Scotland v Ireland

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v Ireland Match Reports

Ireland continued their march towards a Grand Slam with a 22-7 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield. Both sides scored a try apiece in an end-to-end first half, which finished 8-7 in the visitors' favour. Huw Jones had crashed over for Scotland, whilst Mack Hansen had dotted down in the corner for Ireland. After the break, the high tempo of the match continued with both sides creating chances. Ireland were first to break the deadlock when James Lowe crossed in the 57th minute. Jack Conan then touched down five minutes later to put Ireland in a commanding position. Ireland largely dominated the final quarter as they hunted a fourth try, but the bonus point eluded them. The victory took its toll, however, as Ireland lost five players to injury, including Garry Ringrose who took a nasty knock to the head during a tackle. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v Ireland - Match Highlights

Scotland v Ireland - Match Stats

Scotland (7)
Try: Jones (17')
Conversion: Russell (18')

Ireland (8) 22
Try: Hansen (28'), Lowe (57'), Conan (62')
Conversion: Sexton (58', 63')
Penalty: Sexton (13')

Man of the match: Mack Hansen (Ireland)


Scotland v Ireland - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • 2 George Turner
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Richie Gray
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 Matt Fagerson
  • 7 Jamie Ritchie (Captain)
  • 8 Jack Dempsey

Backs

  • 9 Ben White
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sione Tuipulotu
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Kyle Steyn
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Fraser Brown
  • 17 Jamie Bhatti
  • 18 Simon Berghan
  • 19 Scott Cummings
  • 20 Hamish Watson
  • 21 Ali Price
  • 22 Blair Kinghorn
  • 23 Chris Harris

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Andrew Porter
  • 2 Dan Sheehan
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Iain Henderson
  • 5 James Ryan
  • 6 Peter O’Mahony
  • 7 Josh van der Flier
  • 8 Caelan Doris

Backs

  • 9 Conor Murray
  • 10 Johnny Sexton (Captain)
  • 11 James Lowe
  • 12 Bundee Aki
  • 13 Garry Ringrose
  • 14 Mack Hansen
  • 15 Hugo Keenan

Replacements

  • 16 Ronan Kelleher
  • 17 Cian Healy
  • 18 Tom O’Toole
  • 19 Ryan Baird
  • 20 Jack Conan
  • 21 Jamison Gibson Park
  • 22 Ross Byrne
  • 23 Robbie Henshaw
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