Ireland v Argentina: Free channel, kick-off time and teams for Nations clash
Ireland v Argentina: channel, time and teams for Nations clash

Ireland and Argentina meet at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin tonight in the first match of the second phase of the Nations Championship. The game kicks off at 8.10pm on Friday, November 6.

How to watch Ireland v Argentina

The match is being shown live and for free on ITV1, with coverage starting at 7.15pm. Viewers can also stream the game via ITV's app, ITVX.

The last meeting between the two sides came two years ago, when Andy Farrell's men won 22-19 in a narrow victory. Argentina, known as Los Pumas, arrive in Dublin with Shaun Edwards now part of their coaching team; the dual-code legend has signed a contract with the South Americans until the end of next year's Rugby World Cup.

Teams for the Dublin clash

Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Robert Baloucoune, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Mack Hansen, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Sean Jansen, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (c), 1 Andrew Porter.

Replacements: 16 Rónan Kelleher, 17 Tom O'Toole, 18 Sam Illo, 19 James Ryan, 20 Josh van der Flier, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Bundee Aki.

Argentina: 15 Juan Cruz Mallía, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Justo Piccardo, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Tomás Albornoz, 9 Gonzalo Garcia, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martín González, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Francisco Moreno, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Boris Wenger.

Replacements: 16 Leonel Oviedo, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Efrain Elias, 20 Juan Martin Scelzo, 21 Simón Benítez Cruz, 22 Gerónimo Prisciantelli, 23 Lucio Cinti.

Officials and upcoming fixtures

Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU). Assistant referees: Hollie Davidson (SRU), Morne Ferreira (SARU). TMO: Andrew Jackson (RFU). FPRO: Matteo Liperini (FIR).

Ireland welcome Fiji and South Africa later this month, before a finals day held at Allianz Stadium Twickenham at the end of November.