VIDEO: Ireland get their job done at Murrayfield

Ireland threw down the gaunlet to England on the final day of the RBS 6 Nations by routing Scotland at Murrayfield and setting their title rivals a tough target in their tournament closing game down at Twickenham.

With the title needing to be decided on points difference with Wales, Ireland and the English all in the hunt for the championship, it was the Welsh who kicked off the tournament's Super Saturday with a 61-20 thumping of Italy in Rome.

That sent them temporarily to the top of the table and left Ireland needing at least a 21-point victory over the winless Scots in the game that followed. Joe Schmidt's side duly delivered, their four-try to one hammering of the home side consigning Scotland to the wooden spoon in a miserable campaign.