Scotland vs Ireland LIVE rugby: Final score and result from Six Nations game today

Scotland nearly nick the ball at a ruck, but fumble forwards.

Ireland move into the hosts’ 22 with Murrayfield almost silent. Mack Hansen and Jamison Gibson-Park get themselves in a muddle, colliding with one another as the scrum-half tries to draw the wing back to his inside on a switch ball. Scotland’s scrum feed.

Both sets of forwards oblige and Jamison Gibson-Park is able to make a safe extraction.

Mack Hansen, who has been influential throughout this second half, again injects himself intelligently as Ireland take the easy metres on offer up the left. Flanker-cum-thrower Josh van der Flier goes back to his day job, bashing away a tackler to keep Ireland moving.

Gregor Townsend looks on glumly as his forwards are again forced into retreat by Ireland’s three prop prongs in the front row. Tom O’Toole is one of them, on for Tadhg Furlong, who had an impressive 65 minutes or so after a couple of months out.

Luke Pearce orders only a reset, and then again as the scrum hits the deck. “Be better” is his pithy instruction.

A pause in action for a couple more changes, with Hamish Watson on in the Scotland back row. And there’s a return for Robbie Henshaw in the Ireland midfield after a series of injuries - the centre looks in fine fettle, and steps in for Bundee Aki.

Irish hands pinch the Scotland lineout, and Jamison Gibson-Park hooks a clearance away.

Fraser Brown, on at hooker, finds a teammate with the next throw, but Scotland’s attacking adventures are brief, with Matt Fagerson’s pass rather obviously tossed three yards forward.

Scotland will still feel they can get back in this, with Ireland surely likely to tire given all those forward changes. They earn a soft penalty out of Ryan Baird, who foolishly pushes Finn Russell to floor after the Scotland fly half had released a pass.

A ticking Stuart Hogg is replaced; his 100th cap hasn’t materialised as he would have liked. Blair Kinghorn is on in his stead.

Jack Conan powers over!

Ireland are beginning to show their might. This has been outstanding in the last ten minutes or so from the championship leaders, taking complete control in adverse circumstances. They play patiently again inside the Scotland 22, waiting for the spaces to appear. The gap opens on the right edge as Duhan van der Merwe and his chums narrow slightly, with Conan the end man on the Irish line to capitalise, riding contact to add five more points to the Irish tally in the corner.

And that’s a significant moment for Johnny Sexton from the tee - his conversion takes him level with Ronan O’Gara as the all-time record Six Nations points scorer.

Ireland are growing and growing in confidence. Mack Hansen’s linking hands create an overlap and space for James Lowe to stride in to, the wing fending away Kyle Steyn.

He kicks ahead and Scotland have to hurry away a clearance. Ireland ball 20 metres out.

Ali Price is introduced at scrum half for Scotland, with Ben White taken off.

A half charge down of an Ireland clearance grants Josh van der Flier another lineout throw with the rain starting to tumble at Murrayfield.

Ireland strike!

Talk about thriving in adversity. It all came from Van der Flier’s lineout throw, granting Gibson-Park the platform to lift a high box kick. Hansen’s claim was excellent, and his offload to Johnny Sexton, too, allowing the Irish forwards to come on to the ball in support.

Scotland never quite regathered, with Luke Pearce awarding Ireland an advantage. Gibson-Park keeps the tempo high, picking his moment to flick a long miss pass beyond Ryan Baird and into the leaping hands of James Lowe, who scores in the corner. Sexton converts.