Rory Best takes the blame for Alex Dunbar debacle

Its genius was its simplicity but Ireland only had themselves to blame for Alex Dunbar’s first-half try at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scotland centre Dunbar was one of three backs to join the line as the home side prepared for a lineout five metres from the Irish tryline.

Yet he was left unattended by visiting defenders as he collected the short lineout and darted over the line as the men in green were left to search for an explanation to another malfunction in a terrible first half on the way to their 27-22 Six Nations defeat.