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Facts about Scotland's Six Nations clash with Ireland this weekend.

Where: Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Capacity: 67,500

When: Saturday, March 14 (1700)

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Teams:

Scotland - Ireland

15-Chris Paterson - 15-Rob - Kearney

14-Simon Danielli - 14-Tommy Bowe

13-Max Evans - 13-Brian O'Driscoll (captain)

12-Graeme Morrison - 12-Gordon D'Arcy

11-Thom Evans - 11-Luke Fitzgerald

10-Phil Godman - 10-Ronan O'Gara

9-Mike Blair (captain) - 9-Peter Stringer

8-Simon Taylor - 8-Denis Leamy

7-John Barclay - 7-David Wallace

6-Alasdair Strokosch - 6-Stephen Ferris

5-Jason White (or Jim Hamilton) - 5-Paul O'Connell

4-Alastair Kellock (or Nathan Hines) - 4-Donncha O'Callaghan

3-Euan Murray - 3-John Hayes

2-Ross Ford - 2-Rory Best

1-Alasdair Dickinson - 1-Marcus Horan

Replacements:

16-Dougie Hall - 16-Jerry Flannery

17-Moray Low - 17-Tom Court

18-TBC 18-Mick O'Driscoll

19-Scott Gray - 19-Jamie Heaslip

20-Chris Cusiter - 20-Tomas O'Leary

21-TBC - 21-Paddy Wallace

22-Hugo Southwell - 22-Geordan Murphy

Coach:

Frank Hadden - Declan Kidney

Recent meetings:

23.02.2008 SN Dublin Ireland 34 Scotland 13

11.08.2007 WU Edinburgh Scotland 31 Ireland 21

10.03.2007 SN Edinburgh Scotland 18 Ireland 19

11.03.2006 SN Dublin Ireland 15 Scotland 9

12.02.2005 SN Edinburgh Scotland 13 Ireland 40

27.03.2004 SN Dublin Ireland 37 Scotland 16

06.09.2003 WU Edinburgh Scotland 10 Ireland 29

16.02.2003 SN Edinburgh Scotland 6 Ireland 36

02.03.2002 SN Dublin Ireland 43 Scotland 22

22.09.2001 SN Edinburgh Scotland 32 Ireland 10

19.02.2000 SN Dublin Ireland 44 Scotland 22

*SN denotes Six Nations, WU = World Cup warm-up

Next fixtures:

Saturday, March 21

England v Scotland, Twickenham, London (1530)

Wales v Ireland, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (1730)

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