Ireland v Scotland 2022

With a 26-5 victory over a frustrating Scottish side that had nothing to lose, Ireland won their first Triple Crown since 2018. After a hectic and at times ...

Another performance where the Ireland coach looked tactically poor for much of the game. carried 10 times in his 52 minutes. He looks like a yard of the pace at this level at the moment. won a great penalty after Scotland’s first try. Got through a lot of defence work with 10 tackles. Advertisement Showed his experience in set pieces. Sparked Ireland out of a lazy start with a great break in the 12th minute. Advertisement The 50:22 in the 14th minute was fantastic. Advertisement Advertisement

Ireland secured the Triple Crown and must hope for a favour from England in Paris to snatch the Six Nations title from France.

Gregor Townsend has put a lot of store in the Edinburgh man as an international stand-off and today we’ll find out if he’s right. For Scotland, the aforementioned late night boozy-do appears to have consigned Finn Russell to the bench. Andy Farrell changes three from the team that laboured a little at Twickenham. Mack Hansen returns to the wing in place of the unlucky Andrew Conway, Iain Henderson replaces the concussed James Ryan, and Jack Conan is back in the No 8 berth.

Andy Farrell's side leapfrogged Grand Slam chasers Les Bleus ahead of the latter's 'Le Crunch' clash with England this evening after a dominant 26-5 bonus-point ...

Ireland kick another penalty to the corner as they seek to finish with a flourish - and a bonus point - in Dublin. Sexton is unable to add the extras with the clock in the red. Follow Ireland vs Scotland reaction in the Six Nations with Standard Sport’s blog below... The pressure is on France in the Six Nations finale after Ireland fulfilled their job on Super Saturday in Dublin. Ireland secure their first silverware since 2018 with a Triple Crown, though will also hope to be celebrating the title later on if England can do them a favour in Paris. However, Ireland kept up the pressure in the second period, scoring further tries courtesy of Josh van der Flier and Conor Murray, with the latter’s late score with Scotland down to 14 men sealing a deserved bonus point.

Try-scorer Sheehan gets a 9/10 for his performance in the No 2 jersey this afternoon.

Arguably Ireland's player of the championship. TADHG BEIRNE 7 MACK HANSEN 7

There is live coverage on Virgin Media which gets under way at 4pm. Wales v Italy (2.15pm) and France v England (8pm) are live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. ONLINE.

All Irish rugby fans will be hoping Eddie Jones' men can pull off a shock in the French capital. We know Blair has done really well and earned this opportunity, and also with how we’re looking to play the game, with Blair’s strengths." Meanwhile, there's a recall for Jack Conan with Peter O'Mahony starting on the bench and Caelan Doris reverting to blindside. Scotland boss Gregor Townsend hands Edinburgh out-half Blair Kinghorn a first championship start as Finn Russell drops to the bench. In addition the matchday programme will carry an interview with with Leinster player Alex Soroka, whose parents are from Ukraine and who is fundraising for the Okhmadits Children's Hospital. So you can see what the missing link is and no doubt Townsend will be using that as motivation.

Scotland have already lost their discipline in the run-up to Saturday's showdown in Dublin, which is another omen not in their favour.