Andy Farrell content Ireland in right mindset to tackle strutting Scotland

The narrative of this 2021 Guinness Six Nations is well worn - but a win at Murrayfield can rejuvenate Andy Farrell's Ireland side

Ireland coach Andy Farrell prior to the Guinness Six Nations clash with Italy. Picture: Marco Iacobucci/PA Wire.

After all the rough and tumble of the first three rounds, Ireland will run out at Murrayfield tomorrow and into a game that feels like a real litmus test of their progress under Andy Farrell.

The narrative of this 2021 Guinness Six Nations is well worn but worth a quick recap: A narrow opening-round defeat in Wales on the back of Peter O’Mahony’s early red card, the step back in performance levels from 15 men at home in their loss to France, and then something of a rebirth in more ways than one as the least experienced starting line-up of the championship so far gave glimpses of a potentially glittering and exciting future in putting Italy to the sword in Rome.