Ireland remain in title hunt after Triple Crown success

And now we wait.

Ireland have held up their end of the bargain; now it's over to Paris.

A first Triple Crown since 2018, and a first secured on home soil since 2004, but the real prize will be decided by 10pm at Stade de France, where a surprise English win against France would hand Ireland the Guinness Six Nations title.

Andy Farrell's side made it four bonus-point wins from five games with a 26-5 victory against a Scottish side that have far greater worries in the coming months, as the relationship between head coach Gregor Townsend and his senior players appears to be deteriorating rapidly.

For large parts of the game, Ireland's accuracy in attack continued to be inconsistent, while the scrum problem from Twickenham poked its head up in the final quarter.

Ireland flittered between hot and cold throughout, and while Scotland threatened their defence on a number of occasions, particularly early on, Ireland always looked a level ahead when they eventually found their moments of clarity in attack.

First-half tries for the Player of the Match Dan Sheehan and his front row partner Cian Healy saw Ireland 14-5 in front at half time and holding Scotland at arm's length.

And when Stuart Hogg blew a simple try-scoring chance for Scotland on 48 minutes, they were made to pay. Josh van der Flier powered over for his seventh Test try before the hour mark.

Just as it looked like they would be held out in the final quarter, Conor Murray wrestled his way over to secure maximum points, and put one last nudge of pressure in the direction of the French.

It was an unusually scrappy start from Ireland, with Scotland finding holes in their defence with regularity.

First, Chris Harris caught Bundee Aki on the outside to break from his own 22, then Ali