Rugby

Ireland bounced back from Six Nations opening loss

February 10, 2019 5:30 am

Ireland kept alive its Six Nations title defense by beating Scotland 22-13 this morning.

After their loss to England in the opening weekend of the Six Nations, Ireland needed a win against Scotland to bounce back to defend its title.

The Irish team led Scotland 12-10 in a tough first half match.

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However, the Irish side took advantage of the mistakes made by the Scottish to pull a comfortable 9 points difference in the second half.

Meanwhile, Wales is currently leading the point table standings with 8 points while England and Scotland follow behind with 5 points all, and Ireland is in third with 4 points.