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Ireland’s Joe McCarthy is tackled by Jeremy Williams, left, and Allan Alaalatoa of Australia during last year’s Autumn Nations Series match at the Aviva Stadium. Photo: Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n
Ireland take on Joe Schmidt\u2019s Australia on Saturday, as the former Leinster and Irish head coach returns for what could be his last game in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Here is all you need to know ahead of the third Autumn international Test for Andy Farrell\u2019s men.<\/p>\n
What time is kick-off?<\/p>\n
Ireland take on Australia at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, November 15, with kick-off at 8.10.<\/p>\n
Where can I watch?<\/p>\n
The match is live on RT\u00c92 with coverage starting at 7pm, and you can also follow the action on the Irish Independent live blog.<\/p>\n
What form are the teams in?<\/p>\n
Ireland are still searching for form after defeat to New Zealand in Chicago two weeks ago and a far from perfect victory over Japan in Dublin last weekend.<\/p>\n
Farrell\u2019s men will be familiar with a Wallabies side that ran them close last November, before Gus McCarthy scored the winning try.<\/p>\n
The majority of the squad will also remember how tough Schmidt\u2019s side were to break down during the Lions series Down Under.<\/p>\n
Australia will arrive in Dublin wounded after a tough tour so far, losing to England 25-7, before a shock 26-19 defeat to Italy.<\/p>\n
What is the team news?<\/p>\n
Mack Hansen trained fully on Tuesday, as the Connacht star looks to feature against the country of his birth on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Hansen is in the mix to return this weekend, which is a big boost for Ireland, after losing full-back Jamie Osborne to a shoulder injury, while Hugo Keenan (hip) remains sidelined.<\/p>\n
Ulster centre Stuart McCloskey also trained fully on Tuesday having picked up a groin injury during the All Blacks defeat. McCloskey\u2019s fellow midfielder Garry Ringrose and back-row Josh van der Flier are both continuing in their recovery from slight hamstring strains.<\/p>\n
Will Skelton has emerged as a serious doubt after he picked up an ankle injury in La Rochelle\u2019s recent defeat against Toulon in the Top 14.<\/p>\n
Veteran Australian out-half James O\u2019Connor has joined up with the squad in Dublin, and the 35-year-old could be in line for an appearance after Carter Gordon limped off against Italy. Schmidt has also confirmed that centre Len Ikitau is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland’s Joe McCarthy is tackled by Jeremy Williams, left, and Allan Alaalatoa of Australia during last year’s Autumn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,898,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-136723","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}