Ireland gain victory as Scotland indiscipline lets hosts off the hook

• Ireland 35-25 ScotlandNo trophy to play for this time, but Ireland ended a disappointing Six Nations on a high. Four tries, a ton of possession in an entertaining game and the added bonus of avoiding the unseemly fate of finishing the defence of their title in fifth. They looked solid against a fast-improving Scotland, but it will not go unnoticed that three of those tries were scored while Scotland were down to 14 men.For the Scots, their latest mini-revival ends here – results-wise at least – but a dispassionate assessment of this third defeat of the campaign will remain positive, bar that…

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