Ireland v Scotland Match Reports
Ireland condemned Scotland to their fourth straight defeat in this season's Six Nations Championship, with a 34-12 victory over the Scots at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: Ireland 32-14 Scotland
- Guardian: Ireland's final flourish piles misery on Scotland
- Independent: Best's men push Scots in direction of wooden spoon
- Telegraph: Ireland 32 Scotland 14: match report
- Daily Mail: Jones injury compounds Robinson's misery
- RTE: Ireland 32-14 Scotland
- Scotsman: Scots overcome by clinical Irish
- RBS 6 Nations: Stand-in skipper Best inspires four-try Ireland
Ireland v Scotland Match Statistics
Ireland (22) 32
Tries: Best, Reddan, Trimble, McFadden
Conversions: Sexton 3
Penalties: Sexton 2
Scotland (14) 14
Tries: Gray
Penalties: Laidlaw 3
Man of the Match: Donnacha Ryan (Ireland)
Ireland Team Line up
Backs: 15 Kearney, 14 Bowe, 13 Earls, 12 D'Arcy, 11 Trimble, 10 Sexton, 9 Reddan
Forwards: 1 Healy, 2 Best (captain), 3 Ross, 4 O'Callaghan, 5 Ryan, 6 Ferris, 7 O'Mahony, 8 Heaslip
Replacements: 16 Cronin, 17 Court, 18 McCarthy, 19 Jennings, 20 O'Leary, 21 O'Gara, 22 McFadden
Scotland Team Line up
Backs: 15 Hogg, 14 Jones, 13 Evans, 12 Morrison, 11 Lamont, 10 Laidlaw, 9 Blair
Forwards: 1 Jacobsen, 2 Ford (captain), 3 Cross, 4 Gray, 5 Hamilton, 6 Barclay, 7 Rennie, 8 Denton
Replacements: 16 Lawson, 17 Murray, 18 Kellock, 19 Vernon, 20 Cusiter, 21 Jackson, 22 Evans