Six Nations: Ireland 28 Scotland 8

Ireland secure the Six Nations title with a bonus point 28-8 victory over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium earlier today.

Once again Jacob Stockdale stole the show with a brace of tries and shows why he is the inform winger in Ireland. Conor Murray and Sean Cronin rounded off the score.

Ireland started positively and Stockdale scored his first try after a Greig Laidlaw penalty. Stockdale intercepted a loopy pass from Peter Horne. In the first fifteen minutes, Ireland controlled the game with ease but came out of that period without a score. As Scotland grew into the game, Ireland clinically capitalized on their mistakes.

I touched on the Laidlaw/Russell partnership in the preview on how it would be crucial to defeating Ireland at home for the first time in eight years. Ireland dominated possession with 63%, forcing the Scots to play on the back foot for most of the game. On the other hand, as expected Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray were at the forefront of the Irish victory.

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