Alastair Kellock

Ireland v Scotland Preview

After battling to a 17-17 draw with France in their last match, Ireland start favourite for their week four Six Nationsmatch with Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 10th March 2012. There has barely been anything to choose between the two sides in recent Six Nations encounters though and the handicap betting could prove interesting, particularly after Ireland only won through by just three points when the two sides met at last year's championships.

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Ireland v Scotland Teams

Ireland: Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Keith Earls, Dordon D'Arcy, Andrew Trimble, Jonathan Sexton, Eoin Reddan, Jamie Heaslip, Peter O'Mahony, Stephe Ferris, Donnacha Ryan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Mike Ross, Rory Best (captain), Cian Healy.

Replacements: Sean Cronin, Tom Court, Mike McCarthy, Shane Jennings, Tomas O'Leary, Ronan O'Gara, Fergus McFadden.

Scotland: Stuart Hogg, Lee Jones, Nick De Luca, Graeme Morrison, Sean Lamont, Greig Laidlaw, Mike Blair, Allan Jacobsen, Ross Ford (captain), Geoff Cross, Richie Gray, Jim Hamilton, John Barclay, Ross Rennie, David Denton.

Replacements: Scott Lawson, Euan Murray, Alastair Kellock, Richie Vernon, Chris Cusiter, Ruaridh Jackson, Max Evans.

Previous Meetings

Last Year: Ireland 32 - 14 Scotland - Saturday 10th March 2012, at Aviva Stadium

Ireland overpowered Scotland at the Aviva Stadium as the Scots fell to a fourth successive defeat in the tournament. Scotland had briefly threated an upset when they went 6-0 ahead early on, but Ireland hit back to lead 22-14 at half-time, with an Andrew Trimble try just before the interval knocking the stuffing out of Scotland. Ireland added ten unanswered points in the second half to secure a comfortable victory.

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The previous Six Nations results between the teams were as follows:

Year	Home	Score	Away
2011	Scotland	18-21	Ireland
2010	Ireland	20-23	Scotland
2009	Scotland	15-22	Ireland
2008	Ireland	34-13	Scotland
2007	Scotland	18-19	Ireland
2006	Ireland	15-9	Scotland
2005	Scotland	13-40	Ireland
2004	Ireland	37-16	Scotland