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Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Barratin will have the put into the scrum.

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Ball is knocked on by an Irish hand.

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Italy win a penalty and go for the corner.

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Ball goes the other width and Marie Louise Reilly takes it up.

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Ball goes wide through Briggs. She brings play up to halfway.

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Reilly gathers the kick-off and crashes it up.

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Rigoni to get us underway!

Ultimate Rugby Mar 3

Hello all and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of this fourth round 6 Nations clash between Ireland Women and Italy Women at Donnybrook. An Irish win today would see a clean sweep of home victories over the Italians, with the U20s and the Men's teams posting impressive wins over the weekend. Both sides today have had rather disappointing campaigns thus far, with only one victory in the competition. For Ireland, head coach Tom Tierney has made eight personnel changes and three positional switches from the last outing against England. Notable changes include a new back three, and the movement of World Player of the Year Sophie Spence to No. 8. Italy name a largely unchanged squad from last week's victory over Scotland, so will surely be looking to build on that impressive performance, in the hope of snatching a win today.