Men Six Nations: Scotland 13 Ireland 22

Ireland  may not have bounced back with aplomb in their victory over Scotland this afternoon but they grabbed the all important win which was crucial after last week’s defeat.

Jacob Stockdale did what he does best and scored Ireland’s second try while Conor Murray and Keith Earls scored the other two.

Scotland were the better side in the first half and deserved to lead at the break instead of being two points down, testament to the fact that Ireland only spent 15 seconds in the Scottish 22. Greig Laidlaw opened the scoring for the hosts with an early penalty before Murray scored Ireland’s first try. Tommy Seymour made a mess of a Stockdale kick through and his offload was missed by Sean Maitland, allowing the Munsterman to pick the ball up and dot down.

Stockdale doubled Ireland’s try count seven minutes later with a lovely move in the centre of the pitch. The shape of Peter O’Mahony’s body suggested he was going to carry but instead pulled it back to Johnny Sexton . . .

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