Scotland Edge Out Ireland With Late Try

Women's Six Nations

Scotland (26) 12

Tries: Skeldon, Orr, Malcolm, McGhie Cons: Nelson (3)

Ireland (19) 7

Tries: Costigan, Djougang, Lane Cons: O'Brien (2)

Francesca McGhie's precocious effort snatched a melodramatic triumph for Scotland against Ireland successful nan Women's Six Nations.

Ireland dominated nan first half and struck first done an Amee-Leigh Costigan try, but scores from Lana Skeldon and Emma Orr sent Scotland successful astatine 12-7 successful beforehand astatine half-time.

Linda Djougang and Emily Lane scored for Ireland either broadside of a Rachel McLachlan effort for nan hosts earlier McGhie's people successful nan last play sealed an bonzer win.

Ireland stay 3rd successful nan array while Scotland move up to 4th earlier Italy big Wales connected Sunday.

After ascendant distant victories against Italy and Wales, nan Irish were looking to make it 3 from 3 connected nan roadworthy successful nan title and they made nan cleanable start.

Molly Scuffil-McCabe spotted a spread successful nan Scotland fringe defence and turned connected nan burners to break free earlier uncovering Costigan to spell complete for a superb try.

Scotland were struggling to get a foothold successful nan crippled but their lineout was functioning good and that was their way backmost into nan match.

A lineout connected nan Ireland 5 metre statement was won and, erstwhile nan rolling maul rumbled complete nan line, it was hooker Skeldon near holding nan shot aft rubbing down for her 19th effort successful Scotland colours.

The visitors came backmost powerfully and pounded nan Scotland effort line. Only immoderate heroic defence kept Ireland astatine bay, pinch Djougang held up doubly complete nan line.

Scotland were hanging connected and it looked for each nan world for illustration Ireland would burst nan reservoir until 2nd statement Sarah Bonar pounced for an interception and kicked up to return nan play into nan Ireland 22.

Ireland scrambled backmost but could not get nan shot disconnected nan section successful nan last play of nan half.

The Scots showed awesome composure and engineered abstraction for Orr to slalom done for a superb people and springiness nan location broadside an improbable five-point lead astatine nan break.

Djougang was not to beryllium denied her effort and ploughed complete to level things up astatine 12-12, and Scotland's origin was hampered further erstwhile Rhona Lloyd was sent to nan misdeed bin for head-to-head interaction pinch Costigan successful nan build-up to nan score.

While immoderate accuracy was lacking successful their game, nan Scots were doggedly staying successful nan crippled and erstwhile they sewage their chance of a uncommon foray into Ireland territory, they took their chance superbly.

The shot was whipped wide to Chloe Rollie and she fended disconnected a tackle earlier slipping a beautiful walk retired nan backmost doorway for McLachlan to dive complete successful nan corner.

In a lucifer wherever they had been nether nan cosh for ample spells, nan location broadside now led 19-12.

But Ireland were undeterred and continued to put unit connected Scotland, astir notably astatine scrum time.

The location broadside were hardly backmost to their afloat complement erstwhile they mislaid different subordinate to a yellowish card, this clip Helen Nelson for an infringement astatine a ruck arsenic nan Scots became much hopeless successful their defence of their effort line.

The unit yet told erstwhile substitute Lane dived complete and O'Brien slotted complete nan conversion to make it each quadrate again.

There was 1 last twist erstwhile McGhie went complete successful nan area to propulsion a triumph retired nan occurrence astatine nan extremity of a breathless contest.