Ireland’s fresh charges have given coach Andy Farrell options to ponder for the autumn rugby closer against Australia after they comfortably handled Fiji 52-17 in Dublin.

Good afternoon and welcome to our live text commentary of the Autumn Nations Series game between Ireland Fiji at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland responded to their defeat against New Zealand in game one of the Autumn Nations Series by defeating Argentina 22-19 last week but it was not a convincing performance by any stretch.

Ireland produced a flair-filled performance after two under-par displays to trounce Fiji 52-17 in their one-off rugby Test at Lansdowne Road on Saturday for their first back-to-back wins since February.

A dominant Ireland thrashed a disjointed and undisciplined Fiji 52-17 at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, running in eight tries, three of them assisted and one scored by debutant hooker Gus McCarthy. The Six Nations champions made a stuttering start to their November series,