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Ireland beat Scotland to stay on course for Six Nations Grand Slam

EDINBURGH :Ireland remained on track for a Six Nations Grand Slam after handing Scotland a bruising 32-18 defeat in an impressive exhibition of stealth and power at Murrayfield on Sunday.

Tries from Calvin Nash, captain Caelan Doris, James Lowe and Jack Conan plus 12 points off the boot of rookie flyhalf Sam Prendergast saw Ireland to victory and left them as the only unbeaten team after the opening two rounds of the tournament.

They dominated the clash with relentless pressure from both their forwards and backs and limited the Scots to tries from Duhan van der Merwe, with an outrageous flying one-handed touchdown in the corner, and a late consolation from Ben White.

Little else went right for the hosts, who lost influential flyhalf Finn Russell and flying winger Darcy Graham in the 22nd minute when they clashed heads and were both forced from the field, Graham on a stretcher and in a neck brace.

Ireland stormed into an eighth-minute lead as Prendergast’s long pass found Nash in acres of space after the Scottish defence had been sucked inside looking to halt early Irish initiative.

Nash might have had a second try five minutes later but was impeded by Van der Merwe as he chased down the ball. Van der Merwe was yellow carded for tackling the man without the ball but no penalty try awarded.

Ireland, however, scored again in the 31st minute as Doris crashed over at the end of a display of power from the rampaging forwards for a 17-0 lead.

Van der Merwe’s record-extending 31st try for Scotland came on the stroke of halftime in a rare foray into Irish territory.

Ireland were penalised for a maul infringement, allowing Scotland to pass the ball down the line with Stafford McDowall’s back of the hand pass finding Van der Merwe. He

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