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Andy Dunne predicted that the Irish players would relish putting the upwardly mobile Scots “back in their box”.

The recent defeat in France was a classic of the genre, down to the distilled Archie Gemmill of their second half fightback. If this is about the narcissism of small differences, then the one that Irish rugby folk perceive is that between aspiration and achievement. Recently, this column found itself in the company of a batch of well-known former Irish internationals who were yakking about their noughties heyday, a decade in which Scotland managed a single solitary Six Nations win over Ireland. The importance of the meeting of Scotland and Ireland at Murrayfield in the context of this Six Nations is not in doubt. To those outside of the Celtic triplets, any suggestion of genuine rivalry is laughable, rugby’s version of the Multiverse Spiderman meme. The three Celtic nations have managed to stoke up reasonable levels of mutual antipathy thanks to rugby’s version of what Freud called the narcissism of small differences.

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On Friday afternoon, Andy Farrell will name his Ireland team to face Scotland in the fourth round of the Six Nations. House of Rugby debated the big calls.

Peat agreed with O'Shea and would love to see a tank-emptying 55-60 minutes from Baird, leaving Henderson to come on as one of the experienced match closers. "You also have the battle of the 9s, the 10s and the battle of the back row," she said. Craig Casey started against Italy but may now struggle to make the match-day 23 for Edinburgh. "I'd go for Baird as he is that bit more dynamic than Henderson, definitely at the moment. "If Jamison Gibson-Park is ready to go," said O'Shea, "I'd give him a start. Ryan Baird staked his claim by making a big impact off the bench, in Rome. we can see that Scotland are very much Ireland-esque, in that they want to keep moving the ball." He was the number one choice, coming into the championship." [Ireland](https://www.sportsjoe.ie/rugby/ireland) are three from three while Scotland are not out of the running despite losing to France, in Paris, in their last outing. Watson is ab absolute pain around the breakdown, and if you're going to stop Ireland, you're going to target them there. "For Scotland, we might see Hamish Watson and Matt Fagerson both starting. [Six Nations](https://www.sportsjoe.ie/rugby/6-nations).

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Andy Farrell's Ireland head to Murrayfield this weekend to face Scotland in a Six Nations clash. The match is Ireland's penultimate game in the competition ...

The lock, who has 23 caps, also trained with Scotland ahead of their win over Wales last month. The 23-year-old has seven caps. Darge has been drafted in after returning to fitness while Cummings, Berghan and McDowall have already been involved in the tournament build-up. Suspended Grant Gilchrist, who misses the rest of the campaign after being handed a three-week ban following his red card in the last match away to France, has returned to Edinburgh and Josh Bayliss has returned to Bath. The 37-year-old fly-half is expected to come in for Ross Byrne, who started the 34-20 victory over Italy, after struggling with a groin injury. Sexton has been included in a 37-man training squad for the penultimate round of the Championship as

Fiona Hayes explains that Scotland have a superstar in Finn Russell, but that the forward pack is now able to compete as well.

He's got the most carries so far in the tournament, I believe he's up around 45." In fact, Scotland likely felt better after the game than France did. "They just have really good players all around the park. It's the biggest game of the tournament after Ireland-France from Round 2. France beat Scotland in Paris two weeks ago. And since Ireland-France was a unique occasion between the top two-ranked teams in the world, this would be the biggest game of the tournament in any other season.

Josh van der Flier has had his say on Grand Slam proclamations ahead of a tricky Six Nations round four trip for Ireland to Scotland.

“But with the threat we have this weekend with a Scotland side that are playing so well, it would be probably naive of us to start talking about a Grand Slam or anything like that. It’s a team thing and anyone who is in and around him has to focus on staying connected with each other and not give him those opportunities. “Finn Russell is a brilliant player, he’s been on great form,” said the 29-year-old Leinster flanker. “I suppose the trick with him is you don’t try and think you will solve it on your own. “It’s going to be a massive challenge against a really, really good side. [a host of star names in Edinburgh after Farrell’s full squad trained on Wednesda](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/ireland-name-37-man-squad-that-shows-five-changes-from-round-three/)y.

Share this article: The Ireland squad were back on the training pitch at the IRFU High Performance Centre on Wednesday morning as preparations continue for ...

Ireland understand that they are going to come up against a highly-motivated Scotland team and are preparing accordingly.

You can’t look far past that." "We’ll certainly be ready for a motivated and pumped up team. "It’s going to be a massive challenge against a really good side. "It's something that we obviously discuss as a group and just kind of seeing that challenge as a positive, and really taking energy from that challenge." It’s going to be a massive challenge and we are all aware of that." "It's really exciting to play at a packed Murrayfield," said the 25-year-old.

Head Coach Kenny Murray has made four changes to his starting side ahead of round four of the 2023 Under-20 Six Nations. This mix of new and returning faces ...

A full change on the wings this Friday sees Geordie Gwynn (who’s efforts in France almost resulted in a try but was caught out by a late knock-on) and Logan Jarvie earn their first start of the campaign, stepping in for Will Robinson and Ben Evans. Head Coach Kenny Murray said: “We can all agree our performance in Agen was disappointing, we didn’t show enough energy and physicality to compete against the French team. After his comeback from injury against France, Jonny Morris will once again start at Number 8, completing the back row. This mix of new and returning faces will join the team for this Friday’s match against Ireland at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow (kick-off 7.15pm) – live on BBC iPlayer. He will start in place of fellow second row Ruaraidh Hart who moves to the replacements bench. Corey Tait continues his 2023 Under-20 Six Nations starting streak as he’s called up to play hooker for the fourth game in a row.

Munster and Ireland's Evan O'Connell ©INPHO. Head Coach Richie Murphy has named his Ireland U20s Match Day Squad, sponsored by PwC, for Friday night's clash ...

Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster) George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster) Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(captain) Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster) Sam Prendergast, Player of the Match in the wins over France and Italy, is named to start at out-half, with Fintan Gunne at scrum-half. George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)

14 Leinster players have been named by Head Coach Richie Murphy in the Ireland U20s Match Day Squad, for Friday night's clash against Scotland in Glasgow ...

Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster) George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster) Leinster Academy’s Sam Prendergast (pictured above), Player of the Match in the wins over France and Italy, is named to start at out-half, with Fintan Gunne at scrum-half. Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)(captain) Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster) George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)