Andy Farrell's side secure their second consecutive title after a tight win in Dublin
Pre-match discussion in Dublin was dominated by rumours of Peter O’Mahony’s impending retirement, before full-back Hugo Keenan dropped out of the starting XV 25 minutes before kick-off.
Scotland restricted space impressively and forced Farrell’s side to make uncharacteristic errors and poor decisions, and they only went into half-time with a one-point lead due to a sloppy Scottish line-out. Another Russell penalty ensured the half-time scoreline was only 7-6 after some excellently resolute Scottish defending.
But Ireland continued to ramp up the pressure from there, believing they’d finally got their try on 64 minutes when Robbie Henshaw was held up by Cameron Redpath, but this was ruled out once again.
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