Scotland-Ireland: Three moments that mattered

The drip-drip nature of Ireland's injury losses would have destabilised a lesser team. Ireland drove on regardless. Incredible

NEEDS MUST: Josh van der Flier of Ireland prepares to throw a lineout. Both of Ireland's hookers went off injured. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

ABSORBING THE INJURIES 

We knew that Ireland had built a never-seen-before strength in depth, and that Andy Farrell had create a team comfortable with chaos, but even the head coach wouldn’t have wanted the type of adversity that tested his team here.