Getting reacquainted.

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There will be live radio commentary on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Ulster with commentator Jim Neilly alongside former former Ulster scrum-half Paul Marshall from 20:00 GMT, while Claire Small and Gareth Steenson will be in the studio.

The commentary will also be available on the BBC Sport website and app.

We'll have further reaction and analysis from former Ireland star Conor Murray on the Ireland Rugby Social podcast after the match too, which will be available on BBC Sounds.

Tommy Bowe
Former Ireland winger on TNT Sports

Andy Farrell spoke during the week about those finishes touches, the last little bits, that are letting Ireland down.

They need to improve their finishing as well.

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Brian O'Driscoll
Former Ireland captain on TNT Sport

The coaches know each other so well and they have coached against each other so much already this year.

It is always a bit of a game of chess these ones. Both are trying to guess what is coming at them and hopefully have something in their pocket which no one has seen before.

I think it is going to be tight.

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In a somewhat rare feat in international rugby, Ireland head coach Farrell will face off against Australia boss Joe Schmidt for the fourth time this year.

Farrell took charge of the British and Irish Lions for the summer tour of Australia, and it was the tourists who claimed a 2-1 series win.

The Lions won the first two Tests to take an unassailable lead, but the Wallabies had the final say with victory in the final match.

It is a coaching match-up that always brings some intrigue, as Schmidt was Farrell's predecessor with Ireland and both men have brought huge success in their respective times in green.

Get ready for round four of the master against his former apprentice.

Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Aviva Stadium

The rain was relentless on the way down the road from Belfast today.

It eased for a bit but has just started again. Should make things interesting!

Expect a few handling errors under the lights.

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Australia's Ulster-bound prop Angus Bell is not feeling any extra pressure before today's Test with Ireland.

Bell, 25, will join the Irish province on a short-term deal until the end of the season following the autumn internationals.

"Playing for your country's enough pressure as it is," said the loose-head.

"The pressure that we do have is privilege, be lucky enough to be playing a Test match for your country against any team, it's an incredible privilege.

"It's massive challenge, as every Test match is, but especially against the Irish."

Bell, who has 48 Wallabies caps, added: "They're a great team, as you've seen earlier in the year when most of them were in the British and Irish Lions.

"They're great athletes, and we know how dangerous they are with ball and without."

Bell, who plays for the Waratahs in Super Rugby, said he is excited to experience something new during his stint in Belfast.

"Ulster have a really great coaching staff, some really good older men that played last week, [Stuart] McCloskey in the centre," said the Sydney-born forward, who featured in all three Tests against the Lions.

"You have got a couple forwards mixed in there too. It's to experience something new, get away from Australia briefly, hopefully to come back into the environment would be great.

"It's all about learning from there, I'm still just 25 so just learning off those people around the world."

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Joe Schmidt is a famous man in these parts after the success he achieved with Ireland.

He won three Six Nations titles, a Grand Slams, a Triple Crown and he was named World Rugby's coach of the year in 2018.

He also led Ireland to a first win over New Zealand in Chicago in 2016, and brought the Irish to the top of the world rankings for the first time.

Legendary doesn't do it justice.

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On Thursday, the Aviva Stadium was the scene of the Republic of Ireland's stirring 2-0 win over Portugal in qualification for football's World Cup, which was played out amid a crackling atmosphere.

Ireland captain Caelan Doris is hoping for a similar cauldron-like environment on Saturday, but accepts that is only generated by what transpires on the pitch.

"The atmosphere was unbelievable and we'll be looking for something similar, but that comes when there is passion in how they are playing," said the 27-year-old back row.

"You could just see there was no fear in how they played. They just kept attacking and were quite cohesive in that.

"Through how they played, the knock-on reaction came with the supporters. It's a late kick-off for us, so hopefully we can get them going with how we play."

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With the 2027 Rugby World Cup draw set for 3 December, Ireland captain Caelan Doris acknowledges their world ranking after the autumn internationals is "massively important".

Ireland are currently third behind New Zealand and world champions South Africa in top spot and while they will not move up after this weekend's game, there is a possibility they could be overhauled by England and France.

However, there is more at play for Ireland against the Wallabies tonight and South Africa next Saturday, as Andy Farrell's side seek to make improvements on two below par showings so far in this series.

"The World Cup rankings are done in December, so from that point of view it's massively important, but also in terms of continuing the belief and improvement of the squad," said Doris following the captain's run at Aviva Stadium on Friday.

"In order to get the result, it's got to be process-focused, so that is what we are putting our minds towards.

"There were good bits last week at times, especially in the last 20 or 30 [minutes], but it's consistency defensively and what we are trying to do in attack that has to improve this weekend.

"The line-out has misfired a little bit at times over the last couple of weeks, so that's an area for growth too."

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Guess who?!

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Well, there's already been one big result today and it came in London.

England stunned the All Blacks 32-19 for only their ninth win in their 120-year rivalry and claim the greatest win of coach Steve Borthwick's three-year reign.

There was also drama in Cardiff as Jarrod Evans' last-gasp penalty earned Wales a gritty 24-23 win over Japan.

Earlier, South Africa overcame another red card to defeat Italy 32-14 to set up a tasty game with Ireland next week.

France host Fiji at the same time as this match, and Scotland take on Argentina at Murrayfield tomorrow in the weekend's final game.

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Bundee Aki says he is determined to reach "another level" with Ireland after admitting his form is not where he wants it to be.

While the Connacht centre started two British and Irish Lions Tests against Australia in the summer, Ireland boss Andy Farrell picked Stuart McCloskey at inside centre for the defeat by New Zealand in Chicago a fortnight ago.

Named as a replacement for today's Test against Australia, Aki is keen to recapture the form that saw him nominated for World Rugby player of the year in 2023.

"Probably not at the point where I want it to be. That's what it is, you just have to adapt and go with it," said the 35-year-old.

"We have such healthy competition in the Irish group with Robbie [Henshaw], Garry [Ringrose], Stu and now Tom Farrell. All quality players. It's a matter of how much you can improve your game and take it to another level and that's what I need to do."

He added: "There's healthy competition, guys who have been playing well for their provinces and putting their hand up.

"You saw Stu play very well in the New Zealand game and then Robbie and Tom play in the Japan game, the guys are putting their hands up. Once you get your chance, you've got to take it with both hands."

Games faces on.

As a side note, I'm a big fan of Jack Crowley using the old-school wired headphones. Though it's a bit scary if they are considered retro.

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BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Aviva Stadium

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Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sam Prendergast revealed the Fast & Furious films have been his go-to source of entertainment away from the rugby field recently.

An apt franchise, perhaps, for a player who has experienced an action-packed freshman year as an Irish international fly-half.

And given that today marks exactly one year since Prendergast's Ireland debut, the 22-year-old has been reflecting on the first stage of his Test journey.

"We had a good pre-season in Leinster, I took the first few weeks trying not to think about rugby and getting into a bit of training," he said.

"I thought it was a good approach because I felt quite hungry coming into Leinster and then enjoyed the pre-season. The frustrating thing about that is it didn't translate on the pitch to start the season off.

"I would have done a little bit of reflecting and looking back on games I could learn the most out of and trying not to get tripped up by the same things that tripped me up last year."

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Ireland assistant coach Andrew Goodman said his side have been working hard on addressing their "inconsistent" attack before today's Test.

Following on from a defeat by the All Blacks, Ireland flattered to deceive and required three late tries to finally see off a stubborn Japan side 41-10 at the Aviva last weekend.

With two huge games against the Wallabies and world champions South Africa in the next two weeks, Goodman says Ireland want to replicate the free-flowing rugby exhibited for Jack Crowley's opening try against Japan on a more consistent basis.

"It's been inconsistent in the last two weeks," Goodman said about the attack.

"When you look at Crowley's try at the start of the game and the phases put together and bodies at the line, people running proper intent, I thought that is where we want to be as a team.

"We need to chase that down more consistently and we're working on that to make sure we produce that."

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When reflecting on how expectations have changed, Peter O'Mahony believes the media narrative around the team plays into the general sentiment.

"(In 2012), we got absolutely hockeyed over there, we'd never beaten them," O'Mahony said on the Ireland Rugby Social.

"You break the mould in 2016 and then all of a sudden we beat them five out of 10 times. Now when we lose to them, people are going, 'oh there's a big problem with the Irish rugby team'.

"I think it should be a bit of perspective from Irish rugby fans in general, calm down a bit.

"They can be hysterical at times, you know what I mean? Part of that is the media."

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Former Ireland captain Peter O'Mahony believes there are sections of the side's support who need "a bit of perspective" after this month's loss to New Zealand.

Andy Farrell's side were beaten 26-13 by the All Blacks in Chicago to start their autumn series, before putting an unconvincing first-half performance behind them to eventually overpower Japan on Saturday.

Reaction to the Soldier Field defeat, coupled with the side surrendering their Six Nations crown to France this year, has led to questions regarding the side's direction heading towards the 2027 World Cup.

Speaking on the the Ireland Rugby Social podcast with Conor Murray, O'Mahony said the discourse around the team needs to "calm down".

Ireland did not win a Test match against the All Blacks until 2016 and, in O'Mahony's first year as an international in 2012, a 3-0 series whitewash in New Zealand included a 60-0 humbling in Hamilton.

"It's kind of ironic at the moment because people are asking me about the current Irish team and what's going on," he told the podcast.

"It's funny [where] the state of mind of an Irish rugby supporter has gone from me starting my career, or say even five or six years before that, to now saying there must be something big wrong with Ireland if we've lost to the All Blacks."