One of the strangest Irish wins for many years, but a hugely important one.With a few minutes of the second half played, it looked like the day was going to turn sour for Ireland.
Their injury list was growing bigger and bigger, they had a flanker throwing into lineouts and a loosehead prop in at hooker.With all that context, the 22-7 win against Scotland is as impressive a victory as Andy Farrell has had since taking charge in 2022.Here's how we rated the Irish players. Hugo Keenan - 7 Will be frustrated at making the wrong read for Huw Jones' try, but made up for it with a bullet of a pass to Mack Hansen, setting up Ireland's first try on 27 minutes.
It was also his kick-chase that forced Scotland into a rushed clearance on the hour mark, giving Ireland the platform from which they scored their third try. Mack Hansen - 10 The game of his life.
The Connacht wing had his fingerprints on pretty much every positive Irish attack; he scored the first try with a spectacular diving finish in the corner, he sparked the second try with a brilliant catch of a box-kick before offloading to Sexton, and his skip-pass sent Conan in to score the third.