43-21: Ireland wins the Triple Crown and puts pressure on France in the 6 Nations
Ireland won the Triple Crown (41-21) this Saturday in Dublin by beating Scotland with an offensive bonus and puts some pressure on France, which will close the tournament tonight in Paris against England with everything in its favor to win the Six Nations title.
The Triple Crown is a trophy that is won by whoever beats all their rivals among England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales within the Six Nations.
With their victory this afternoon, the XV del Trébol is at the top of the standings, for now, three points ahead of the Gauls and awaiting the match in the French capital. Paradoxes of sport: the Irish will want their eternal enemy, England, to defeat, or tie, the XV del Gallo starting at 9:10 p.m. (CET). Something that, a priori, is quite unlikely given the path of France, which has three victories and one defeat, and England, which only has one.
Penalized throughout the championship for having lost on the first day, in Rome, against Italy, Scotland arrived in Dublin tied on points with France at the top of the table and with more options to fight for the absolute title with the Gauls. However, this Saturday the Cardo XV, despite having brilliant phases of play, was surpassed by the Trébol team.
The match began with the players infected by the solemn atmosphere they had just experienced in the performance of their national anthems.
The excitement of the stands and stands of the coliseum in the capital of the Emerald Isle came down to the field and both teams provided 20 minutes of great offensive rugby with three tries by the locals through Osborne, Sheehan and Baloucoune, and one by Graham for the visitors to put the scoreboard at 19-7 for the Clover XV.
Technical sheet
Ireland-Scotland, 43-21
.43. Ireland: O’Toole, Sheehan, Furlong, McCarthy, Beirne, Conan, Van der Flier, Doris; Gibson-Park, Crowley; O’Brien, McCloskey, Ringros, Baloucoune and Osborne. Timoney, Murray, Milne, Kelleher, Bealham and Frawley also played.
.21. Scotland: Schoeman, Turner, Zander Fagerson, Williamson, Gilchrist, Matt Fagerson, Darge, Dempsey; White, Russell; Steyn, Tuipulotu, Huw Jones, Darcy Graham and Kinghorn. Ashman, Sutherland, Rae, Craig, Bradbury, Horne and Rowe also played.
Score: 7-0, min.3: Osborne try, which Crowley passes. 7-7, min.7: try by Graham, which Russell passes. 14-7, min.11: Sheehan tries, Crowley passes. 19-7: min.19: Baloucoune try. 19-14, min. 52: Russell’s essay, which he passes himself. 26-14, min57, try by Murray, which Crowley passes. 26-21, min:61: Darge try, which Russell passes. 33-21, min,68: 0′ Brien try, which Crowley passes. 36-21, min.73: Crowley hit. 43-21, min.80: O’Brien try, which Crowley passes.
Referee: Luke Pearce, from England.
Incidents: Fifth day of the Six Nations, match played at the AVIVA Stadium in Dublin. Full. Doris, from Ireland, was voted MVP.
Moments among the best that have been seen throughout the 2026 Six Nations.
The pace dropped slightly after the third green mark, but the Gibson-Park axis, Crowley, plus the success of McCloskey, Furlong, Doris, chosen MVP at the end of the match, and Sheehan kept their team ahead, leaving a clear 19-7 for Ireland at halftime.
Scotland, with Russell at the helm, regained the initiative after the restart and briefly returned to being the one that defeated France in Edinburgh a week ago with a try from the fly-half himself to put pressure on the players of the Trebol XV.
The give and take at the beginning of the clash reappeared in Dublin with marks from Murray, Darge, 0’Brien and a penalty blow from the almost infallible Crowley already seven minutes from the end to put the locals more than two tries away from their rivals.
O’Brien, already in the 80th minute, sentenced Scotland, which has not won the Triple Crown since 1990.
