IRELAND v SCOTLAND: 6 Nations

21.03.2015

Venue: Murrayfield

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

Preview
Ireland’s task is to score as many points as they can against Scotland and prevent Scotland from as scoring as little points as possible. It’s only in this way that Ireland have a chance of taking the 6 Nations Championship.

Last Five Encounters
02.02.2014 Ireland 28-6 in Dublin (6 Nations)
24.02.2013 Scotland 12-8 at Murrayfield (6 Nations)
10.03.2012 Ireland 32-14 in Dublin (6 Nations)
06.08.2011 Scotland 10-6 at Murrayfield (World Cup Warm-up)
27.02.2011 Ireland 21-18 at Murrayfield (6 Nations)

Ireland Last Five P 5, W 4, L 1 
14.03.2015 v Wales L 16-23 in Cardiff (6 Nations)
01.03.2015 v England W 19-9 in Dublin (6 Nations)
14.02.2015 v France W 18-11 in Dublin (6 Nations)
07.02.2015 v Italy W 26-3 in Rome (6 Nations)
22.11.2014 v Australia W 26-23 in Dublin

Scotland Last Five P 5, W 1, L 4
14.03.2015 v England L 13-25 at Twickenham (6 Nations; Calcutta Cup)28.02.2015 v Italy L 19-22 at Murrayfield (6 Nations)
14.02.2015 v Wales L 23-26 at Murrayfield (6 Nations)
07.02.2015 v France L 8-15 in Paris (6 Nations)
22.11.2014 v Tonga W 37-12 at Kilmarnock

GWC Rugby Rankings
World Table: Ireland 1st, Scotland 6th
Europe Table: Ireland 2nd, Scotland 6th

World Rugby Ranking Points
Ireland 85.32, Scotland 75.22

Prediction: Ireland by 10 points: Score: 19-9

TEAMS

Scotland
15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Thomas Seymour, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matthew Scott,
11 Douglas Fife, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (Capt.), 8 David Denton,
7 Blair Cowan, 6 Adam Ashe, 5 Jonathon Gray, 4 James Hamilton, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Ryan Grant.
Replacements
16 Fraser Brown, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Geoffrey Cross, 19 Timothy Swinson, 20 Robert Harley, 21 Samuel Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Greig Tonks,
23 Timothy Visser

Head Coach: Vern Cotter

Ireland
15 Robert Kearney, 14 Thomas Bowe, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robert Henshaw,
11 Luke Fitzgerald, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 James Heaslip,
7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Paul O'Connell (Capt.), 4 Devin Toner,
3 Michael Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements
16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Iain Henderson,
20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Felix Jones

Head Coach:Joe Schmidt