Six Nations - Lansdowne Road, 10 March 2012, 17:00 local, 17:00 GMT
Ireland (22) 32 - 14 (14) Scotland (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
3 0 - 3

PENALTY Scotland take the lead courtesy of Laidlaw after an early offside penalty against Ireland

9 0 - 6

Laidlaw - penalty goal

10

Laidlaw doubles the Scots' lead from the kick tee after Ireland's Gordon D'Arcy is penalised for coming in from the side

13 5 - 6

TRY Rory Best barges his way over in the corner after a neatly-worked short lineout.

14 7 - 6

CONVERSION Sexton adds the extras from out wide

25 10 - 6

PENALTY Scrum infringement allows Sexton to extend his side's advantage from the kicking tee

31 10 - 9

PENALTY Laidlaw slots his third successful kick after lock Ritchie Gray was taken out in the lineout

33 15 - 9

TRY Reddan catches the Scotland defence napping, throwing a neat dummy before burrowing his way over

34 17 - 9

CONVERSION Sexton nails his second difficult conversion

36 17 - 14

Gray - try

37

TRY The Scots hit back with Gray powering over with a great run down the touchline

40 22 - 14

TRY Good hands put Trimble over in the corner just before the break.

71 25 - 14

PENALTY Sexton edges his side a little nearer victory after a scrum penalty

72

YELLOW CARD Scotland's Max Evans is sin-binned for taking Ireland's Keith Earls out off the ball

76 30 - 14

TRY McFadden burrows his way over for his side's fourth try

77 32 - 14

CONVERSION Sexton heaps woe on the Scots with the extras

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Scotland
0 start of first half start of first half
3 0 - 3 Laidlaw - penalty goal
9 0 - 6 Laidlaw - penalty goal
13 Best - try 5 - 6
14 Sexton - conversion 7 - 6
25 Sexton - penalty goal 10 - 6
31 10 - 9 Laidlaw - penalty goal
33 Reddan - try 15 - 9
34 Sexton - conversion 17 - 9
36 17 - 14 Gray - try
40 Trimble - try 22 - 14
40+2 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
46 Cross - sub off
Murray - sub on
49 Cusiter - sub on
Blair - sub off
50 Healy - sub off
Court - sub on
53 Best - sub off
Cronin - sub on
O'Leary - sub on
Reddan - sub off
O'Gara - sub on
D'Arcy - sub off
55 Laidlaw - sub off
Jackson - sub on
58 Court - sub off
Healy - sub on
Vernon - sub on
Rennie - sub off
59 Kellock - sub on
Hamilton - sub off
61 O'Mahony - sub off
Jennings - sub on
Scott - sub on
Jones - sub off
71 Sexton - penalty goal 25 - 14
72 Kearney - sub off
McFadden - sub on
Evans - yellow card
76 McFadden - try 30 - 14
77 Sexton - conversion
O'Callaghan - sub off
McCarthy - sub on
Ross - sub off
Court - sub on
32 - 14
80 end of second half
end of half
end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 18 points
Six Nations points Ireland 2, Scotland 0
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 51000
 
Referee CJ Pollock (New Zealand)
 
Ireland Test debuts none
Scotland Test debuts MCM Scott

Teams

Ireland Scotland
Tries Best (13), Reddan (33), Trimble (40), McFadden (76) Tries Gray (36)
Cons Sexton (14, 34, 77) Cons none
Pens Sexton (25, 71) Pens Laidlaw (3, 9, 31)

Match stats

Ireland   Scotland
4 Tries 1
3 from 4 Conversion goals 0 from 1
2 from 2 Penalty goals 3 from 3
83.3% Kick at goal success 75.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
21 Kicks from hand 16
96 Passes 138
84 Runs 88
343 Metres run with ball 307
Attacking
49% Possession 51%
51% Territory 49%
6 Clean breaks 1
10 Defenders beaten 10
0 Offloads 8
69 from 73 (94.5%) Rucks won 72 from 76 (94.7%)
3 from 4 (75.0%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
93/10 Tackles made/missed 92/10
90.3% Tackling success rate 90.2%
Set pieces
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
5 won, 2 lost (71.4%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 3 lost (76.9%)
Discipline
14 Penalties conceded 11
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kearney 0/0 0 2/2/12 127 1 4 0 2 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Bowe 0/0 0 1/0/5 30 0 0 0 1 2/2 0/0 2 0/0
C Earls 0/0 0 3/5/8 45 2 1 0 0 11/2 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 1 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Trimble 1/0 5 0/2/6 18 1 1 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 12 4/18/2 8 1 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Reddan 1/0 5 7/35/4 10 1 1 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Healy 0/0 0 0/1/10 17 0 1 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Best 1/0 5 0/1/6 8 0 1 0 2 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/2/4 6 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Ryan 0/0 0 0/1/4 13 0 0 0 2 9/0 2/2 0 0/0
F Ferris 0/1 0 0/1/4 18 0 0 0 1 18/0 1/0 0 0/0
F O'Mahony 0/1 0 0/4/7 8 0 1 0 0 9/1 0/0 3 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/2/5 18 0 0 0 1 7/0 2/0 0 0/0
(H) Cronin 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Court 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) McCarthy 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Jennings 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) O'Leary 0/0 0 0/14/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) O'Gara 0/0 0 4/6/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) McFadden 1/0 5 0/0/3 16 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hogg 0/0 0 0/1/3 36 0 1 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Jones 0/0 0 0/1/4 27 0 1 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Evans 0/0 0 0/7/6 20 0 0 1 2 2/2 0/0 1 1/0
C Morrison 0/0 0 0/6/7 17 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 3 0/0
W Lamont 0/0 0 1/2/8 44 0 1 1 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Laidlaw 0/1 9 7/32/2 0 0 0 1 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Blair 0/0 0 3/45/5 22 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Jacobsen 0/0 0 0/2/3 4 0 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Ford 0/0 0 0/0/8 9 0 0 0 0 6/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Cross 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Gray 1/0 5 0/3/6 54 1 3 1 0 8/0 5/0 0 0/0
L Hamilton 0/0 0 0/1/4 5 0 0 0 0 8/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Barclay 0/0 0 0/5/7 4 0 0 0 1 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Rennie 0/0 0 1/7/5 10 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Denton 0/0 0 0/3/10 41 0 3 1 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Murray 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Kellock 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Vernon 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) Cusiter 0/0 0 2/17/4 2 0 0 2 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Jackson 0/0 0 2/6/1 6 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Scott 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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