Scotland v Ireland

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v Ireland Match Reports

Ireland got their Six Nations Championship defence back on track with a 22-13 victory over Scotland at BT Murrayfield. Tries from Conor Murray and Jacob Stockdale in the first half, plus a third from Keith Earls after the break, were enough to beat the home side. Scotland also scored a try through Sam Johnson in a fast paced first half, but their challenge faded in the second half as the visitors took a stranglehold on the match. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v Ireland - Match Highlights

Scotland v Ireland - Match Stats

Scotland: (10) 13
Try: Johnson (29')
Conversion: Laidlaw (30')
Penalty: Laidlaw (7', 62')

Ireland: (12) 22
Try: Murray (10'), Stockdale (17'), Earls (56')
Conversion: Murray (17'), Carbery (57')
Penalty: Carbery (69')

Man of the Match: Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)


Scotland v Ireland - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Allan Dell
  • 2 Stuart McInally
  • 3 Simon Berghan
  • 4 Grant Gilchrist
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 Ryan Wilson
  • 7 Jamie Ritchie
  • 8 Josh Strauss

Backs

  • 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Sean Maitland
  • 12 Sam Johnson
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Tommy Seymour
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Fraser Brown
  • 17 Jamie Bhatti
  • 18 D'arcy Rae
  • 19 Ben Toolis
  • 20 Rob Harley
  • 21 Ali Price
  • 22 Pete Horne
  • 23 Blair Kinghorn

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Cian Healy
  • 2 Rory Best (Captain)
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 James Ryan
  • 5 Quinn Roux
  • 6 Peter O'Mahony
  • 7 Sean O'Brien
  • 8 Jack Conan

Backs

  • 9 Conor Murray
  • 10 Jonathan Sexton
  • 11 Jacob Stockdale
  • 12 Bundee Aki
  • 13 Chris Farrell
  • 14 Keith Earls
  • 15 Rob Kearney

Replacements

  • 16 Sean Cronin
  • 17 Dave Kilcoyne
  • 18 Andrew Porter
  • 19 Ultan Dillane
  • 20 Josh van der Flier
  • 21 John Cooney
  • 22 Joey Carbery
  • 23 Jordan Larmour
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