IRE
	No.	Name
15Hugo Keenan, FB T 2
14Mack Hansen, W
13Garry Ringrose, C T
12Bundee Aki, C
11James Lowe, W T
10Johnny Sexton, FH  3
9Jamison Gibson-Park, SH
1Andrew Porter, P
2Dan Sheehan, H T
3Tadhg Furlong, P
4Tadhg Beirne, L
5Iain Henderson, L T
6Peter O'Mahony, FL
7Josh van der Flier, FL
8Caelan Doris, N8
Replacements
16Ronan Kelleher, R
17Dave Kilcoyne, R
18Finlay Bealham, R
19James Ryan, R
20Jack Conan, R
21Conor Murray, R
22Jack Crowley, R
23Stuart McCloskey, R

SCOT
	No.	Name
15Blair Kinghorn, FB
14Darcy Graham, W
13Huw Jones, C
12Sione Tuipulotu, C
11Duhan van der Merwe, W
10Finn Russell, FH  2
9Ali Price, SH T
1Pierre Schoeman, P
2George Turner, H
3Zander Fagerson, P
4Richie Gray, L
5Grant Gilchrist, L
6Jamie Ritchie, FL
7Rory Darge, FL
8Jack Dempsey, N8
16Ewan Ashman, R T
17Rory Sutherland, R
18WP Nel, R
19Scott Cummings, R
20Matt Fagerson, R
21Luke Crosbie, R
22George Horne, R
23Ollie Smith, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade de France

8:00 PM, October 7, 2023

215dReuters

Ireland outclass Scotland to cruise into quarterfinals

Ireland produced another performance of the highest quality to thrash Scotland 36-14 and ease into the World Cup quarter-finals as Pool B winners on Saturday, taking South Africa along with them and sending the Scots home.

Match Commentary

66'		36-14 Conversion - Finn Russell , Scotland
65'		36-12 Try - Ali Price , Scotland
65'		Substitute on - Luke Crosbie , Scotland

Match Stats

IRE

SCOT

46%

54%

49%

51%

IRE

SCOT

126	Runs	175
468	Metres Run	636
5	Clean Breaks	3
195	Tackles	140
27	Missed Tackles	15
4	Turnover Knock On	5

Standings

Pool A
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	FRA	4	+178	18
2	NZL	4	+206	15
3	ITALY	4	-67	10
4	URUG	4	-99	5
5	NAMIB	4	-218	0
Pool B
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	4	+144	19
2	SA	4	+117	15
3	SCOT	4	+75	10
4	TONGA	4	-81	5
5	ROM	4	-255	0
Pool C
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	WALES	4	+84	19
2	FIJI	4	+5	11
3	AUS	4	-1	11
4	POR	4	-39	6
5	GEO	4	-49	3
Pool D
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	ENG	4	+111	18
2	ARG	4	+58	14
3	JPN	4	+2	9
4	SAMOA	4	+17	7
5	CHI	4	-188	0

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