Three big takeaways from Ireland v Scotland

Ireland have been historically terrible at peaking for World Cups. This looks different

PEAKING NOW: Andrew Porter of Ireland after his side's victory over Scotland at the Stade de France. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Ireland are peaking 

Easy to forget it now but Ireland weren’t exactly impressive in the warm-up games against Italy, England, and Samoa. They were still winning games, yes, but the clinical execution that we saw in New Zealand over a year ago and on Saturday was absent.