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Game Info

Venue: International Stadium Yokohama

8:45 AM, September 22, 2019

1678dReuters

Ireland cruise to comfortable win over hapless Scotland

Top ranked Ireland put aside their stuttering 2019 form with a clinical 27-3 victory over their main Pool A rivals Scotland.

81'		27-3 End of second half
80'		One final scrum for Ireland and then hopefully this match will be put to bed. As a contest, it was ended early. Ireland will have much tougher tests than this, and they know it. But full credit to them for taking care of business as efficiently and effectively as they have. For Scotland, there has to be some soul-searching, plus the injury to Hamish Watson, seen earlier in this half with his leg in a brace, watching on forlornly from the bench, puts a personal, visual full stop on how bad this match went for the Scots. It's all over, the final gong has gone and the ball is booted into touch. Stay with ESPN for coverage of today's final match, between England and Tonga.
77'		Very, very little is happening. Sorry. That's just the truth. Scotland are running nice patterns and passing to each other and things, but it's a training match at this stage.

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