{"id":530245,"date":"2026-07-03T00:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/530245\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:09:14","slug":"australia-vs-ireland-lineups-kickoff-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/530245\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Vs. Ireland Lineups, Kickoff Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/teams\/7087137-australia-rugby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/teams\/6822543-ireland-mens-rugby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a> meet at Allianz Stadium in Sydney in one of the biggest matchups of Round 1 of the 2026 Nations Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup brings a major coaching storyline, as Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt faces the Ireland program he previously helped build into one of the world\u2019s top teams.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland arrive with one of the tournament\u2019s most experienced lineups, featuring Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, James Ryan, Josh van der Flier, Jamison Gibson-Park, Garry Ringrose and Hugo Keenan. Bundee Aki and Tadhg Beirne start on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Australia counter with a lineup led by Angus Bell, Allan Alaalatoa, Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight, Len Ikitau and Joseph-Aukuso Sua&#8217;ali&#8217;i.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know as Australia face Ireland in the Nations Championship, including lineups, substitutes and kickoff time.<\/p>\n<p>Australia Vs. Ireland Kickoff Time<\/p>\n<p>Australia face Ireland at 6:10 a.m. ET on Saturday, July 4, at Allianz Stadium in Round 1 of the Nations Championship.<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch Every Match Of The 2026 Nations Championship<\/p>\n<p>Every match of the 2026 Nations Championship will stream live in the United States on RugbyPass TV, World Rugby&#8217;s streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>Australia Rugby LineupAngus BellJosh NasserAllan AlaalatoaJeremy WilliamsJosh CanhamRob ValetiniFraser McReightHarry WilsonRyan LonerganCarter GordonDylan PietschLen IkitauJoseph-Aukuso Sua&#8217;ali&#8217;iMax JorgensenJock Campbell<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes: 16. Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17. James Slipper, 18. Taniela Tupou, 19. Lachlan Shaw, 20. Tom Hooper, 21. Tate McDermott, 22. Ben Donaldson, 23. Tom Wright<\/p>\n<p>Ireland Rugby LineupTom O&#8217;TooleDan SheehanTadhg FurlongJoe McCarthyJames RyanCian PrendergastJosh van der FlierJack ConanJamison Gibson-ParkSam PrendergastJamie OsborneStuart McCloskeyGarry RingroseRobert BaloucouneHugo Keenan<\/p>\n<p>Substitutes:\u00a016. Ronan Kelleher, 17. Jeremy Loughman, 18. Thomas Clarkson, 19. Tadhg Beirne, 20. Nick Timoney, 21. Craig Casey, 22. Ciaran Frawley, 23. Bundee Aki<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Professional club rugby in Europe all streams on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:<\/p>\n<p>FloRugby is also home to match archives and match replays.<\/p>\n<p>Join The Rugby Conversation On FloRugby Social<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia and Ireland meet at Allianz Stadium in Sydney in one of the biggest matchups of Round 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-530245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530245","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=530245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}