Ireland v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Attendance: 51,700

Ireland v Scotland Match Reports

Ireland claimed a second successive Six Nations title with a closely fought 17-13 victory over Scotland in Dublin. A tight first half ended 7-6 in the hosts' favour after Dan Sheehan's try was countered by two Finn Russell penalty kicks. After the break, Jack Crowley kicked a penalty to extend Ireland's narrow lead. Ireland then began to exert huge pressure on Scotland's line and it eventually told in the 65th minute when Andrew Porter crashed over. In the final few minutes, Huw Jones broke free to score a try for Scotland and set up a nervy finish. But Ireland held on to win the match and secure the title. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Ireland v Scotland - Match Highlights

Ireland v Scotland - Match Stats

Ireland (7) 17
Try: Sheehan (13'), Porter (65')
Conversion: Crowley (14', 65')
Penalty: Crowley (43')

Scotland (6) 13
Try: Jones (77')
Conversion: Russell (78')
Penalty: Russell (8', 18')

Man of the match: Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland)


Ireland v Scotland - Team Line-ups

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Andrew Porter
  • 2 Dan Sheehan
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Joe McCarthy
  • 5 Tadhg Beirne
  • 6 Peter O’Mahony (Captain)
  • 7 Josh van der Flier
  • 8 Caelan Doris

Backs

  • 9 Jamison Gibson-Park
  • 10 Jack Crowley
  • 11 James Lowe
  • 12 Bundee Aki
  • 13 Robbie Henshaw
  • 14 Calvin Nash
  • 15 Hugo Keenan

Replacements

  • 16 Rónan Kelleher
  • 17 Cian Healy
  • 18 Finlay Bealham
  • 19 Ryan Baird
  • 20 Jack Conan
  • 21 Conor Murray
  • 22 Harry Byrne
  • 23 Garry Ringrose

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • 2 George Turner
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Grant Gilchrist
  • 5 Scott Cummings
  • 6 Andy Christie
  • 7 Rory Darge (Co-Captain)
  • 8 Jack Dempsey

Backs

  • 9 Ben White
  • 10 Finn Russell (Co-Captain)
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Stafford McDowall
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Kyle Steyn
  • 15 Blair Kinghorn

Replacements

  • 16 Ewan Ashman
  • 17 Rory Sutherland
  • 18 Elliot Millar-Mills
  • 19 Sam Skinner
  • 20 Matt Fagerson
  • 21 George Horne
  • 22 Cameron Redpath
  • 23 Kyle Rowe
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