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19th Mar 2016

TWEETS: Here’s how Twitter reacted to Ireland’s win over Scotland

Carl Kinsella

A decent end to a difficult campaign.

It hasn’t been the best Six Nations, but there’s plenty of rugby to go in 2016 for Ireland – and if our final two performance are anything to go by, there are certainly positives to take from this Irish side.

Tries today from CJ Stander, Keith Earls, Conor Murray and Devin Toner – punctuated by some very good kicking by Johnny Sexton – saw Ireland through a comfortable win that only looked in danger after a storming first-half try by Scotland’s Stuart Hogg that put the Scots 9-10 up.

All in all, Ireland always looked the stronger outfit – and were certainly aided by two Scottish yellow cards, racking up 19 points while playing against 14 men.

The man advantage worked against Ireland late in the game then, as Dunbar pulled a try back for Scotland to finish the game at 35-25 to Ireland, seconds after Johnny Sexton had been sinbinned.

Here’s what Twitter had to say about the final game of Ireland’s 2016 Six Nations:

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