Everitt comes to the rescue for A team

Scotland A 22 Ireland A 22

Otherwise, it was not a fruitful outing for the Tipperary-born London Irish man whose tactical kicking left much to be desired. In truth, though, quite a few other Australian hopefuls failed to enhance their reputations with Jeremy Staunton failing to reproduce his outstanding recent form for Munster and even suffering the indignity of being sin binned for a deliberate knock-on ten minutes before the interval.

There were also a few positives with Eric Miller showing his intent with a powerhouse display at number eight and Kieron Dawson also showing his pace and class in a good Irish backrow. Donnacha O'Callaghan must also have done his World Cup ambitions a lot of good with an aggressive and constructive eighty minutes while Rob Henderson's strength and support instincts helped the big centre to a couple of tries. John Kelly showed his class early on with a fine run but was starved for opportunities subsequently.