IRELAND V SCOTLAND
Saturday 23 February 2008
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)
Touch judges: 1 Nigel Owens (Wales), 2 Hugh Watkins (Wales)
TMO: Romain Poite (France)

Head to Head
Played 121
Ireland won 53
Scotland won 62
Drawn 5
Abandoned 1

Biggest wins in series

Ireland Points 44-22 2000
Margin 36-6 2003

Scotland Points & Margin 38-10 1997

Biggest wins and losses in International Championship

Ireland
Win
Points and Margin 60-13 v Italy 2000
Loss
Points 18-50 v England 2000
Margin 6-46 v England 1997

Scotland
Win
Points 38-10 v Ireland 1997
Margin 38-10 v Ireland 1997
31-3 v France 1912
Loss
Points 16-51 v France 1998
Margin 3-43 v England 2001

Scotland v Ireland (Since 2002)
2002 Ireland 43-22 Dublin
2003 Ireland 36-6 Murrayfield
2003 Ireland 29-10 Murrayfield (RWC warm-up)
2004 Ireland 37-16 Dublin
2005 Ireland 40-13 Murrayfield
2006 Ireland 15-9 Dublin
2007 Ireland 19-18 Murrayfield
2007 Scotland 31-21 Murrayfield (RWC warm-up)

Ireland ? form guide from start of 2007 Six Nations
Wales (6N) A W 19-9
France (6N) H L 17-20
England (6N) H W 43-13
Scotland (6N) A W 19-18
Italy (6N) A W 51-24
Argentina A L 20-22
Argentina A L 0-16
Scotland A L 21-31
Italy H W 23-20
Namibia (RWC) N W 32-17
Georgia (RWC) N W 14-10
France (RWC) A L 3-25
Argentina (RWC) N L 15-30
Italy (6N) H W 16-11
France (6N) A L 21-26

Scotland ? form guide from 2007 Six Nations
England (6N) A L 20-42
Wales (6N) H W 21-9
Italy (6N) H L 17-37
Ireland (6N) H L 18-19
France (6N) A L 19-46
Ireland H W 31-21
SA H L 3-27
Portugal (RWC) N W 56-10
Romania (RWC) N W 42-0
NZ (RWC) N L 0-40
Italy (RWC) N W 18-16
Argentina (RWC) N L 13-19
France (6N) H L 6-27
Wales (6N) A L 15-30
(Scotland have scored one try (Cusiter v Argentina) in their last 5 games)

International Championship all time records

Points
456 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
417 Ronan O?Gara (Ireland)
406 Neil Jenkins (Wales)
302 Stephen Jones (Wales)
289 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland)
270 David Humphreys (Ireland)

Tries
24 Ian Smith (Scotland)
18 Cyril Lowe (England)
18 Rory Underwood (England)
18 Gareth Edwards (Wales)
17 Brian O?Driscoll (Ireland)

Ireland ? most capped players
91 Malcolm O?Kelly
81 Brian O?Driscoll
81 John Hayes
80 Peter Stringer
80 Girvan Dempsey
79 Ronan O?Gara
72 David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs
69 Mike Gibson
63 Willie John McBride
63 Simon Easterby

Ireland ? all time leading points scorers
801 Ronan O?Gara
560* David Humphreys * does not include penalty try v Scotland in 1999
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
217 Ollie Campbell
167 Brian O?Driscoll

World Rugby all-time top points scorers (top 8)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales 41-Lions)
1056 Jonny Wilkinson (1009-England 47-Lions)
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina 983-Italy)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (NZ)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
873 Percy Montgomery (SA)
801 Ronan O?Gara (Ireland)

Ireland ? all time leading try scorers
31 Brian O?Driscoll
29 Denis Hickie
20 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
15 Keith Wood
15 Kevin Maggs
14 George Stephenson
14 Ronan O?Gara

Scotland ? most capped players
87 Scott Murray
83 Chris Paterson
82 Gregor Townsend
75 Gordon Bulloch
71 Stuart Grimes
70 Kenny Logan
65 Scott Hastings
65 Jason White
61 Gavin Hastings
61 Doddie Weir
61 Tom Smith
60 Craig Chalmers
60 Bryan Redpath
58 Simon Taylor

Scotland ? all time leading points scorers
667 Gavin Hastings
629 Chris Paterson
273 Andy Irvine
220 Kenny Logan
210 Peter Dods
166 Craig Chalmers
164 Gregor Townsend

Scotland ? all time leading try scorers
24 Ian Smith
24 Tony Stanger
22 Chris Paterson
17 Gavin Hastings
17 Alan Tait
17 Gregor Townsend