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Scotland ‘A’ 67 – 7 Ireland ‘A’
It was a night Ireland ‘A’ will want to forget, and hope the full squad don’t mirror tomorrow!
A more than capable Ireland ‘A’ team were 26-0 down after 24 minutes play, and two sin-binnings in either half were never going to help.
‘A’ INTERNATIONAL MATCH: Friday, February 22
SCOTLAND ‘A’ 67 IRELAND ‘A’ 7, McDiarmid Park, Perth
Scorers: Scotland: Tries: Phil Godman, Dougie Hall, Alan MacDonald, Rory Lawson, Calum MacRae, Max Evans 2, Ben Cairns, Alasdair Dickinson, Craig Smith; Cons: Phil Godman 5, Gordon Ross 2; Pen: Phil Godman
Ireland: Try: Ian Dowling; Con: Niall O’Connor
SCOTLAND ‘A’: Calum MacRae (Edinburgh); Simon Danielli (Ulster), Ben Cairns (Edinburgh), Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), Roland Reid (Edinburgh); Phil Godman (Edinburgh), Rory Lawson (Gloucester) (capt); Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester), Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors), Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), Craig Hamilton (Edinburgh), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Mark Rennie (Burgoin), Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh), Johnnie Beattie (Glasgow Warriors).
Replacements used: Scott Lawson (Sale Sharks), Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors), Craig Smith (Edinburgh), Mark McMillan (Wasps), James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors), Gordon Ross (Saracens), Dan Turner (Glasgow Warriors).
IRELAND ‘A’: Daniel Riordan (Buccaneers/Connacht); Ian Dowling (Shannon/Munster), Kieran Lewis (Garryowen/Munster), Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), Gary Brown (Blackrock College/Leinster); Niall O’Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Isaac Boss (Ballymena /Ulster) (capt); Darragh Hurley (Cork Constitution/Munster), Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster), Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster), Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster), Stephen Keogh (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Niall Ronan (Shannon/Munster), Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster).
Replacements used: Adrian Flavin (Buccaneers/Connacht), Mike Ross (Harlequins), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), David Pollock (Dungannon/Ulster), Chris Keane (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Andy Dunne (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Keith Earls (Garryowen/Munster).
Referee: Andrew Small (England)