Ireland v Scotland at the Rugby World Cup: Kick-off time, TV details and team news
ALL IN THEIR OWN HANDS: Ireland win on Saturday and they go through to the quarter-finals.
The final group game is almost upon us as Ireland gear up to take on Scotland in a game that has numerous permutations for the top three teams. Ireland, Scotland and South Africa are all in with a shout to make the knock-out stages. Here is everything that you need to know about this weeks fixtures.
The game is being played in the 80,023 seater national stadium Stade de France in Paris.
Game is kicking off at 8pm Irish time (9pm local time).
The game will be live on Virgin Media One from 7pm. It will also be streamed on the Virgin Media Player. The game will also be shown live on UTV. You will also be able to follow the game live on our liveblog.
Nic Berry (RA) is the man in the middle for this crunch clash on Saturday. Berry is a former scrum-half who played professional rugby for almost a decade. He played in the Super Rugby for the Reds and then for Racing 92 and Wasps in Europe.
At 28, he was forced to retire from rugby in 2012 due to a series of concussions and he then went into refereeing. His first Super Rugby game as a referee was in 2016 and he was one of 12 referees at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
He was a part of the refereeing panel for the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour in South Africa where he took charge of the first Test and was an assistant for the second two.
Pool B see three of the top five team via for two spots in the knock-out stages. South Africa currently sit top of the table with 15 points with Ireland in second on 14 and Scotland in third on 10 points.
Defending champions South Africa closed out their group games when they defeated Tonga at the Stade de Marseille on Saturday night. They are on their week off and will be keeping a close eye on the Ireland Scotland game.
So what do Ireland need to do?
The simple way is for Ireland to win and they top the pool.
Ireland will guarantee top spot if they secure two points from their match against Scotland.
If Ireland get a bonus point and Scotland do not, Ireland will top the pool on the head-to-head rule from South Africa.
A Scotland bonus-point win without Ireland getting anything from the game will see them qualify in second place behind South Africa. The Springboks would finish top on the head-to-head rule.
If Scotland win and both teams get a bonus point, then they join South Africa on 15 points and points difference will determine top spot in Pool B.
Scotland must win by 21 points or more to claim top spot ahead of South Africa (South Africa +117, Ireland +122 and Scotland +97). Ireland would then qualify as runners-up on the head-to-head rule, having beaten South Africa. If Scotland do not win by such a margin, then South Africa will finish top on points difference and Scotland second on the head-to-head rule.
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