Emerging Ireland v Cheetahs live stream information

After victories over Western Force and the Pumas, the Irish team are aiming for a clean sweep of wins before returning home

Emerging Ireland face the Cheetahs in their final game in South Africa this evening as they look to end their tour on a high.

After victories over Western Force and the Pumas, the Irish team are aiming for a clean sweep of wins before returning home.

Sam Prendergast started both games so far and he is in from the start once again at number 10 as James Culhane captains the team for the first time, with tour skipper Alex Kendellen given the evening off.

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Sunday's 29-24 win over Western Force came after a 36-24 victory over the Pumas last Wednesday and another win in Bloemfontein would be the perfect end to the tour for Simon Easterby.

Here's everything you need to know about the match:

Where and when is it?

The game takes place at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Wednesday, October 9.

What time is kick-off?

The action gets under way at 6pm Irish time.

What TV channel is it on?

The match is not being shown live on TV, but it can be viewed on IrishRugby+ which can be accessed for free via www.irishrugby.ie.

Ireland team

15 Ben O’Connor, 14 Andrew Osborne, 13 Hugh Cooney, 12 Hugh Gavin, 11 Zac Ward, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Cormac Foley, 8 James Culhane (captain), 7 Sean Edogbo, 6 Harry Sheridan, 5 Darragh Murray, 4 Evan O’Connell, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Stephen Smyth, 1 Alex Usanov.

Replacements: 16 Danny Sheahan, 17 George Hadden, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 20 Alex Soroka, 21 Matthew Devine, 22 Jack Murphy, 23 Charlie Tector.

Cheetahs team

15 Michael Annies, 14 Prince Nkabinde, 13 Munier Hartzenberg, 12 Carel-Jan Coetzee, 11 Asanda Kunene, 10 Ethan Wentzel, 9 Rewan Kruger, 8 Friedle Olivier, 7 Siskonke Vumazonke, 6 Gideon Van der Merwe, 5 Victor Sekekete (captain), 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Corne Fourie, 1 Schalk Ferreira.

Replacements: 16 Marco Janse van Rensburg, 17 Hencus Van Wyk, 18 Laurence Victor, 19 Ulrich Stander, 20 Neels Volschenk, 21 Jandre Nel, 22 George Lourens, 23 Cohen Jasper.

Quotes corner

Emerging Ireland coach Simon Easterby: “When we set out at the beginning of our pre-camp in Dublin, we knew about the challenge of facing three sides in a week and we knew that every player in the group would have the opportunity to play his part.

"To a man each player has given his all so far and we are aiming to finish off the series with another positive performance on Wednesday.

"The Cheetahs are a fiercely proud and strong side and it should be a lively game with a vocal home support behind them. It has been a fruitful past few weeks to date and we have learned a lot.

"While our performances haven’t been perfect, the players have embraced the challenge and played some brilliant rugby at times. The action has come thick and fast and we know that we have to be clinical in our execution. We will need to go up another level on Wednesday to get the performance we want and hopefully finish the tour on a high.”

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