Ireland v Wales LIVE: Six Nations rugby score and updates from Dublin

A bit of a delay as Cameron Winnett is patched up having taken a stray stud to the eyebrow. Nasty, but entirely accidental.

Ioan Lloyd is stripped off in case Winnett requires stitches, but the cotton wool and tape combo appears to have done the job. Sam Costelow prods into the left corner.

Jack Crowley is soon forced to kick, though, and into a bit of aerial ping-pong we go.

Cameron Winnett ends it by charging back, and draws a breakdown peanlty, which Tomos Williams taps quickly. And Ireland are starting to get on Andrea Piardi’s bad side – the Italian referee has a stern word with Peter O’Mahony for the latest ruck infringement, Piardi not willing to entertain the Ireland captain’s argument that the infringing individual was counter-rucking legally.

Ireland break the line with their first carry, Tadhg Beirne spinning out of a tackle and up the right touchline. Ominous.

Can Wales repeat their efforts from round one and mount another major comeback? You’d be surprised if there was any let up in Ireland’s intensity but you can’t imagine Wales being quite so unable to maintain territory and possession.

No changes, it would appear. Sam Costelow gets us back underway.

Credit to Wales, who have hung in there gamely, but it’s been all Ireland in Dublin. Set-piece supremacy, suffocating defence, and plenty of variation in attack – Ireland’s excellence means that Wales haven’t got into the game at all.

Some stern defensive efforts from those in red, but too many penalties have allowed Ireland to be patient and take control.

Do Ireland fancy another adventure before half time? Yes, of course, working through the phases even inside their own half.

Slow ball prompts a re-think. Jack Crowley sends the ball into the stands and the players down the tunnel. Ireland have gone 148 Six Nations minutes without conceding a point.

A free kick at the lineout grants Wales another chance, but that callow squad looks a bit lost. Rio Dyer makes a sharp incision between James Lowe and Robbie Henshaw but Nick Tompkins’s tip at the line drifts between Alex Mann and Adam Beard, the two forwards looking at one another and not the ball and combining to spill.

But there’s just no punch to the Welsh carries. George North builds up something of a head of steam but is driven back almost as quickly as he approached, and two Welsh bodies flop over the top to secure the ball as the green Irish tide sweeps them back. A ninth penalty of the half against the visitors will allow them to clear.

Thump! A huge hit from Josh van der Flier arriving from the inside on the Welsh midfield carrier, but Bundee Aki is pinged for hands on the floor before he contests for a ball that appeared readily available. Wales again head for the corner.