Ireland vs Scotland LIVE: Rugby World Cup 2023 result as superb Irish punish Scots to reach quarter-finals
Ireland 36-14 Scotland: The Irish produced a statement performance and a clinical attacking display in Paris to set up a quarter-final clash with New Zealand
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Your support makes all the difference.Ireland bulldozed into the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals by crushing Scotland 36-14 to earn a a bonus-point victory that also sent defending champions South Africa through.
Top-ranked Ireland, who finished first in Pool B with 19 points, will face New Zealand for a semi-final place next weekend while South Africa take on hosts France.
Ireland capitalised on a fast start as James Lowe touched down after 63 seconds before Hugo Keenan twice, Iain Henderson, Dan Sheehan and Garry Ringrose crossed the line and Johnny Sexton added three conversions to give Andy Farrell’s side their 17th test win in a row.
Scotland, suffering their ninth consecutive defeat by the Irish, scored two consolation tries in the second half through Ewan Ashman and Ali Price, which Finn Russell converted.
Follow all the action as Ireland face Scotland in Pool B plus get the latest tips and odds for the match right here:
Ireland 31-0 Scotland
48 mins: Scotland win a penalty after a knock-on at the ruck but Russell fails to find the corner with the penalty.
Nothing going Scotland’s way as Ireland make a slew of changes in the forward line.
Ireland 31-0 Scotland
Harry Latham-Coyle reporting from the Stade de France:
"Ireland are underlining exactly why they are the number one side in the world - again. Remember, at Murrayfield in March they had to play 35 minutes with prop Cian Healy scrummaging at hooker and flanker Josh van der Flier throwing lineouts; here, they've got a centre in Garry Ringrose on one wing and scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park on the other after James Lowe's half-time withdrawal. Gibson-Park looked pretty comfortable in that passage, first darting up the right and then looping to the left to deliver the try-scoring pass."
TRY! Ireland 31-0 Scotland (Sheehan, 44 mins)
In that pushing and showing earlier, Sheehan was sent over an advertising board by Schoeman. Well, the Irish hooker has his revenge as he goes over in the far corner as Scotland’s numbers disadvantage tells immediately.
The worst start possible after the break.
Sexton can’t add the extras but Ireland inch into the thirties regardless. In fact, that will be the fly-half’s last action of the game as he makes way for Crowley.
YELLOW CARD! Ireland 26-0 Scotland
42 mins: All that commotion started when Smith tried to trip up Sexton. The referee isn’t having any of it and sends the Scottish replacement to the sin bin with a yellow card.
A daft decision from the Scot and they’re temporarily down to 14 men.
Ireland 26-0 Scotland
42 mins: Much like the first half, Scotland put the phase play together but nothing is getting past the Irish defence. A cross-field kick is caught by Graham but he’s out of play and now there’s plenty of pushing and shoving between both sides.
KICK-OFF: Ireland 26-0 Scotland
Scotland with a mountain to climb in this second period as Russell gets us under way after the break.
HALF-TIME: Ireland 26-0 Scotland
One-way traffic.
HALF-TIME: Ireland 26-0 Scotland
Harry Latham-Coyle reporting from the Stade de France:
"Yikes. So much for a nip-and-tuck, do-or-die decider - Ireland were rampant in that second 20 minutes and already have a bonus point in the bag, with Scotland's ship listing in the absence of their injured skipper. The Irish fans inside the Stade de France can hardly believe their side's dominance, with their Parisian fun extended by another week at least - it looks like it will be New Zealand next Saturday for Andy Farrell's men."
HALF-TIME: Ireland 26-0 Scotland
An absolute demolition job from Ireland in the first half and Scotland’s World Cup journey is all but over.
26 points down. A comeback of epic proportions is required after the break.
TRY! Ireland 26-0 Scotland (Keenan, 39 mins)
The Irish are running riot in Paris. Keenan surges over as Ireland fling it wide. The Scottish defence is nowhere to be seen and Sexton’s side have their bonus-point try before the half-time whistle.
Sexton converts for the extra two.
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