Robinson: Try turned it round for Scots

THERE were many reasons Scottish coach Andy Robinson was smiling as he held court after his side finally learned how to win a Test match at Croke Park.

High on his list of heroes was match-winner Dan Parks, who kicked 18 points, including a decisive 79th minute penalty, but he reserved praise too for the centre partnership of Graeme Morrison and Nick De Luca for their performance opposite Irish skipper Brian O’Driscoll and Gordon D’Arcy, and the hard running of Sean Lamont.

But the coach said Scotland’s first-half try had done more than anything to turn his team’s season around.