One defeat is damaging enough. Two in the space of eight days would surely end Ireland’s hopes of retaining the Six Nations, and perhaps also of regaining the affections of some of those fans who felt so cruelly disillusioned by their loss to England in Dublin a week ago.
Joe Schmidt’s team will be under considerable pressure at Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon against a Scotland side who though by no means perfect in their 33-20 win over Italy, still scored five tries to enhance the impression that under Gregor Townsend they are continuing to mature at a fair rate.
Written by Stuart Bathgate
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/08/ireland-scotland-storm-six-nations-murrayfield under the title “Ireland hold most of the cards but Scotland aim to raise a storm | Stuart Bathgate”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
