Ireland v Scotland Match Highlights 2022 Guinness Six Nations

Off we go with Aviva Stadium. It's the penultimate match in the Guinness Six Nations for 2022. It's Ireland against Scotland. Darren Sheehan just his seventh international cap. The 23-year-old catapulted into the front line for Ireland in this Six Nations Championship. Ireland go them all. The first time they did this they got no change. On this occasion Sheehan breaks in for the first try of the afternoon. And the kick for the corner there's a better ball. Van der Vlier on it. The ball passed backwards and from there Sheehan picks up his heels and just sees Blair Kinghorn in front of him. It's not a physical mismatch but with the momentum and the power of Sheehan he is over Ireland of the first try of the afternoon and make the big moment count. On its way from Ireland's and raise the voices. Tyke Byrne runs into a strong tackle from Darge. Gibson Park looks both ways. Goes the more open side. Cian Healy is put to ground. Ireland banging on the door again. Scotland trying to keep it shut. Conan with advantage. Does he get there? No he doesn't. Ball is back for Ireland once again. Pick and drive. Cian Healy I think will confirm it on the replay. It's power. It's a maul. Sheehan bursts out but from there it's just round the corner it's just route one. Conan with the carry gets within inches and from there this isn't the first time that we've seen Cian Healy just grab a hold of the ball and say right mano a mano. The law of physics. He's got a couple of his men around him. Drive him over the line. It's another five-pointer for Ireland. The Scottish fans that are here raise their voice. They can be heard at the Aviva. Can it spur their side on? Gray two meters short. 11 phases by far and away the best passage of play from Scotland in this game so far. Schumann puts the head down. Three Irish players there but they can't stop him. Schumann is over. Okay so let's uh what we're going to see is first of all when a knee makes contact he's then allowed to place the ball once. If he's short of the line on the placement then that will be a try. Run one more angle from this side please Wayne. Okay so I think you're clear. So there's a tackle and the placement is on the line. Agreed. So we're all happy. Thank you very much. Worth checking but that's outstanding refereeing. Gibson Park. Tied barred. Patience. They need to execute. They've been here before and not finished the job. On this occasion it goes to Sheehan. And that has been played to Ireland. Gibson Park again. Robbie Henshaw. Almost there. Three Scottish players put him to ground. Met by another tree in Naby. Gibson Park. Vander Vleer. Eventually the pressure tells. You just see that again it's route one power game. Doris gets within a meter. Goes back from there. Gibson Park just looks. Johnny Gray commits him. It just gets the momentum. Look at the acceleration of Vander Vleer. Acceleration across three meters means he runs into two front roars and he has the momentum to power his way over. Big smile. Just holding Jonathan Sexton up. There's no knock on in the build-up. We're all clear are we? Thanks very much. Wayne Barnes happy. Jonathan Sexton adds an additional two. Ireland have three inside the final two minutes. Looking for the bonus point try. Just to ratchet up the pressure a little bit more on France ahead. Connor Murray. The fight to Connor Murray. But the fight here of Lowe to be able to get that right paw. Off loads away. He sees his scrum hat. Murray reels it in. It becomes a one-on-one with Darcy Graham. He dips the meaty shoulders and spins out of it to get himself over the line. Got it down for the fourth try. Jonathan Sexton right and wide. But Ireland have done all that they can do. Four tries and a bonus point. The tries coming from Sheehan and Healy in the first half from Vander Vleer of 59 minutes and Connor Murray at the death. Scotland were brave and at times threatened and looked like they might make the afternoon really uncomfortable. But in the end they just didn't have what they needed to have against a side that at worst have secured second place in the Guinness Six Nations.