Ireland vs England LIVE SCORE: Red Rose begin Six Nations campaign away at defending champions

ENGLAND travel to the Aviva Stadium to take on Ireland in their Six Nations opener. Red Rose go into the blockbuster international rugby tournament on the back of a poor run of results at the Autumn Nations . And England 's quest for a first Six Nations title since 2020 begins with the toughest start possible - a trip to defending champions Ireland .

Kick off time: 4.45pm GMT TV channel: ITV1 Live stream: ITVX Ireland XV: 15. Keenan, 14.

Hansen, 13. Ringrose, 12. Aki, 11.

Lowe, 10. Prendergast, 9. Gibson-Park; 1.

Porter, 2. Kelleher, 3. Bealham, 4.

Ryan, 5. Bernie, 6. Baird, 7.

Van der Flier, 8. Doris (C) England XV: 15. Stewart, 14.

Freeman, 13. Lawrence, 12. Slade, 11.

Murley, 10. M Smith, 9. Mitchell; 1.

Genge, 2. Cowan-Dickie, 3. Stuart, 4.

Itoje (C), 5. Martin, 6. T Curry, 7.

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France 43-0 Wales Scotland vs Italy - BBC One / BBC iPlayer - KO 2:15pm GMT Ireland vs England - ITV1 / ITVX - KO 4:45pm GMT Copy link Copied 7 minutes ago Good morning and welcome to SunSport's live blog of England's first clash of the Six Nations! Four of the six will feature this afternoon, as rugby union's annual international test series gets underway. The French side got off to an almost perfect start in Paris last night, scoring seven unanswered tries against Warren Gatland's Welsh team. Scotland will be looking for revenge as they welcome Italy to Murrayfield, with the Italians having beaten them 31-29 in last years tournament.

Marcus Smith's drop goal will still haunt the Irish, denied a second Grand Slam in two years at Twickenham by the Harlequins man last year. Action in Dublin will conclude round 1 at 4:45pm GMT. Copy link Copied.