Ireland win on the road in Glasgow
Ireland got their campaign off the ground with a 5-22 win over Scotland in poor conditions in Glasgow.
Published by Alison Donnelly, February 8th, 2019
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It was to be another disappointing night and result for Scotland, who with Italy and Ireland now played, will know they face an uphill struggle to get anything from this tournament.The conditions made life difficult for both sides, but Ireland's finishing was improved from last weekend and they did enough to take home a well deserved bonus point.
Ireland got off to a flying start when Aoife McDermott crashed over after just five minutes of early dominance.But if it appeared early on as if Scotland were going to find the going tough as they faced wave after wave of Irish attack, they in fact grew into the game to the delight of the home crowd.Helen Nelson and Chloe Rollie combined to help Scotland into the 22 and when the Scottish pack were held up over the line, the hosts opted for a 5 metre scrum from the resulting penalty. They were rewarded when Hannah Smith raced over, having spotted space down the blind to level the game up.Ireland had the best of the remaining chances in the rest of the half with good breaks from Alison Miller and Ailsa Hughes but Rollie was on hand to make some thundering tackles and the visitors were guilty of kicking away and dropping far too much possession.Ireland kept going though and on the brink of half time Leah Lyons carried forcefully and powered her way over with help from Laura Feely to give her team 5-10 lead at the break.Ireland made a strong start to the second period with pressure immediately coming in the Scottish 22. A quick tap from Hughes helped suck in the Scottish defence and Miller found space out wide to score.
IRELAND:Lauren Delany (Firwood Waterloo/IQ Rugby); Eimear Considine (UL Bohemians/Munster), Sene Naoupu (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Michelle Claffey (Blackrock/Leinster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht); Nicole Fowley (Galwegians/Connacht), Ailsa Hughes (Railway Union/Leinster); Laura Feely (Galwegians/Connacht), Emma Hooban (St Mary’s College/Leinster), Leah Lyons (Harlequins); Aoife McDermott (Railway Union/Leinster), Nichola Fryday (Galwegians/Connacht); Anna Caplice (Richmond), Claire Molloy (Wasps), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemians/Munster, capt).Replacements:Deirbhile Nic A Bhaird (UL Bohemian/Munster), Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Fiona Reidy (UL Bohemians/Munster), Claire Boles (Railway Union), Claire McLaughlin (Old Belvedere/Ulster), Kathryn Dane (Old Belvedere/Ulster), Ellen Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Megan Williams (Old Belvedere/Leinster).
SCOTLAND:15. Chloe Rollie (Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villeneuvios) 14. Liz Musgrove (Hong Kong RFC) 13. Hannah Smith (Hillhead Jordanhill)12. Lisa Thomson (Darlington Mowden Park) 11. Annabel Sergeant (Heriots Rugby Club) 10. Helen Nelson (Montpellier) 9. Mhairi Grieve (Firwood Waterloo) 1. Lisa Cockburn (Darlington Mowden Park) 2. Lana Skeldon (Watsonians) 3. Megan Kennedy (Stirling County) 4. Emma Wassell (Heriots Rugby Club) 5. Debs McCormack (Harlequins) 6. Rachel Malcolm (Loughborough Lightning) 7. Rachel McLachlan (Stirling County) 8. Sarah Bonar (Loughborough Lightning)Replacements:16. Jodie Rettie (Saracens) 17. Katie Dougan (Gloucester Hartpury) 18. Mairi Forsyth (Stirling County) 19. Sophie Anderson (Hillhead Jordanhill) 20. Nicola Howat (Edinburgh University) 21. Sarah Law (Edinburgh University) 22. Lisa Martin (Lille Metropole Rugby Club Villeneuvios) 23. Rhona Lloyd (Loughborough Lightning)