Tommy Martin: Scotland-Ireland is a flimsy rivalry built on small differences 

Andy Dunne predicted that the Irish players would relish putting the upwardly mobile Scots “back in their box”.
Tommy Martin: Scotland-Ireland is a flimsy rivalry built on small differences 

Ireland supporters celebrate as Ireland's hooker Dan Sheehan scores the first try during the Six Nations international rugby union match between Ireland and Scotland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, on March 19, 2022. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP) (Photo by PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Six Nations rivalries are all created equal but some are more equal than others.

France and England have Le Crunch, an historic confrontation with its roots in the Norman conquest, kept festering through the centuries by Napoleon and terrible British cooking.

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