Andy Farrell's side destroyed Romania 82-8 in their opening game last weekend and come into their second match of the tournament as 250/1 on favourites
Mack Hansen comes back into Ireland's starting XV as part of four personnel changes for the Tonga clash in Nantes.
Conor Murray, Ronan Kelleher and Josh van der Flier are also recalled following last weekend’s 82-8 thrashing of Pool B minnows Romania. Johnny Sexton will captain a strong team at Stade de La Beaujoire, just seven days before Farrell’s men take on defending champions South Africa. The match gets under way at 8pm Irish time, which is 9pm local time, and you can follow live updates from Nantes with our live blog.
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