:00:58. > :01:06.The second we take -- weekend of the championship rings are adhered to
:01:07. > :01:09.Dublin and Edinburgh. The snowdrops are right. It is a home
:01:10. > :01:18.International championship today affectively, taking Wales to Dublin
:01:19. > :01:23.also. We had some questions answered but left a lot more hanging in the
:01:24. > :01:29.air. The heat is still contained. Nothing
:01:30. > :01:39.has yet gone wrong, nothing can go wrong. The huddle is compact, limbs
:01:40. > :01:50.intact, calls and coats exact. Go out there and play well.
:01:51. > :02:01.Now, the heat is released. And there will be mistakes, but what is
:02:02. > :04:02.torment for some is a dream start for others.
:04:03. > :04:15.The flame flares and the heat rises one last time. And falls. Three away
:04:16. > :04:17.games last, three home games one. Remember, my beauties, this has only
:04:18. > :04:32.just begun. They always say it is important to
:04:33. > :04:34.get off to a good start. Ireland, Wales, and France have their noses
:04:35. > :04:54.in front. The forecast here is not very good.
:04:55. > :04:58.A soggy pitch. After a trip to Dublin for a Celtic confrontation
:04:59. > :05:02.that these days has assumed the mantle of the biggest rivalry in
:05:03. > :05:12.northern hemisphere rugby, we are in Dublin.
:05:13. > :05:41.Brian O'Driscoll left out. I just think it is a terrible mistake.
:05:42. > :05:54.Dramatic, controversial. It has been a belter! Not long enough!
:05:55. > :06:02.A bit of extra spice in this one? I think so.
:06:03. > :06:09.No Oscars on offer today but plenty at stake. Warren Gatland arrives
:06:10. > :06:14.knowing he will not be popular. The only coach to have dropped Brian
:06:15. > :06:20.O'Driscoll in his professional career. His side have won two of
:06:21. > :06:25.their last 36 Nations matches and those victories led to Grand Slams
:06:26. > :06:29.ultimately. Ireland will feel this is their year also. They had a
:06:30. > :06:34.comfortable win six days ago and Brian O'Driscoll is motivated today.
:06:35. > :06:39.Welcome to Dublin. Blue skies here but there is a storm brewing on and
:06:40. > :06:43.off the pitch. Who better to talk about it than two legends of the Six
:06:44. > :06:49.Nations, Keith Wood and Jonathan Davies. We heard you say it was a
:06:50. > :06:51.terrible mistake for Gatlin to have dropped O'Driscoll but he had to
:06:52. > :06:58.make tough choices and he was vindicated, why isn't -- wasn't he?
:06:59. > :07:02.Well, the Lions won. But is in the past and it is not relevant today.
:07:03. > :07:08.Everyone wants to talk about it but something else is relevant. Wales
:07:09. > :07:13.has been on the charm offensive all week, Jonathan, seeking to defuse
:07:14. > :07:19.rather than inflame this guide Mac. Why? It has been a lousy summer and
:07:20. > :07:24.what's done is done. Today is a massive game. I'm really looking
:07:25. > :07:30.forward to it. It doesn't need extra spice. It has been spicy for the
:07:31. > :07:37.last ten years! It will be massive today. It is very difficult to pick
:07:38. > :07:44.a winner, they are so close. Does this have the feel of a championship
:07:45. > :07:53.decider to you? It is too early, but the level of expectation for this
:07:54. > :07:58.game is phenomenal. We are both saying this is the sort of game we
:07:59. > :08:02.want to play in. The huge intensity and pressure we know we'll hassle
:08:03. > :08:08.and in a little while and it puts a lot of pressure on a lot of people
:08:09. > :08:14.-- it will happen in a little while. The Wales coach has been speaking to
:08:15. > :08:19.Sonia McLaughlin. You had a slightly bruising build-up
:08:20. > :08:26.in the media. Do you expect this to follow suit? I knocked my head
:08:27. > :08:32.coming out of the coach! I don't think it has been bruising in terms
:08:33. > :08:37.of the media. A lot of people have tried to get the players to bite and
:08:38. > :08:42.get the coach is to bite. Get Brian and myself to bite. The whole
:08:43. > :08:47.message for everyone in both camps is concentrate on the game. That is
:08:48. > :08:51.more important. That is what we have focused on and Ireland too. Are you
:08:52. > :08:57.worried about the reaction you might get here from Island fans? Not at
:08:58. > :09:02.all. I have been overwhelmed by the hospitality shown over the last
:09:03. > :09:06.couple of days. The Irish public have been brilliant. One of the
:09:07. > :09:11.things about Irish crowds is that they are the most respectful in
:09:12. > :09:16.world rugby in the respect they give for kickers when they take shots at
:09:17. > :09:23.goal. There is a lot at stake, not about the past. So much at stake
:09:24. > :09:29.because whoever wins puts themselves in the chance to win potentially the
:09:30. > :09:43.championship. There are three changes from last week. Gethin
:09:44. > :09:53.Jenkins is back. Sam Warburton is back. He will be crucial at the
:09:54. > :09:56.breakdown. The game management from these two, very confident
:09:57. > :10:00.performance from last week. Jamie Roberts will have a massive game
:10:01. > :10:08.today carrying the ball and getting over the gain line. But Williams had
:10:09. > :10:15.a good game last week. Lay half penny has his 50th cap. You
:10:16. > :10:20.mentioned Sam Warburton. Keith, three changes and that is probably
:10:21. > :10:25.the most significant, the captain coming back into the fold. How
:10:26. > :10:33.significant is the return of Warburton? For two reasons it is
:10:34. > :10:43.significant. One in his play and then in his captaincy. But it is the
:10:44. > :10:48.manner in which he teams up. You know for certain that Wolpert and
:10:49. > :10:52.will be straight in afterwards which makes it hard to get any purchase on
:10:53. > :11:01.the ball. It is getting very loud here. Jamie Roberts had a massive
:11:02. > :11:07.game last week and missed the autumn internationals. He had a big game
:11:08. > :11:16.last week. He always got over the gain line and that will be crucial
:11:17. > :11:26.today. A great angle, this. Him and Sexton will try and run. He will
:11:27. > :11:32.make Sexton tackle. Here, he dressed in late. If you overplay the
:11:33. > :11:38.defensive drift, that is what he does and he is difficult to stop. It
:11:39. > :11:45.is amazing the amount of talent he brings. Putting on that Welsh jersey
:11:46. > :11:51.seems to make him an infinitely better player. Plenty of experience
:11:52. > :11:54.in the Irish squad as well. Jones Schmidt has been speaking with
:11:55. > :12:01.Sonia. There is no love lost between these
:12:02. > :12:07.two sides. Have you detected an extra edge? Now, a lot of them are
:12:08. > :12:10.pretty good friends actually. When you play against your brother,
:12:11. > :12:14.you're desperate not to lose to him and a lot of these guys have played
:12:15. > :12:18.a lot together. Through the Lions tour over the summer and they have
:12:19. > :12:31.played against each other a lot as well. All those friendships that are
:12:32. > :12:35.formed kind of get put aside for today and they fire into it. You
:12:36. > :12:41.have your captain back today, like Wales. How significant is that
:12:42. > :12:52.violent? He adds real leadership valued to hours. But I thought that
:12:53. > :12:57.we were excellent last week as well. There is a bit of pressure on him to
:12:58. > :13:03.respond in kind this afternoon. Good luck.
:13:04. > :13:11.Two changes for Ireland, Keith, and how do you like the look of them? It
:13:12. > :13:16.will be a battle. The front row is where Island thinks they have a
:13:17. > :13:21.nudge over Wales. The magic man is back in the second row but it is of
:13:22. > :13:26.an aggressive kind. He bowls players in around him and there will be high
:13:27. > :13:36.intensity because of that. It will be a battle in the background. --
:13:37. > :13:41.back row. Jonny Sexton is the former number ten and can he deliver for
:13:42. > :13:49.Ireland today? All good chat has been about Brian O'Driscoll with
:13:50. > :13:54.Gordon D'Arcy. Brian O'Driscoll, no chat and just play and he will try
:13:55. > :13:58.to sneak in a school himself. They want to turn the ball and you will
:13:59. > :14:17.see Kearney trying to get in there. As we have said, a mouthwatering
:14:18. > :14:18.prospect here. The Welshman is very much looking forward to the battle
:14:19. > :14:31.today. Both teams know each other really
:14:32. > :14:39.well. Domestically, we play them a lot. There are really big key
:14:40. > :14:47.moments there. In 2009 at the Grand Slam last year, they gave us a bit
:14:48. > :14:51.of a whipping merely. That first half, we let ourselves
:14:52. > :14:55.down and from the second half until the end, through the campaign, we
:14:56. > :15:07.were spot on. We all come together and seem to gel
:15:08. > :15:15.and click. We've done reasonably well these last few years. He puts
:15:16. > :15:20.the game plan to all of us and gives his speeches and things. He is
:15:21. > :15:23.direct and honest and open. All the boys respect him highly and all the
:15:24. > :15:38.coaching staff. What is going through his mind, to
:15:39. > :15:44.be honest, it doesn't bother me. Players have to focus on our own
:15:45. > :15:53.job. Nobody wants to be left out, it is a difficult situation. Obviously,
:15:54. > :16:04.he is a threat. COLIN MURRAY: And are -- Conor
:16:05. > :16:12.Murray! I like to tackle hard, work hard in
:16:13. > :16:26.defence. This is a team effort. It is not an individual thing. Phillips
:16:27. > :16:31.is away, Wales have scored! Ireland are rushing up to the referee.
:16:32. > 0:09:44Extra spice in this one? I think so.
0:09:45 > 0:09:45As players, we just focus. The quality