It's a long line out to Josh van der Flier at the back.

He makes a few metres and Ireland are into the 22.

Ireland win the first penalty as South Africa go off their feet at a ruck.

Prendergast puts it into touch midway through the Springbok half.

Rory Best
Former Ireland captain on TNT Sports

The hooker battle is going to be fascinating tonight between Dan Sheehan and Malcolm Marx.

Sam Prendergast sends Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu to the shops but then scuffs his kick.

Ireland regain possession but that was a bit scrappy.

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Ryan Baird claims the kick-off and it's wide to James Lowe straight away, who takes a few steps forward and sends it back into the South African 22.

One last dance this month for Ireland.

Strap in, folks. This should be good.

Matt Gault
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Aviva Stadium

Ireland's third pre-match song this week is the Cranberries' Zombie.

Bit of a World Cup throwback. It's usually the Fields of Athenry.

The fans are belting this one out.

Those anthems were LOUD.

Not even just for Ireland, either. As Jonathan pointed out earlier there is a healthy Springbok contingent in Dublin and they are making themselves heard.

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This is pretty cool, right?

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Andy Farrell does his best Barra Best (BBC NI's weatherman for those unfamiliar with him) impression with his way of showing us how cold it is in Dublin.

Things should heat up once play gets under way.

It's time for the anthems.

This should be pretty loud, I reckon.

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Don't leave them hanging, lads.

Joseph has had his say on the Irish 10 debate and has firmly put his eggs in the Jack Crowley basket.

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Former Ireland winger on TNT Sports

This is a statement game for Ireland. They have a chance to prove that they are not on the decline as many seem to think they are.

Here come the teams into the cauldron of noise.

This feels big. Really, really big.

RG Snyman gets a nice moment as he leads the players out on his 50th Springbok cap, and the rest of the players follow suit.

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Ireland head coach Andy Farrell hit back at "loaded questions" as he defended fly-half Sam Prendergast before today's Test against world champions South Africa.

Prendergast started last week's 46-19 win over Australia after Jack Crowley wore the number 10 jersey against New Zealand and Japan.

While Leinster's Prendergast shone in attack against the Wallabies, the 22-year-old's weakness in the tackle was exposed when Len Ikitau barged past him to score Australia's first try.

Asked if he wanted to see more physicality from Prendergast, Farrell said: "I understand the question and it's a question that obviously keeps popping up, but I think Sam's ability as a fly-half far outweighs a work-on within his game.

"I thought he was tremendous last week, his skillset has been fantastic for all to see and I think everyone needs to look through a little bit of a work-on because everyone's got work-ons and will continue to have work-ons throughout.

"That's up to us as coaches and the rest of the players to keep on working on them."

Pressed if he had spoken to Prendergast about his technique and body position, Farrell responded: "I understand your question again, but they're loaded questions, do you know what I mean?

"Because then it's obvious we have to talk about that, but your question could be asked about any single player throughout.

"Of course, we constantly talk to individuals about all aspects of their play, so to think that we're just focusing on one aspect of one player is not right.

"For example, I spoke to our two leaders yesterday about certain aspects of their game. I'm talking about Caelan Doris and Dan Sheehan, world-class players, and they agree with their work-ons, so it's constant throughout for every single member of every single squad in world rugby."

Jonathan Bradley
BBC Sport NI senior journalist at Aviva Stadium

Looks like there'll be plenty of support for the world champions in Dublin tonight.

A big number wearing Springbok rather than Ireland green in the Aviva Stadium.

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It's all over in Cardiff, and New Zealand maintain seven decades of dominance against Wales with a comfortable seven-try 26-52 victory at the Principality Stadium.

Wings Caleb Clarke and Sevu Reece scored two tries each with full-back Ruben Love, prop Tamaiti Williams and centre Rieko Ioane also crossing, supplemented by 17 points from Damian McKenzie's boot.

Tom Rogers became the first Welshman to score a hat-trick against New Zealand, while fellow wing Louis Rees-Zammit also crossed.

Steve Tandy's side produced a spirited display as they scored the most amount of points against New Zealand in Cardiff but they also conceded 50 points at home for the third time this year.

Wales were made to pay for their indiscipline with yellow cards for Gareth Thomas and Taine Plumtree as the hosts were overwhelmed by the relentless New Zealand attack.

Inspired by dynamic number eight Wallace Sititi, it was a 34th successive victory in this fixture for the All Blacks in a winning sequence that stretches back to 1953.

BBC Sounds

You can listen to today's game on BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

Chris Jones and former Ireland forward Donnacha O'Callaghan will be live on Sports Extra.

On Radio Ulster, you can join Gareth Steenson, Grace Davitt and presenter Orla Bannon.

Ian Humphreys is on commentary with Jim Neilly.