On Saturday 11th March, Ireland beat Scotland 28-10 at the Aviva Stadium.

Scotland took an early lead through a penalty converted by Laidlaw. But the score soon changed when Jacob Stockdale intercepted a sloppy pass by Laidlaw and broke through to score a try under the posts. It wasn’t the first time Laidlaw had been punished for his sloppy passing.

Stockdale scored a second try on the stroke on half time, making the score 14-3 to Ireland.

After half time, Scotland made some very good chances but couldn’t finish their moves off. Scotland were punished when two tries were scored by Conor Murray and Sean Conrin secured the bonus point for Ireland. Scotland did get a consolation try after one of their moves finally was finished brilliantly by Kinghorn.

This left England a mountain to climb because they needed a bonus point against france if they had any chance of winning the Six Nations. England lost to France 16-22 and gifted Ireland the Six Nations. This poses the question: Can Ireland keep this form up to the world cup next year or will England bounce back from this shocking Six Nations?  

By Will (Year 8)