Ireland’s Autumn Nations Series fixtures at the Aviva Stadium will be televised on RTE (ROI) and Channel 4 (NI). We had small crowds back in for the games in July and even that made a huge difference to the team and the atmosphere in the stadium.” RT Player is available in two formats one for the Republic of Ireland and. “It would be fantastic to play in front of a full-house at the Aviva Stadium. RT Player is an on demand video service provided by Irish public broadcaster RT for programmes broadcast on RT Television. New Zealand dominated the Rugby Championship losing just one game while Argentina are battle hardened from playing the southern hemisphere’s Big 3 week in week out over the past two months. “In a few weeks’ time we will face an exciting and well coached Japan team who showed in July what a dangerous team they are. “In September we got together and mapped out what was coming up in this window, the exciting fixtures that lay ahead in the next 12 months and beyond that the opportunities to improve as a group over the next five windows we will have together. This is the start of an exciting period for the group as we begin to build towards the Rugby World Cup in France.” “It has been a short lead in to this international window but that is the challenge, to get back up to speed quickly and build on the performances from the Six Nations and the Summer Tests. RT Supporting the Arts partnered with more than 140 local, national and community arts events, up from 130 in 2018. RT television had 42 of the top 50 most-watched programmes of 2019, up from 39 in 2018.

Ireland Head Coach Andy Farrell, commented, RT Player saw a growth of 20 in viewing in 2019. Thomas Ahern (Munster) and Jamie Osborne (Leinster) will train with the squad as development players during this window. Robbie Henshaw will continue his rehabilitation programme under the supervision of the Ireland medical team. There are two uncapped players named Leinster duo Dan Sheehan and Ciaran Frawley while Munster’s Simon Zebo is named in an Ireland squad for the first time since June 2017. Ireland’s Robert Baloucoune and Gavin Coombes Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson

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