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  1. Ireland Grand Slam on track

    Ireland Grand Slam on track

    Ireland maintained their Grand Slam challenge after they came from behind to defeat Scotland 22-15 in a bruising clash at Murrayfield. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:80'
    • Scotland
    • Ireland
    • 80' Ireland retain possession and continue to attack. Good carry by Ferris and ball is spread wide. O'Leary kicks to touch and Ireland win 22-15 to maintain their Grand Slam challenge. A much-improved effort from the Irish after half-time for a deserved victory. Cardiff next week for showdown with Wales. Can't wait! Thanks for joining us.
    • 79' O'Gara puts through grubber and Danielli knocks on. Scrum down Ireland on Scots 22m line. Surely this is it.
    • 78' Murphy puts up high ball, Scots knock on and Ireland have scrum and another chance to run down the clock.
    • 76' Ireland win lineout and keep the ball tight as the clock runs down.
    • 75' Scots win penalty for collapsing and Scots let off. Murphy on for Kearney at full-back.
    • 75' Scots spill ball in their own half, Kearney hacks through but Cusiter back to rescue Scotland. Godman then charged down by Heaslip and Ireland have a 5m scrum. Well played Kearney.
    • 73' Kearney counters, Fitzgerald wriggles out of tackle and bursts into Scots half, but move comes to an end when Hayes knocks on surprise pass from O'Leary.
    • 72' O'Gara moves Ireland seven points clear with well-struck penalty. Ireland 22-15 with nine minutes remaining.
    • 70' O'Leary kicks upfield, Fitzgerald chases and catches Godman on his try line. Ball is spilled into touch and Scots have lineout five metres from their line. Lucky escape for the home side, who then concede penalty for Gray holding on. Another chance for O'Gara out wide on his wrong side.
    • 65' Scrum-half O'Leary on for Stringer.
    • 64' Ireland miss jumper at lineout but win penalty when Taylor caught in possession by O'Connell and fails to release. But O'Gara misses and fails to make Scots pay. Could be expensive miss!
    • 62' Hooker Flannery on for Best as Ireland pinch ball at restart.
    • 60' Penalty for Scotland after Hayes illegal bind. Paterson has chance to cut Ireland lead, which he does to make it four from four for the recalled full-back. Ireland lead 19-15.
    • 57' Hooker Hall on for Ford in Scots front row.
    • 57' Ireland are purring now. O'Driscoll almost breaks clear, Ireland continue attack and when ball is recycled O'Gara slots drop goal to extend lead to 19-12.
    • 53' Thom Evans is down after chasing restart and is down being treated by Scotland doctor. The wing is up and again.
    • 52' Scots replace lock Hamilton with Hines while skipper Blair forced off injured to be replaced by Cusiter.
    • 51' O'Gara adds conversion and Ireland lead 16-12.
    • 50' Fitzgerald almost through from inside pass and only tap tackle from Strokosch stops him breaking clear. Ireland retain possession and Stringer continues attack with superb break and feeds Heaslip to go over for opening try. Ireland lead 14-12.
    • 47' Ireland very much on front foot but Scots force turnover through Blair and Paterson clears up field. Ireland very much better this half and putting Scots defence under huge pressure.
    • 45' Crooked lineout throw from Ford and Ireland have scrum in Scots half. D'Arcy makes half break, feeds Heaslip and the ball is moved wide to Fitzgerald, only for Scots defence to force wing into touch. Much better from Ireland.
    • 42' Ireland set up couple of phases and then spread ball to their backs, only for Kearney to knock on D'Arcy's pass.
    • 41' O'Gara gets the second half started. Can Ireland up their performance and keep the Grand Slam alive?
    • 40' Ireland looking to score before the break. D'Arcy almost puts O'Driscoll clear but ball is slightly forward and ref blows for half-time.
    • 39' Ireland finishing the half on the front foot, but kick possession away and Thom Evans counters, kicks ahead and wins race for the ball. But desperate Ireland defense from Bowe prevents certain try.
    • 34' White knocks on at the restart and Scots offside. O'Gara cuts Scots lead to 12-9. Ireland have not played well yet but will be relieved to be only three points down.
    • 33' Ireland penalised at scrum and Paterson punishes them with his fourth penalty from four attempts on goal.
    • 30' Leamy is off and Heaslip on.
    • 27' O'Gara kicks penalty and cuts Scots lead to 9-6. Three points also moves O'Gara ahead of Jonny Wilkinson as Six Nations all-time leading points scorer.
    • 25' Scots peanlised at scrum and then marched back 10 yards for back-chat to ref. Ireland opt for scrum and launch drive through Leamy. Scots defenders go offside and Ireland have kick in front of posts.
    • 23' It has been all Scotland so far but Ireland have attacking scrum just outside Scots 22. Ireland spread ball wide and almost make room for Leamy to break clear on left touchline.
    • 20' Huge scrum from Scots and Taylor and Strokosch lead attack into Ireland 22. Ireland skipper O'Driscoll penalised for too much use of the boot and warned by ref. An easy chance for Paterson and he extends Scots lead to 9-3. Not a good start for the Irish.
    • 16' Ireland looking to set up period of attacking possession but penalised for holding on and Godman kicks Scots down to half-way line.
    • 13' Ireland fail to roll away in the tackle and concede another penalty. Wallace looks to be guilty party and Paterson has another shot on goal. Paterson again on target and Scots lead 6-3.
    • 11' Scots turn now to concede penalty and good chance for O'Gara to level the scores, which he does. 3-3.
    • 8' Ireland force turnover but Wallace isolated and concedes penalty. Blair takes quick tap and kicks long, but it's too long and Ireland have a scrum back in Scots half.
    • 7' Paterson on target from out wide and Scots lead 3-0, a lead they deserve.
    • 5' Morrison again makes inroads into Ireland midfield, the ball is spread wide to Thom Evans. Ireland defense hold firm but they concede penalty for O'Gara hands in a ruck.
    • 4' Max Evans chips through and Kearney almost charged down on his own line. Ireland win lineout and Stringer clears to touch.
    • 2' Scotland retain possession from kick off and go through series of attacks. But Irish defense is good and they force turnover. But Scots nick ball back and Danielli is almost clear down the right wing only to be tackled into touch 10m short. Good start for Scots!
    • 1' The anthems have been sung and Godman gets the game started for Scotland.
    • - If Ireland win today then they face a championship decider with Wales in Cardiff next weekend, when they will also look to secure the Grand Slam. Kidney's men have it all to lose this afternoon, but on form it is hard to see them going down.
    • - Scotland have promised much under coach Frank Hadden but to-date they have failed to delivered. They have the chance this afternoon to topple one of Europe's best sides and at the same time end hopes of only the second Grand Slam in Irish rugby history, the other coming in 1948.
    • - Paterson replaces Hugo Southwell at full-back in the only change to the back line, while fit-again Jim Hamilton returns to the second row alongside Jason White in place of Alastair Kellock. Also up front, Alasdair Dickinson comes in for the injured Allan Jacobsen at loosehead prop.
    • - Scotland have recalled their record points scorer Chris Paterson as they look to build on their win over Italy two weeks ago.
    • - The match is a special occasion for veteran prop John Hayes, who earns his 83rd cap to become Ireland's most-capped player ahead of Malcolm O'Kelly.
    • - Kidney has made just three changes to his starting XV: Gordon D'Arcy replaces Paddy Wallace and re-forms his centre partnership with skipper Brian O'Driscoll, Peter Stringer gets the nod over Tomas O'Leary at scrum-half while Denis Leamy comes in for Jamie Heaslip at number eight.
    • - A huge challenge for Declan Kidney's men, who to-date have beaten France, Italy and England to remain the only unbeaten side in the championship.
    • - Welcome to the second Six Nations game of the afternoon as Ireland look to keep alive their Grand Slam hopes against Scotland at Murrayfield.

  • Summary

    Scotland versus Ireland
      Tries Heaslip 50’
      Conversions  
    Paterson 7’, 14’, 20’, 33’, 61’ Penalties O'Gara 11’, 26’, 34’, 71’
      Drops O'Driscoll 57’

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Jonathan Kaplan

  • Scotland

    Manager: Frank Hadden

    On the Field

    • Dickson
    • Murray
    • White Substitution Out (51′)
    • Hamilton
    • Strokosch
    • Barclay Substitution Out (58′)
    • Ford Substitution Out (57′)
    • Blair Substitution Out (52′)
    • Godman
    • Evans
    • Morrison Substitution Out (70′)
    • Evans
    • Danielli
    • Paterson

    Subs

    • Hines Substitution In (51′)
    • Hall Substitution In (57′)
    • Cusiter Substitution In (52′)
    • Gray Substitution In (58′)
    • Southwell
    • De Luca Substitution In (70′)
    • Low

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Ireland

    Manager: Declan Kidney

    On the Field

    • Horan
    • Best Substitution Out (62′)
    • Hayes
    • O'Callaghan
    • O'Connell
    • Ferris
    • Wallace
    • Leamy Substitution Out (30′)
    • Stringer Substitution Out (66′)
    • O'Gara
    • Fitzgerald
    • D'Arcy
    • O'Driscoll
    • Bowe
    • Kearney Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • Murphy Substitution In (76′)
    • O'Driscoll
    • Wallace
    • Flannery Substitution In (62′)
    • Heaslip Substitution In (30′) Try
    • O'Leary Substitution In (66′)
    • Court

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Come on, Ireland!!

    From Sage FireGazer, on Sat 14 Mar 5:07PM

  2. come on scotland from a taff

    From david.jonesey, on Sat 14 Mar 5:02PM

  3. anyone know a site where i can watch this, Im not in­ ireland so rte wont cut it

    From eire, on Sat 14 Mar 5:00PM

  4. Good luck to the Irish team playing against Scotland­ today.
    C'mon boys, you can do it.......

    From MargaretH, on Sat 14 Mar 4:11PM

  5. at least we know one thing!! scotland are not winnin­ the 6 nations dis year!! ireland will b up 4 dis­ because they have something to play for but there will­ b no spark in anything scotland do today( no change)­ because they have nothing to play for!! well at least­ they can say that they got bet by the six nations­ winners 2009!!

    From bdonoghue, on Sat 14 Mar 11:42AM

  6. yeh not a chance man ireland have been the best team on­ form in this six nations and they are playing a pretty­ weak scotland team!! even if ireland we to lose it­ wudnt put dem outta de title race because they wud­ still be baetin wales and england and france on points­ difference!!
    im go9in to guess a 24-3 win to ireland

    From bdonoghue, on Sat 14 Mar 11:38AM

  7. i think this is going to be a prety close match, im­ guessing a shock win by Scotland that puts Ireland out­ of the title race

    From Sam, on Sat 14 Mar 11:11AM
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