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' 6
Injured Cian Healy has been replaced by Cork Constitution and Munster prop Darragh Hurley. Adrian Flavin has been cleared to takes his place on the bench after an alleged incident in last weekends Magners League game against the Ospreys.
IRELAND 'A' TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Scotland 'A', McDiar
Isaac Boss has been named as captain for the Ireland 'A' game versus Scotland 'A' this weekend, he'll be joined by Niall O'Connor (who has trained with the senior squad this week) and Gavin Duffy in the backs.
IRELAND 'A' TEAM & REPLACEMENTS (v Scotland 'A', McDiarmid Park, Perth, Friday, Feb
Forwards (15):
Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster)
Sean Cronin (Shannon/Munster)
Andrew Farley (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
John Fogarty (Buccaneers/Connacht) Captain
David Gannon (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Ray Hogan (Galwegians/Connacht)
Stephen Keo
O'Sullivan has named seven uncapped players in the 30 man squad for Argentina this summer, as expected the senior squad have been rested with O'Sullivan not wanting to show his hand to their main contenders in the World Cup Group.
Props Peter Bracken and Tony Buckley, flanker Shane Jennings, ba
Ryan Caldwell (Ulster) looks set to benefit from O'Sullivan's decision to keep his starting line-up at home this summer.
Caldwell's first duty is likely to be with the Ireland A Churchill Cup squad in the south of England at the end of May, this squad is likely to feature Ulster players quite s