Ireland vs Scotland, Six Nations 2020

[sparky]

Ireland: 15-Jordan Larmour, 14-Andrew Conway, 13-Garry Ringrose, 12-Bundee Aki, 11-Jacob Stockdale, 10-Jonathan Sexton (captain), 9-Conor Murray; 1-Cian Healy; 2-Rob Herring, 3-Tadhg Furlong, 4-Iain Henderson, 5-James Ryan, 6-CJ Stander, 7-Josh van der Flier, 8-Caelan Doris

Replacements:16-Ronan Kelleher, 17-Dave Kilcoyne, 18-Andrew Porter, 19-Devin Toner, 20-Peter O'Mahony, 21-John Cooney, 22-Ross Byrne, 23-Robbie Henshaw

Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg (captain), 14-Sean Maitland, 13-Huw Jones, 12-Sam Johnson, 11-Blair Kinghorn, 10-Adam Hastings, 9-Ali Price; 1-Rory Sutherland, 2-Fraser Brown, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Scott Cummings, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Jamie Ritchie, 7-Hamish Watson, 8-Nick Haining

Replacements:16-Stuart McInally, 17-Allan Dell, 18-Simon Berghan, 19-Ben Toolis, 20-Cornell du Preez, 21-George Horne, 22-Rory Hutchinson, 23-Chris Harris

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Scotland with the early lead after the brighter start.

3-0. Adam Hastings (son of Gavin) with the kick.

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Sexton with a converted try for Ireland.

Scotland with a penalty.7-6

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Hastings with the kick to take the lead. Misses it.

7-6 after 30 minutes.

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Sexton with the kick. 39m out and straight. Dublin crowd hush. It's over.

Ireland 10 Scotland 6. 35 minutes.

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Scotland give away another penalty in an almost identical spot. 41m slightly wide to the left.

Long routine. Sexton with the kick. No good.

10-6.

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Half time.

[Steven Harris]

@sparky Scotland have had their chances, just not good enough to take them ..

[sparky]

Scotland lively, but giving away too many penalties and conceding too many turnovers.

First points of the Second Half a Sexton penalty. Ireland 13 Scotland 6 after 45 minutes.

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Fantastic try by Hogg. Up to the TMO. Did he lose it putting it down? Yes. No try. The Scottish skipper will have nightmares about failing to put the ball down there.

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Hastings with his third penalty. 13-9

[Victor Meldrew]

Scotland give away stupid penalties on attack and continue to grow their reputation as one of the most entertaining but frustrating teams to play in the 6Ns,

[sparky]

56 minutes. Sexton with another penalty chance. Over. 16-9.

Scotland's missed chances looking costly now.

[sparky]

Some great improvisation by Henshaw. Scotland barely hanging on now. About 20 to go.

[sparky]

Saffa-Paddy Hooker Rob Herring is having a good game. Into everything.

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Scotland giving away another breakdown penalty. They've been bullied there.

[sparky]

22 tackles from Scottish Lock Jonny Grey.

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Adam Hastings with a penalty kick. Flags up.

16-12 with 14 minutes to go. Game of the weekend this.

[sparky]

Conway taken out by Sam Johnson. Silly penalty to give away.

Sexton with the kick. 7 minutes to go. Over. 19-12 to Ireland.

[Victor Meldrew]

@sparky said in Ireland vs Scotland, Six Nations 2020:

Game of the weekend this.

Way better than the Wales-Itie snorefest scorefest for sure.

But a frustrating game to watch so far - keep expecting it to explode but it never does.