Scotland 24-27 Ireland
Date:
Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Scotland v Ireland Match Reports
Johnny Sexton kicked a tricky late penalty as Ireland edged to a 27-24 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield. Scotland outscored Ireland in the try count 3-2 during an entertaining match, but five penalties from the boot of Sexton helped the visitors claim a narrow victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Johnny Sexton ends Scotland's Six Nations hopes as Ireland snatch late win
- Guardian: Johnny Sexton kicks Ireland to Six Nations victory over Scotland
- Daily Mail: Captain Johnny Sexton holds his nerve to kick late penalty from out wide to secure victory and end title hopes of the hosts in the Six Nations
- Sky Sports: Johnny Sexton kicks visitors to Six Nations victory in scrappy affair at Murrayfield
- Scottish Rugby: Scotland 24-27 Ireland match report
Scotland v Ireland - Match Highlights
Scotland v Ireland - Match Stats
Scotland: (10) 24
Try: Russell (28'), Jones (60'), Watson (74')
Conversion: Russell (28'), Hogg (61', 74')
Penalty: Russell (12')
Ireland: (14) 27
Try: Henshaw (8'), Beirne (49')
Conversion: Sexton (50')
Penalty: Sexton (4', 35', 41'+1, 55', 77')
Man of the Match: Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
Scotland v Ireland - Team Line-ups
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rory Sutherland
- 2 George Turner
- 3 WP Nel
- 4 Scott Cummings
- 5 Jonny Gray
- 6 Jamie Ritchie
- 7 Hamish Watson
- 8 Matt Fagerson
Backs
- 9 Ali Price
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Duhan van der Merwe
- 12 Sam Johnson
- 13 Chris Harris
- 14 Sean Maitland
- 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)
Replacements
- 16 David Cherry
- 17 Jamie Bhatti
- 18 Simon Berghan
- 19 Grant Gilchrist
- 20 Nick Haining
- 21 Scott Steele
- 22 Huw Jones
- 23 Darcy Graham
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Cian Healy
- 2 Rob Herring
- 3 Tadhg Furlong
- 4 Iain Henderson
- 5 James Ryan
- 6 Tadhg Beirne
- 7 Will Connors
- 8 CJ Stander
Backs
- 9 Jamison Gibson-Park
- 10 Jonathan Sexton (Captain)
- 11 James Lowe
- 12 Robbie Henshaw
- 13 Garry Ringrose
- 14 Keith Earls
- 15 Hugo Keenan
Replacements
- 16 Ronan Kelleher
- 17 Dave Kilcoyne
- 18 Andrew Porter
- 19 Ryan Baird
- 20 Jack Conan
- 21 Conor Murray
- 22 Billy Burns
- 23 Jordan Larmour