England vs Ireland LIVE: Six Nations 2022 result and final score as Ireland win after early England red card

A midfield scrum for Scotland, five metres out, and Italy are deemed to have collapsed it. Scotland will reload and go again with the ideal set-piece platform.

Quick tap! Surreptitious from Finn Russell, directing his teammates behind him as he lines up the corner and then tapping and turning towards his forwards as Italy’s assemble for the lineout they believe is about to come.

Pierre Schoeman carries strongly, and Luke Pearce whistles to halt play after Ignacio Brex collapses backwards after an apparent blow to the head. He will have to go off, and a good call from Pearce, with Scotland about to attack the space left by the centre, who was lying nearby on the floor.

Marco Zanon will take the place of Brex, who is not happy.

Rory Darge explodes out of a tackle and suddenly Scotland are playing with momentum. Finn Russell fizzes a whipped pass to Sam Johnson, who charges into the 22, and George Turner’s midfield angle creates a canyon through which Ali Price then darts.

Price is dragged down five metres out and Italy go off their feet. Penalty Scotland.

More clever kicking from Italy, who have clearly spotted some spaces in Steve Tandy’s defence they think they can exploit. Again it is a cross-kick, this time from Paolo Garbisi, and it lands in open space ahead of Monty Ioane with the Scottish backfield someway from getting to it on the full.

The bounce is unkind, and it will be a Scotland lineout, but this is canny stuff.

They have! A beaut from the Italians, attacking the blindside with Callum Braley looping and getting to the last defender. He passes to Pierre Bruno, who out-kicks Kyle Steyn and then squares up Stuart Hogg, biffing him back with a bump.

Hogg drives him for the touchline but Bruno’s footwork is fancy, dancing along the tightrope and ensuring his boots remain unchalked as he offloads back to Braley, who completes the job. An excellent conversion from Paolo Garbisi and Italy have just reward for a good opening half-an-hour.

Secure exit from Scotland, Ali Price’s box kick with good distance and the chase strong. Edoardo Padovani chips for himself, and uses an outstetched arm to claw the ball back, but is then held up by the Scottish bodies that engulf him. It will be Italian scrum feed, though, as it came from a kick.

Italy are still managing to win more midfield collisions than they are losing, and Paolo Garbisi is pulling the strings well. He drops the ball on to his toe again, lifting a more jaunty kick over the Scottish defence, and very nearly snaring it off the floor as Scotland try to gather.

It’s soon back at the feet f the Italian fly-half after another Danilo Fischetti steal, and he puts Scotland deep into their own territory with a stabbed kick.

Pushed to the left. Garbisi’s kick threatens to curl back but was never quite on the right line, and might have ended up short, too.

Two chances for Scotland, two strikes, and having barely clunked out of the starting blocks their lead is swelling. But this will give Italy a chance to answer as the visitors concede a penalty on the left. Paolo Garbisi will go for goal...