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Teams up for Scotland v Ireland

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The teams were announced yesterday for the RBS Six Nations Match which takes place Saturday afternoon at Murrayfield, kick off 2:25pm. Live on BBC1.

It has the potential to be quite an exciting match between two sets of players coming into the game with a bit of form behind them, except for the Ulster players of course. Picking three players from a team going through one of their worst runs in the professional era could be a bit of a gamble for Joe Schmidt, particularly as two are in key positions.

Best, due to pick up his 101st cap, has been there and done it all before and should be able to put his club form behind him – please let there be no crucial line out yips! Henderson just seems to play his own game whatever the circumstances but Paddy could be feeling under a bit of pressure. 

It’s a tad unfair, as halfbacks can only distribute the ball that the forwards win. How well and how quickly that ball is presented obviously determines what they . . .

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