 Live

The Lions are just around the corner, but if you perform as a team you have a chance as an individual.

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Sara Orchard, Matt Dawson and Jamie Heaslip will be taking you through this one.

George Ford gets us going. Conor Murray takes it and immediately kicks to touch.

Aerial battle it is then.

There is a minute of silence to mark Rugby Against Racism, before the anthems.

One of the few joys of lockdown is that you can clearly hear players singing with no fans. It sounds like England hooker Jamie George has a decent singing voice on him.

The cameras linger on the retiring CJ Stander during both Irish anthems. He's just about keeping it together but his fists are in very tight balls.

Ireland: 15-Keenan; 14-Earls, 13-Henshaw, 12-Aki, 11-Stockdale; 10-Sexton (capt), 9-Murray; 1-Kilcoyne, 2-Herring, 3-Furlong, 4-Henderson, 5-Beirne, 6-Stander, 7-Van Der Flier, 8-Conan

Replacements: 16-Kelleher, 17-Healy, 18-Porter, 19-Baird, 20-O'Mahony, 21-Gibson-Park, 22-Byrne, 23-Larmour

England: 15-Daly; 14-Watson, 13-Lawrence, 12-Farrell (capt), 11-May; 10-Ford, 9-Youngs; 1-M Vunipola, 2-Cowan-Dickie, 3-Sinckler, 4-Itoje, 5-Ewels, 6-Wilson, 7-Curry, 8-B Vunipola

Replacements: 16-George, 17-Genge, 18-Stuart, 19-Hill, 20-Earl, 21-Robson, 22-Martin, 23-Marchant

England jog out onto the Aviva pitch to minimal fanfare. Coming out of the tunnel is much less of a thing when there's no fans about. CJ Stander kneels down for a final pre-match touch of the Dublin grass.

Here's a quick reminder who else is out there.

• The team leading at half-time between Ireland and England has always won in the Six Nations (10 victories each).
• Ireland could lose back-to-back home meetings for the first time in the Six Nations.
• England could lose three games in the same tournament for only the fourth time in the Six Nations.

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Michael Morrow
BBC Sport NI at the Aviva Stadium

If this was a US election, the breakdown and the set-piece would be the key battleground states.

At the moment both are firmly England-coloured, and it is on this platform that Eddie Jones' side have enjoyed total domination of recent encounters.

Ireland always claim to fancy their chances before any game, but few outside the team bubble have shared such optimism before the last three meetings with England.

This time does feel different, though. The breakdown and the set-piece are vastly improved, and the fact that the man behind this is the great Paul O'Connell has convinced even the most sceptical Ireland fans that this improvement is not just a flash in the pan.

Perhaps not many Irish fans would be brave enough to call an Ireland win just yet. But there is a definite feeling that it is not the hopeless cause that the 2020 meetings were perceived to be.

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Scotland have tightened their grip on second place with a 52-10 win against Italy.

Here's a taste of some of the fun from Edinburgh.

There may be no title to play for in Dublin today, but any home nations clash means British and Irish Lions places on the line.

There are nice match-ups all over the pitch. Conor Murray v Ben Youngs at scrum-half. The tactical battle among Johnny Sexton, George Ford and Owen Farrell. CJ Stander and Tom Curry fighting for sought-after back-row spots.

It certainly is a Super Saturday for Warren Gatland as players take their last chance to impress the Lions coach on the international stage.

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There may be a bit of an unfamiliar figure in Ireland's backline today.

Jacob Stockdale is back, but perhaps not as you know him. Bucking the lockdown trend, he has lost almost a stone while he was out with a knee injury.

He is back on the wing today for the first time since December.

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England have been warning all week that fans should not expect a game like their thrilling victory against France last weekend.

That match saw England's attack finally click for the first time this tournament, but we may be in for more of a grinding affair today.

Head coach Eddie Jones said on Thursday they had to work to get "poison" out of players' heads about playing style.

Defence coach John Mitchell added that it would be "somewhat different" to the France game. He warned there would be "a lot of kicking in the air" and it would be "very physical". How fun.

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Michael Morrow
BBC Sport NI at Aviva Stadium

About an hour and a half before kick-off the entire Ireland set-up came onto the pitch with Andy Farrell leading a very serious-looking team talk. It is almost impossible to watch Farrell deliver a pre-match speech and not have your mind drift to his famous 'Hurt Arena' address from the 2013 Lions tour.

Locked to Farrell's right arm was, by design you feel, CJ Stander.

Stander is a hugely important figure in the Irish set-up, and immensely well thought of by his peers. Farrell will most certainly have just reminded his team that they have the opportunity to give their team-mate a perfect send-off here today.

CJ Stander has given Ireland plenty to play for today. He announced on Tuesday that he would be retiring from rugby at the end of the season.

Gives us a chance to reflect on this beautiful moment between him and Maro Itoje in last year's match.

Not many take on the England lock but Stander stood his ground.

His aggression may be one of the many things Ireland miss.

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