The sides will meet at the UCD Bowl on Sunday afternoon.

The historic four-day Test against England gets underway on Wednesday morning.

Gary Wilson looks ahead to Ireland’s historic Test match against England at Lord’s.

Graham Ford’s side battled valiantly in Dehradun but had left themselves with too much damage to repair.

Ireland captain William Porterfield hopes young cricket fans will dream of playing for their country after this week’s inaugural Test match.

A superb effort from Ireland comes up just short at Malahide, as Pakistan win by five wickets.

Pakistan remain the driving seat at the end of the third day’s play at Malahide.

Cricket Ireland say it hopes to cover the €1 million running cost of a Test match through ticket sales, corporate hospitality and sponsorship opportunities.

Ireland will host Pakistan next May.

Argentina had led by 10 points in the second half before a brilliant comeback from Steve Hansen’s side.

Hollywood’s favourite World Cup was about more than just Francois Pienaar.

The Samoans have named their XV for an historic Test match in Apia on Wednesday.

The world champions look to have answered the calls to travel to Apia for the first time.

The 26-year-old out-half is in with a chance of involvement in the three-Test series against the All Blacks.

Ireland are first up for Wales at the Millennium Stadium.

The out-half has declared himself fully fit and ready to visit another Aviva defeat on the Pumas.

The Ireland forwards coach has personal experience of grinding out victories over Argentina.

The Leinster prop proved he was human against South Africa. He will be hoping to lift expectations when he faces Argentina.

New Zealand broke the Italian resistance with surging second-half tries from Ma’a Nonu, Cory Jane and a Julian Savea double.

Ireland’s new hooker had a baptism of fire against his native country on Saturday and is warming to the task.

The Irish bossed the first half but woke a slumbering giant and can have few complaints with the result.

Declan Kidney’s men contrived to lose their fifth match in succession as the Springboks fought back from nine points down to win.

The Munster scrum-half teams up with Jonny Sexton and swears he has learned a tough lesson from a shocker in Paris.

He’s more concerned about post-match speeches than decoding the South Africans’ gameplan.

The Wexford man is back in the centre for Ireland after missing the Waikato wipeout.

Ireland’s backs coach was relaxed enough to joke about the Andrew Trimble, David Skrela mix-up before tomorrow’s trench warfare.

“Are you going to change your name to Richardt O’Strauss?” asked a South African reporter. We copyrighted that joke last month.

The Leinster man held off stiff competition from Jonny Sexton to land the role of captaining Ireland against the Springboks.

The Ulster winger is still rattled by a chastening tour to New Zealand but determined to put things right.

The Springbok captain is set to take on Keith Earls in the centre of the park on Saturday.

Coach Mark Tainton feels the Irish players need to keep their defensive discipline or face the kicking consequences.

The Munster forward believes he has been bred for rugby challenges that sides like South Africa are sure to pose.

The absence of the injured Brian O’Driscoll has thrown the Leinster forward into the captaincy mix.

The Ireland coach feels the Leinster star could return for the final rounds of the Heineken Cup.

It will be by no means a simple task but the All Blacks are shorn of the services of Dan Carter, their first-choice wingers and two-thirds of their back row.

The Ulster lock believes Chris Henry, his provincial colleague, would ‘do the job’ if he is selected to replace Jamie Heaslip in the back row.

The Irish coach has turned to the Heineken Cup winners to make up the core of his side ahead of Saturday’s match in Christchurch.

Jamie Heaslip took the defeat on the chin while All Blacks coach Steve Hansen was sparing with his praise.