Ireland left to rue missed opportunity

Six Nations: Scotland U20 21 Ireland U20 20

Arguably it was a match Ireland should have won, and certainly had their goal kicking been up to the mark, they would have been clear winners. But on the night Tom Daly had a nightmare of a match in front of the posts, missing two conversions and a penalty, success in any one of which would have provided Ireland with victory.

Just as disappointing for Ireland was their failure to make more capital out of what was a strong scrum and a fluent lineout. Throughout the match Ireland’s pack had the Scots struggling in the set scrum and although the Irish side extracted a penalty try from their pressure, it was a small gain.