Tom Savage's Ireland player ratings from narrow Scotland win

Ireland were jaggy, a little confused structurally on both sides of the ball and under pressure in the scrum/maul, but they showed up to work in the hard moments in both halves and came out with a win, writes Tom Savage.

Tom Savage's Ireland player ratings from narrow Scotland win

As shakedown games go, this one ended up being a little more shaky than Ireland might have expected.

Make no mistake, Scotland showed up to play here. They were without Finn Russell but that barely mattered on a day when not many people could have complained if Scotland had come away with a win.

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