Scotland 13-22 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:
- Six Nations Guide: Ireland back to winning ways against Scotland
- BBC: Ireland bounce back to beat Scotland at Murrayfield
- Guardian: Ireland outmuscle Scotland to storm to precious away victory
- Telegraph: Ireland survive loss of Johnny Sexton to hold off Scotland in physical Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
- Daily Mail: Joe Schmidt's side breath new life into their Six Nations campaign as they recover from opening weekend loss to England by earning hard-fought victory in Edinburgh
- ESPN: Ireland roar back to form with win over Scotland
- Irish Times: Ireland grind past Scotland but miss out on a bonus point
- Scotsman: Scots made to pay for mistakes
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