Scotland vs. Ireland: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2015 Six Nations Round 5

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Published: March 21, 2015

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Ireland marched into Murrayfield and beat Scotland 40-10 in Round 5 of the 2015 Six Nations, overtaking Wales in the standings in the process. The dominant performance and big win mean the Irish will repeat as champions.

England needed to beat France by 26 to have any chance of overtaking Ireland and fell just short, winning 55-35 at Twickenham in the final match if the competition.

Scotland end this year's competition without a win, and Saturday's embarrassing loss shows the team still has a long way to go if they are to have any success at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.



The defending champions came into the match locked in a three-way battle with England and Wales for the title, and following the latter's big win over Italy, Wales took the lead and did a nice job boosting their points difference in the process.

Welsh Rugby Union shared the standings after the first of Saturday's fixtures:



The visitors took a bad start, as nobody put themselves under the kick-off, but Ireland soon took control. The first scrum of the match yielded the first try, skipper Paul O'Connell the man punching the ball in after a long defensive stand from Scotland.

As shared by BBC Sport's Conor McNamara, O'Connell isn't one to score often:



Johnny Sexton converted a penalty just minutes later, as Ireland got off to a quick start. Joe Schmidt had clearly given his players carte blanche in the Scottish half, and for the first time this tournament, we were seeing plenty of offloads and some real creativity from the visitors.

Euan Murray left the pitch with an injury to the face, but Scotland's scrum started gaining some momentum midway through the first half. Greig Laidlaw reduced Ireland's lead to seven points with a conversion, before Sean O'Brien scored his side's second try:



Things were going well for Ireland, but their bid to pass Wales...
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