Ireland vs Italy Live Stream: How to watch the rugby online for free

Get your weekend sorted with our guide to live streaming the Ireland vs Italy Six Nations 2018 match. Here’s how you can watch every last tackle and try online for free!

Italy will arrive in Dublin off the back of a hiding against England, who thrashed them 46-15 in Rome – though they did show positive signs in attack, managing two tries. Ireland, meanwhile, squeezed a last-gasp victory over France, with Johnny Sexton’s stunning overtime drop-goal securing them a 15-13 win on the opening weekend. (In fact, all 15 of Ireland’s points came courtesy of Sexton’s kicking in the Paris thriller!)

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The Irish will be without some key players this weekend, with flanker Josh van der Flier out of the competition with a serious knee injury and Sean O’Brien set to miss this match at the very least with a minor hip

The kick-off time is 2:15pm GMT on Saturday, February 10 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. This match will be shown on ITV, with coverage starting at 1:30pm. That means, provided you’ve got a valid UK TV license, it’s free to stream the Ireland vs Italy match using the ITV hub, which is available on nearly all smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs and more.

Here are some quick links to get you started.

So will Conor O’Shea’s Italy team (this might look like a typo, but it isn’t) manage to break an unwanted 21-year-old winless streak in Dublin? With the bookies giving them odds as low as 55/1 they’d have about as much chance of finding a leprechaun wandering the streets of Dublin!

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