Ireland Rugby, Scotland Rugby, RBS Six Nations

Sluggish Ireland Stung by Scots!

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Scotland (21) 27
TRY: Stuart Hogg (2), Alex Dunbar. CON: Greig Laidlaw (3). PEN: Greig Laidlaw (2).
Ireland (8) 22
TRY: Keith Earls, Iain Henderson, Paddy Jackson. CON: Paddy Jackson (2). PEN: Paddy Jackson.

Ireland went down 27 – 22 to a spirited Scottish side on Saturday afternoon at Murrayfield. A stirring second half comeback was not enough to overcome the Scot’s free scoring first half in which Stuart Hogg wreaked havoc in the Irish defence, scoring two tries.

Keith Earls, Iain Henderson and Paddy Jackson all crossed for Ireland but Scotland regrouped to seal the game in the closing minutes thanks to two Greig Laidlaw penalties. 

The recent form of Scottish players in the PRO 12 and in Europe indicated that this was always going to be a difficult match and so it proved with Scotland storming out of the blocks to take a sluggish Ireland to task in the opening quarter. 

Hogg crossed twice in a twelve minute . . .

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