This display confirmed that, as far as the new boss is concerned, the problem isn't the style of rugby Ireland played last year but the way in which that style was executed. CJ Stander's man of the match award was deserved even if he did make an average four yards per carry. By the 24th minute Conor Murray had tried four box-kicks: three went down the throats of Scottish players and the fourth skied ludicrously into the air. But the continuing loyalty to Murray is verging on the sentimental. Perhaps the stolid unimaginative stuff Ireland played yesterday represents our best route to honours.

Source: Irish Independent February 02, 2020 10:30 UTC