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Ireland kept their Six Nations title hopes alive with a narrow 21-18 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Tries from No.8 Jamie Heaslip, scrum-half Eoin Reddan and fly-half Ronan O'Gara powered Ireland to their second win of the Championship and left them in the running for a Triple Crown, but they had to withstand a second half comeback from Scotland with fullback Chris Paterson and replacement fly-half Dan Parks capitalising on the visitors' indiscipline to bring the hosts close to an unlikely victory.
Scotland exerted the early pressure but Ruaridh Jackson, introduced for his first Test start at fly-half, was short and wide with a penalty attempt after Ireland's Paul O'Connell had been caught offside. The sun, and O'Gara's boot, then had Paterson in trouble in his own 22 and he was forced to bundle the ball into touch.
Read more: http://www.espnscrum.com/sixnations2011/rugby/story/135426.html
Tries from No.8 Jamie Heaslip, scrum-half Eoin Reddan and fly-half Ronan O'Gara powered Ireland to their second win of the Championship and left them in the running for a Triple Crown, but they had to withstand a second half comeback from Scotland with fullback Chris Paterson and replacement fly-half Dan Parks capitalising on the visitors' indiscipline to bring the hosts close to an unlikely victory.
Scotland exerted the early pressure but Ruaridh Jackson, introduced for his first Test start at fly-half, was short and wide with a penalty attempt after Ireland's Paul O'Connell had been caught offside. The sun, and O'Gara's boot, then had Paterson in trouble in his own 22 and he was forced to bundle the ball into touch.
Read more: http://www.espnscrum.com/sixnations2011/rugby/story/135426.html
