Ireland vs Scotland LIVE: Six Nations 2020 result and updates from today’s clash
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Your support makes all the difference.Ireland take on Scotland at the Aviva Stadium this afternoon as the duo kick off their Six Nations campaign.
Gregor Townsend knows his Scottish side will have to pull out all the stops to defeat and Ireland outift who have won 15 of their past 16 Tests at home and are beginning a new era under head coach Andy Farrell.
Wales have set the early running with fast start against Italy in Cardiff at lunchtime and both of these sides will want to join them in beginning with a win. Follow it live after the conclusion of Wales vs Italy:
Match preview:
When is it?
Wales vs Italy takes place on Saturday 1 February at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
What time does it start?
The match kicks off at 4:45pm GMT.
TV channel?
The match will be shown live on ITV from 4pm. Highlights will be on ITV at 10:40pm on Sunday.
Viewers can also watch the match online on the ITV Hub from 4pm.
Teams
Ireland: Jordan Larmour; Andrew Conway, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, Jacob Stockdale; Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray; Cian Healy, Rob Herring, Tadhg Furlong; Iain Henderson, James Ryan; CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris.
Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Sean Maitland, Huw Jones, Sam Johnson, Blair Kinghorn; Adam Hastings, Ali Price; Rory Sutherland, Frase Brown, Zander Fagerson; Scott Cummings, Jonny Gray; Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, Nick Haining.
A half-time change for Ireland, and a big loss - Garry Ringrose is off. He's picked up an injury towards the end of that first half. Robbie Henshaw is a more than able replacement, but Ringrose is such a classy operator in both defence and attack. Ireland might well re-jig with Bundee Aki shifting out one to outside centre.
42 minutes
Ireland win a penalty straight away and Johnny Sexton kicks to the corner, with the lineout just about claimed at the back. Aki has stayed at 12 for the time being and his charge is a powerful one, over the mainline and then some to generate quick ball.
Tadhg Furlong has a couple of nice touches, first with a clever pass for front-row mate Rob Herring and then to make three metres himself with a quick shimmy and a shake.
43 minutes
Ireland are operating under a penalty advantage, and have a second when Mathieu Raynal rules Herring has been taken high. Johnny Sexton floats a lovely flat pass along the line to put Andrew Conway away on the right but the Munster wing's offload evades the hands of his teammates, with Sam Johnson again well-placed to intercept.
Back we go for the penalty beneath the posts.
PENALTY! Ireland 13-6 Scotland
Johnny Sexton pops over the three. Good start to the half for Ireland, just as Scotland began the first well.
45 minutes
That's loose, though. Bundee Aki is beneath the restart but fails to come forward to claim in time, and knocks on as he bends forward to try and claim off-balance. Scotland with attacking ball.
46 minutes
Huw Jones is put into space on the arc and attacking that 13 channel now occupied by Robbie Henshaw, just about pulled back by a tackle but able to get the arms free and offload, and Scotland have men waiting for a canter home but for a vital intervention from Andrew Conway, who snatches the ball out of the air to save Ireland's bacon.
Ireland launch an attack of their own with Bundee Aki jinking to the outside but unable to link up with Jacob Stockdale, who knocks on.
47 minutes
A scrum penalty for Scotland, with Rory Sutherland the man getting the kudos of his teammates. Tadhg Furlong appears to have the nudge but is ruled to be driving across rather than straight, and Scotland kick into the Irish 22.
49 minutes
Ireland defend Scotland's initial efforts to breach the line well. They stand off at ruck time to ensure there are men in the line for each charge, and eventually frustrate to such an extent that Ali Price pokes an aimless kick vaguely towards the corner.
Andrew Conway should clear comfortably but opts instead to pass the ball to the blindside and Jordan Larmour, who plants his right boot on the touchline as he looks to step inside into three Scottish defenders. An odd sequence, and Scotland have an attacking lineout.
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