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Gavin Quinn

What time and TV channel is Ireland v France on in the Women's Six Nations today?

Ireland are back in action today as they host France in the Women's Six Nations today.

After a successful start to their campaign in Cardiff, Ireland breezed past Wales in a 45-0 victory - but Beibhinn Parsons insists that they'll be ready for the French challenge.

"We’re not getting ahead of ourselves," stated Parsons. "We’re happy with the win but we know that France are a whole different beast and they’ll bring new challenges to us.

"We’re not naive in that sense. We want to be put to the test, we want to know how good we actually are but we won’t know that until we come up against good, strong opposition.

"There are definitely things that we want to work on and I think we had really good intensity and tempo in the first half because we're fit, then we dropped our standards and lowered them to Wales in the second half."

Here's everything you need to know ahead of the game:

When it is on?

The match is scheduled to kick off at 2.15 pm on Saturday, April 17 at Energia Park in Donnybrook.

How can I watch it?

It will be shown live on RTE 2 with their coverage beginning at 1.45 pm.

Ireland’s Nichola Fryday takes on Robyn Wilkins of Wales (©INPHO/Robbie Stephenson)

The Teams

Ireland: Eimear Considine; Lauren Delany, Eve Higgins, Sene Naoupu, Beibhinn Parsons; Hannah Tyrrell, Kathryn Dane; Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Linda Djougang; Aoife McDermott, Nichola Fryday; Dorothy Wall, Claire Molloy, Ciara Griffin (captain).

Replacements: Emma Hooban, Katie O'Dwyer, Laura Feely, Brittany Hogan, Hannah O'Connor, Emily Lane, Stacey Flood, Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe.

France : Emilie Boulard; Caroline Boujard, Carla Neisen, Jade Ulutule, Cyrielle Banet; Caroline Drouin, Laure Sansus; Annaelle Deshaye, Agathe Sochat, Rose Bernadou, Madoussou Fall, Safi N’Diaye, Marjorie Mayans, Gaelle Hermet, Emeline Gros.

Replacements: Laure Touye, Mailys Dhia Traore, Clara Joyeux, Coumba Diallo, Romane Menager, Pauline Bourdon, Morgane Peyronnet, Gabrielle Vernier.

Betting Odds

Wales 21/10

Draw 12/1

Ireland 4/9

The Fixtures

Round one

Saturday April 3rd
England 52 Scotland 10
France 53 Wales 0

Round two

Saturday April 10th
Italy 3-67 England 2pm
Wales 0-45 Ireland 5pm, Cardiff Arms Park

Round three

Saturday April 17th
Ireland v France 2.15pm, Donnybrook
Scotland v Italy 5pm

Finals day

Saturday April 24th
Italy v TBC 12pm
England v TBC 2pm
Scotland v TBC 5pm

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