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Ireland face off against Scotland in Six Nations Round 5 on Sat 19th March 2022 at Aviva Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 16:45. In South Africa it’s at 18:45 SAST, 05:45 NZST in New Zealand, 03:45 AEST in Australia and 09:45 EST in the US.
Ireland won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 5 places in the rankings with Ireland in position 4 and Scotland in position 9, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Ireland vs Scotland will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Ireland are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Conor Murray picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Ben White (Scotland) is shown a yellow card
The touch judges raise their flags as Johnny Sexton kicks the conversion.
Ireland are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Josh van der Flier touching down.
The pick and go results in a try for Scotland as Pierre Schoeman goes over.
Johnny Sexton makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
The pressure has finally told as Cian Healy scores from close range.
Johnny Sexton converts the try.
Ireland are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Dan Sheehan picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.