Finished Murrayfield
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Six Nations - Gutsy Scotland beat wasteful Ireland
Scotland somehow powered their way to a 12-8 Six Nations win over Ireland at Murrayfield despite being dominated. More
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Live Commentary
Time:80'- Scotland
- Ireland
FT Luke Marshall knocks-on and Scotland have the win!!! They were dominated for long periods but have somehow won this game. You suspect Declan Kidney will be out of a job once this Six Nations is over though. Wasteful from Ireland again.- 80+1 PENALTY FOR IRELAND!!!! They get to touch and go again.
- 80' Past 80 minutes - another scrum collapses – the referee says the scrum MUST take place before he will whistle.
- 79' First scrum collapses….they will go again.
79' SUPER DEFENDING FROM SCOTLAND!!! O'Driscoll is held up near the goal-line and Scotland will have the put in – if they get this right they should have the win.- 78' Heaslip wins the line-out…Ireland 5m out.
- 78' Scotland offside – Irish penalty – will they go for the three points or is there enough time? Ireland go for broke. O'Gara kicks to the corner.
- 77' Ireland making progress – they are at the Scottish 22'
- 76' Ireland at the Scotland 10m after a Scotland kick went out on the full.
75' (12-8) Laidlaw kicks without any fuss again and Scotland have a crucial four point advantage.- 74' Ronan O'Gara with a madness kick across the field while just outside his 22' – it hits a Scottish knee and causes panic in the Irish defence – Ireland are then offside soon after looking to wrap Scotland up.
- 72' Alastair Kellock and David Denton on for Scotland. Devin Toner and Iain Henderson for Ireland.
- 72' A Weir kick goes past the try line and Ireland touch down for a 22' drop out. Both sides making changes.
- 72' Better line-out from Ireland this time but a grub kick is gather and defended by Scotland.
- 71' Scotland have possession just at the Irish 22 but this time they are charged with being off their feet. O'Gara kick the penalty to halfway.
70' Eoin Reddan on for Conor Murray.- 69' Sean O'Brien the latest Irishman charged with being off his feet. Penalty again for Scotland and they kick to near the Irish 22.
- 68' O'Gara with a well placed kick inside his own half that crossed midfield and goes right into the path of Fitzergerald but the winger can't haul it in.
- 66' Ireland have possession inside the Scottish half but Jamie Heaslip goes off his feet off a ruck and Scotland have a penalty.
- 65' O'Gara is on for the final 15 minutes for Jackson. You feel Declan Kidney needs him to save his job here.
- 65' (9-8) Tricky kick for Laidlaw from the right side but the scrum-half makes no mistake – he splits the posts – Scotland lead a game they have been out of for long periods.
- 64' Laidlaw tries a kick up into the air with the advantage called off a penalty. Weir knocks on trying to gather but they will go back for the penalty.
- 63' Scotland win the line-out and are driving the maul – five metres out.
- 62' The crowd into this now. Scotland take a quick line-out at the 22' and move all the way to midfield before winning a penalty. Weir kicks deep into the Irish 22'.
- 61' (6-8) Laidlaw makes no mistake. Somehow, Scotland are only two points behind.
- 60' The Irish scrum collapses though and the Irish are to blame - penalty for Scotland in front of the posts.
- 59' Richie Gray gathers but as Scotland shift the ball out to the backs they lose control and Laidlaw knocks-on. He claims it came off his knee but Ireland have a scrum.
- 58' Richie Gray gathers but as Scotland shift the ball out to the backs they lose control and Laidlaw knocks-on. He claims it came off his knee but Ireland have a scrum.
- 57' Scotland kick to just outside the 22'. Dougie Hall to put in.
- 56' Scotland recycle the ball well and move to midfield. The ball pops loose and Rory Best gathers but then hangs on so Scotland have a penalty at the halfway line.
- 55' Drifts to the right and wide – another chance gone. Jackson just one for four with his kicks. We might see O'Gara soon.
- 54' Scotland caught holding on just after the restart after Ireland challenged the breakdown well. It is right at the right corner of the 22. Jackson will have a go.
- 53' (3-8) Easy kick for Laidlaw inside the Irish 22 and just right of the posts. Not problems and Scotland are on the board.
- 52' Scotland win the line-out and the referee is playing advantage with Ireland offside. It does not develop though so Scotland will kick for the posts.
- 51' Scotland now win a penalty inside the Irish half as Ireland are caught off their feet. Kick into touch inside the Irish 22 – Scotland with a rare, rare attack. Kelly Brown is also back on.
- 50' Ireland win a penalty at midfield but Jackson gets greedy and fails to find touch.
- 49' Kearney with a lovely take at his 10m line, then spins away and gets Ireland to midfield.
- 48' Ireland currently with a scrum at the Scottish 22'
- 47' Kelly Brown and Ross Ford have gone off with blood injuries. Dougie Hall and David Denton are on. Brown should be back but Ford has gone down the tunnel.
- 46' Jackson misses the conversion though – it hits the outside of the post and goes wide.
- 45' Some handbags after the try – the referee has a chat but is just asking for general calm.
44' (0-8) AND CRAIG KILROY HAS THE TRY!!! He does a little spin move near the line and finally gets over.- 43' Kearney with another powerful run. Ireland almost there….
- 43' Sean O'Brien finds a gap and runs into the 22 – he slips but Ireland still recycle.
- 42' Some nice quick hands down the left from Ireland. Marshall's pass can't find a green shirt but then Lamont is quickly bundled out so Ireland have a line-out at inside the Scottish half.
41' Jackson gets us back underway - no changes.- HT So there is the half-time whistle. Ireland lead but would want to be winning by a LOT more. They have had 78 per cent of possession and 80 per cent territory.
- 40' Superb effort from Hogg who got the angle correct but just did not have quite enough boot on it.
- 40' Scotland have a penalty as Earls is charged with hanging on – could have gone the other way as it looked like Earls was first tackled while in the air. 51m out but Hogg is going to have a go.
- 40' O'Driscoll tries a grub kick but gets it wrong and it goes out for a Scottish line-out in between their 22 and 10m line.
- 39' The half petering out with a couple of scrums at midfield…although Heaslip has now gained some meters by springing clear.
- 37' Jackson sends the kick-out out on the full – silly error – Irish scrum at halfway.
- 36' (0-3) Easy kick just left of the posts for Jackson and he has his first international points.
- 35' This penalty is in a central area so Ireland will kick for goal. Scotland survive that possession without a yellow card and if they only concede three they will be happy enough.
- 35' Scotland defence holding firm – they have pushed Ireland back to about seven or eight metres out….penalty coming up though.
- 34' Donnacha Ryan gathers and Ireland are just a couple of metres out. Can they find a gap.
- 33' Good maul this from Ireland – about six or seven meters out. Scotland pull it down and it is a penalty. No yellow card and Ireland again decide to kick to the corner.
- 32' Ireland go short with this line-out and do gather – they look to maul.
- 32' Penalty though for Ireland who have another line-out inside the Scottish 22.
- 32' Peter O'Mahony is tackled while catching a ball in the air. He was really crashed into by Robert Harley and he is VERY lucky not to get a yellow card.
- 30' Embarrassing line out from Ireland again as Scotland nick the ball at the back of the line-out again. Really poor from the Irish in that area today.
- 30' Another chance for Ireland here now though as Paddy Jackson kicks a penalty into touch inside the 22.
- 29' Mistake from both sides turning this into a very stop-start affair. Ireland have had more chances but they are not taking them.
- 27' Sean Maitland gathers Greig Laidlaw's at midfield despite crashing into Keith Earls and then Ireland knock on.
- 25' Ireland run out of space down the right as they look to attack the Scots again. The hosts have a line-out.
- 23' Ireland run out of space down the right as they look to attack the Scots again. The hosts have a line-out inside their own half.
- 22' Poor, unforced errors from Ireland again, Rory Best with a crocked throw and that's a Scotland put-in.
- 21' Ireland now win a penalty after dominating their own scrum and it is kicked to the Scotland 22'. Irish put in.
- 20' Good work from Scotland at midfield off a scrum but then Marshall and Jackson wrap up Scott and get a scrum themselves at the 10m line.
- 19' Moray Low has come on for Robert Harley while Grant is in the sin-bin.
- 17' Jackson cannot punish from the penalty though. It was out on the right side at the 22 but Jackson never got a hold of it and it goes well wide.
16' Ryan Grant is sin-binned for Scotland. Murray took a quick penalty and Grant quickly had a little tug. Looked a bit harsh but he is gone for 10 minutes.- 15' Ireland now looking to build. They are approaching the Scotland 22'. Keeping the phases going.
- 13' Scotland had Ireland under pressure but then they concede a penalty. Chances from both sides being ruined by ill-discipline.
- 11' Scotland's scrum very strong so far – they have won another penalty after forcing Ireland to collapse.
- 10' Superb from Marshall again as he burst clear once again – it is almost like he outruns the support and he has Gilroy outside him but he can't quite get the pass right and Gilroy fails to gather. What a Six Nations start from the UIsterman though.
- 9' Scotland pinch the line-out and then the Irish are caught offside and Scotland have a penalty. Big chance lost for Ireland – once they got so close they need to recycle quicker but they took an age. Great burst from debutant Marshall to set up the attack though.
- 8' Scotland commit a few penalties in succession - the second is whistled for not rolling away. Ireland decide to kick to the corner.
- 7' Ireland 5m from the Scottish line after a break set up by Luke Marshall and then Keith Earls.
- 6' Ireland with possession inside the Scottish half. Kearney tries a grub kick but does not get it right but it deflects out for an Irish line-out at the Scottish 10m line.
- 5' Ryan Grant tugging at an Irish neck in the maul – penalty for Ireland – very scrappy start so far.
- 4' Geoff Cross overpowers Tom Court in the scrum - forcing the Irishman to pop up and that leads to an Irish penalty.
- 3' Stuart Hogg fails to gather a high kick by Kearney so now Ireland have a scrum in Scottish territory.
- 2' Very nervy start Paddy Jackson who knocks on when the first ball comes to him. Scrum to Scotland in-between the Irish 10 metre line and the 22' but an early engage gives possession straight back.
1' Ruaridh Jackson kicks us off.- 13:57 We have just had 'Ireland's Call 'now 'Flower of Scotland' rings around the ground.
- 13:55 In the last of the five changes to the side defeated by England, Donncha O'Callaghan partners Donnacha Ryan in the second row with Mike McCarthy ruled out by knee ligament damage.
- 13:53 Ireland have selected Paddy Jackson ahead of Ronan O'Gara at fly-half. In another bold selection, Luke Marshall - a second Ulster three-quarter who will be making his Test debut - will start at inside centre after Gordon D'Arcy was struck down by a foot injury.The left wing vacancy opened by Simon Zebo's foot problem has been filled by Keith Earls, while Tom Court has been chosen to replace the suspended Cian Healy at loosehead prop.
- 13:52 Scotland interim head coach Scott Johnson has made one change to the side which beat Italy. Tight-head prop Euan Murray - who refuses to play on the Sabbath on religious grounds - is replaced by Edinburgh's Geoff Cross.
- 13:50 IRELAND : 15-Rob Kearney; 14-Craig Gilroy, 13-Brian O'Driscoll, 12-Luke Marshall, 11-Keith Earls; 10-Paddy Jackson, 9-Conor Murray; 1-Tom Court, 2-Rory Best, 3-Mike Ross, 4-Donncha O'Callaghan, 5-Donnacha Ryan, 6-Peter O'Mahony, 7-Sean O'Brien, 8-Jamie Heaslip (captain). Replacements: 16-Sean Cronin, 17-David Kilcoyne, 18-Declan Fitzpatrick, 19-Devin Toner, 20-Iain Henderson, 21-Eoin Reddan, 22-Ronan O'Gara, 23-Luke Fitzgerald
- 13:45 SCOTLAND : 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Sean Maitland, 13-Sean Lamont, 12-Matt Scott, 11-Tim Visser, 10-Ruaridh Jackson, 9-Greig Laidlaw; 1-Ryan Grant, 2-Ross Ford, 3-Geoff Cross, 4-Richie Gray, 5-Jim Hamilton, 6-Robert Harley, 7-Kelly Brown (captain), 8-Johnnie Beattie. Replacements: 16-Dougie Hall, 17-Jon Welsh, 18-Moray Low, 19-Alastair Kellock, 20-David Denton, 21-Henry Pyrgos, 22-Duncan Weir, 23-Max Evans
- 13:40 Hello and welcome to our live coverage of this Six Nations clash between Scotland and Ireland at Murrayfield.
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Summary
Scotland versus Ireland Tries Gilroy 44’ Conversions Laidlaw 53’, 60’, 64’, 74’ Penalties Jackson 36’ Drops
Live Team Line-Up
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ScotlandManager: Scott Johnson
On the Field
- Grant
- Ford
- Cross
- Gray
- Hamilton
- Harley
- Brown
- Beattie
- Laidlaw
- Jackson
- Visser
- Scott
- Lamont
- Maitland
- Hogg
Subs
- Hall
- Kellock
- Low
- Evans
- Welsh
- Weir
- Pyrgos
- Denton
Injured
None
Suspended
None
- Grant
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IrelandManager: Declan Kidney
On the Field
- Court
- Best
- Ross
- O'Callaghan
- Ryan
- O'Mahony
- O'Brien
- Heaslip
- Murray
- Jackson
- Earls
- Marshall
- O'Driscoll
- Gilroy
- Kearney
Subs
- O'Gara
- Reddan
- Fitzgerald
- Fitzpatrick
- Toner
- Cronin
- Henderson
- Kilcoyne
Injured
None
Suspended
None
- Court
Good luck to Paddy Jackson. He made a couple of bad kicks but he'll be back he'll learrn with Ruan Who's better than any C*** in the six nations. Go on Ulster.
Come on guys there are 50 million in England, most of whom are black, so all the suburbs, eg Wales, Scotland and Ireland are totally insignificant in the wider scheme of things! Yahoo are the worst of a bad lot, unless you are english. Always biased reporting, by the way according to some news outlets, Engerland have already won the 6 nations.
Quite amusing ,hamilton ,the man of the match .sounded like he had an english accent lol .
O'Gara is finished in Ireland shirt.
That's us sorting out Ireland with virtually no possession - just as well for Ireland - with 50% of the possession we would have demolished them. What a difference Weir made when he came on - surely he has to get Jackson's shirt - as they are night and day.
Ireland promised so much and delivered nothing.....too many overpaid players with egos 10 times their ability.
We on despite Ruaridh Jackson - luckily the other Jackson was nearly as hopeless. Come on ye Scots.
If that arrogant #$%$ of an English presenter comes anywhere near me I'll knock his block off. How ? With my bare hands,
laughable nationalistic/borderline sometimes over the line racists.a game of rugby took place between2 teams and all i see is comments on england....youre pathetic.
I can't believe that yahoo are worse than the beeb when it comes to mentioning non English teams. Yesterday the beeb had England R U coming out of every orifice, today it's about English football. Pathetic. Am I paying the tv licence so the people of England get to watch & read about their sports? Why can't I get a refund? I'm certainly not getting a fair service. Congratulations Scotland!!!
Ireland eith half of it's team injured just didn't play today......... Dreadful game BUT it was better than watching the spoilt brat Farrell throwing his toys out of the pram yesterday lol His attitude needs sorting before Wales beat them in two weeks time
well, what a let down, all that possession and nothing to show; the half time chat from the coach didn't seem to inspire them so he takes off the try scorer, could sense o'driscoll's frustration; must o'brien make so many diagonal runs and is a new captain the answer, maybe a new coach.
Superb!!!!!!
Just seen the match stats Ireland .... HOW?
To late yahoo , did you fill in the spaces after the game? #$%$ poor reporting, but as usual if its not English you dont want to know.
Hilarious game -- thanks for the big laugh - especially the glorious moment when the once great O'Driscoll suddenly remembered he was irish and used his "Brain" in kicking that ball across the pitch
Who gives a #$%$ about Yahoo, they are only interested in England anyway.
Awsome defence from Scotland , sloppy play from Ireland , Scotlands scrums and lineouts kept them in the game , and even at the death Ireland could have snatched it, now and again its blood and guts that win a game . Well done Scotland .
If this had been an English game, there'd be pages and pages of text. Scotland and Ireland clearly don't warrant the atttention.
Twenty to 5 and according to yahoo the game hasn't started yet. Useless.
