IRELAND’S victory over Wales at County Sligo’s Rosses Point yesterday lacked the nail-biting tension of the previous day’s narrow defeat of England but it still put them very much in prime position to win the Home Nations Championship when they come up against Scotland in today’s final round of matches.

The Scottish Football Association have announced that a Four Nations Tournament involving Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland could start in 2011, following talks involving each national association.