Ireland v Scotland

Ireland captain Johnny Sexton returns to the side to face Scotland this Sunday at BT Murrayfield in Round 4 of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship (3pm).

James Ryan (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 51 caps Garry Ringrose (Leinster/UCD) 49 caps Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 28 caps Conor Murray is also restored to the starting line up having impressed off the bench against Italy. Sexton missed the Round 3 fixture in Rome against Italy having picked up a knock against France in the previous round.

Andy Farrell has made six changes to the Irish starting XV for Sunday's crunch Six Nations game against Scotland at Murrayfield (kick-off 3pm), with Tadhg ...

The forwards are setting the platform for the backs to be able to play the way they’re playing as well, so at this moment in time, they’re the whole package as far as they’re playing. He just needs to be himself, he just needs to go out there and enjoy it. They’re pretty physical in the set-piece, the carries, and the breakdown. He brings confidence to the team by how he prepares and that gives us confidence to know that he’s ready to play. Save for the injured Tadhg Beirne, this is the same pack that started all three Tests against the All Blacks as well as the Autumn Series wins at home to South Africa and Australia. “It’s always nice to have players coming back towards the end of the tournament,” said Farrell.

Look back on the story of the game as Ireland ran in 12 tries in a dominant 82-7 win away to Scotland in the U20 Six Nations.

Andy Farrell has restored a host of big names to his team for Ireland's penultimate Six Nations clash against Scotland, with Conor Murray named to start at ...

Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors), 20. Simon Berghan (Glasgow Warriors), 19. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors), 18. Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors), 17. Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), 7. Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors), 4.

Andy Farrell will name his team this afternoon as Ireland gear up for their crunch clash against Scotland,

It is four years since Ireland have been in position to complete the clean sweep after three rounds of the championship. When you play in Murrayfield, the bus comes in slowly and the bagpipes are on and there's thousands of Scots there, it's just always a very cool fixture to play in. "We’ve got to go and play well. "It’s where we want to be. That’s the most important thing. Would you rather be fourth and playing for nothing? Ian Foster is the current All-Blacks head coach and has been since the conclusion of the 2019 World Cup. "It’s about realising that it’s not always like this. Farrell will speak to the media this afternoon before his side flies to Edinburgh and the team is expected to be named around lunchtime. Where else would you rather be? “No, it’s not," said Ryan. The Ireland coach is speaking to media this afternoon and it is expected that the team will be named around lunchtime.

Ireland went ahead after 5 minutes when Andrew Osborne dived over for the first try of the night. It was converted by Sam Prendergast but few could have ...

Ireland will be hoping to close the gap on leaders England as they prepare for a potential championship decider against the old enemy on St. Andrew Osborne gets the first try of the night following a penalty advantage. Gus McCarthy bundles over Ireland's third try of the night following a line out. The ball is released and he latches on to it and dives over for try number 4 which secures the bonus point. Devine breaks free through the loose Scottish defence and passes it to Gunne who crosses the line. Ireland are just utterly dominating Scotland and are scoring tries almost everytime they go forward. Scotland's Finlay Burgess is stretchered off following a lengthy injury delay. James McNabney is the latest green jersey to cross the try line. Townsend then reduces it to 40 with the conversion. Danny Sheahan adds his name to a lengthy list of Ireland try scorers this evening. You'd fancy Ireland to reach 100 points if this match was to go on any further. Another try, this time from Fiachna Barrett followed before a third from Gus McCarthy meant Ireland lead by 21 points to nil before the 17 minute mark.