after contrasting fortunes for these two
sides in the first round of matches
everything was set for an intriguing
encounter as Scotland hosted Ireland
Gregor Townsend's men looking for an 8th
consecutive home win in the guiness Six
Nations for the first time since the
mid-1970s the last time Ireland suffered
back-to-back defeats was in the Test
series in South Africa in 2016 the home
side started strongly and were rewarded
with a Greg Laidlaw penalty in the 7th
minute but that good work was undone a
couple of minutes later after Stockdale
had kicked ahead Tommy seen or tried to
pass to Shaun Maitland and Connor Murray
gleefully accepted the present the
monster number 9 skipping over for the
opening five pointer of the game
Murray's 13th international try a few
will have been easier
Johnny Sexton missed the conversion that
Ireland had edged ahead in last season's
championship Jacob Stockdale was top try
score or having crossed seven times and
the Ulster man was at his brilliant best
as Ireland extended their lead in the
17th minute a pre-planned move from the
Irish pay dividends of mahon Ian Sexton
combining before Stockdale raced away in
the fashion of an Olympic sprinter he
wasn't going to be caught and it was a
second try on the board for Joe Schmitz
man superb score from last season's
player of the tournament the sexton
receiving treatment Murray added the
extra two points with the boot and was
12 3 2 the man in green Scotland had
been dominating territorially but their
first try came from inside their own
half when Carberry on for Sexton had his
pass intercepted by Finn Russell the
number 10 looked like he'd be over for
the try before a good tackle from Keith
Earls but Russell fan Sam Johnson who
crossed over for his first international
try on only his second appearance
he was excellent play from Russell with
the initial intercept and he stayed camp
to pop it up for Johnson for a splendid
score it was a really special moment for
the man born in Queensland and a
terrific conversion from Laidlaw made it
10 points to 12
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the final minute of the first half
Scotland came agonizingly close to going
back in front with another beautiful
move but to the frustration of the home
crowd the killer pass from Hugh Jones
was behind Seymour and it allowed the
Irish defensive cover time to hold the
Glasgow winger up short of the line fine
margins make the difference and Ireland
held on to a two-point lead at the
halftime break
Carberry may have made the error which
led to Scotland's try but he atoned 15
minutes after halftime with a clever
piece of opportunism spotting the gap he
had the pace to race away before sending
a looping pass why to Earls who got over
for an easy finish great strength from
carvery to evade the tackles from
Allendale and Rob Harley and after the
TMO check for a forward pass referee
Roma Matra awarded the score and
Carberry landed the conversion for 19
points to 10 lead for Ireland it was an
improved second-half performance from
the men in green and into the final
quarter of the game Laidlaw and carvery
swapped penalties but Ireland held out
for a hard-fought 9 point victory and a
first win in this season's Guinness Six
Nations Championship both sides with one
win apiece now they'll meet again in
September in the World Cup in Yokohama
but a BT Murrayfield finished
Scotland 13 Ireland 22
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