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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 308049">Also want to congratulate Scotland. They have improved hugely and didn&#039;t deserve the wooden spoon. They played an intelligent game today and their pack simply outplayed Ireland&#039;s in just ebout every facet of play. Parks is a player reborn, great bottle at the end to convert that penalty! Still need some work in the outside backs (especially centre), but thought Lamont was busy and made plenty of yards.That was probably the reality check Ireland needed. They have been clinical in the last few games and managed to live off opposition mistakes, but they really aren&#039;t creating enough. They came up against a good lineout today, which finally put them under pressure, and they cracked. Surprised not to see Leo Cullen come on to offer a better lineout option than O&#039;Callaghan! Ireland&#039;s backrow was also overpowered by an impressive Scottish unit. The frailties in the front row was also exposed today, great game from Murray (who was still poorly treated by the ref imo).Very enjoyable match, hopefully Scotland can move on from here and really start challenging in the 6 nations next year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 308049"] Also want to congratulate Scotland. They have improved hugely and didn't deserve the wooden spoon. They played an intelligent game today and their pack simply outplayed Ireland's in just ebout every facet of play. Parks is a player reborn, great bottle at the end to convert that penalty! Still need some work in the outside backs (especially centre), but thought Lamont was busy and made plenty of yards. That was probably the reality check Ireland needed. They have been clinical in the last few games and managed to live off opposition mistakes, but they really aren't creating enough. They came up against a good lineout today, which finally put them under pressure, and they cracked. Surprised not to see Leo Cullen come on to offer a better lineout option than O'Callaghan! Ireland's backrow was also overpowered by an impressive Scottish unit. The frailties in the front row was also exposed today, great game from Murray (who was still poorly treated by the ref imo). Very enjoyable match, hopefully Scotland can move on from here and really start challenging in the 6 nations next year. [/QUOTE]

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