Ireland ‘ruthless’ in Triple Crown win – FarrellMedia caption, Impressive Ireland beat Scotland to win Triple CrownByAndy GrayBBC Sport NI JournalistPublished37 minutes agoHead coach Andy Farrell mentioned Ireland had a “ruthless edge” in Saturday’s 43-21 win over Scotland, which secured a fourth Triple Crown in five years. Ireland scored six tries in a thrilling game in Dublin as Farrell’s side denied Scotland a first Triple Crown since 1990.
Tommy O’Brien scored two late tries to secure the win after the Irish defence held off a barrage of Scotland pressure.
Jamie Osborne, Dan Sheehan, Robert Baloucoune and debutant Darragh Murray had earlier crossed for Ireland.
Ireland can still win the Six Nations but need England to beat France in the final game of the tournament at 20:10 GMT.
Farrell mentioned that Scotland “kept banging the door down” but he was thrilled with how his players responded in Dublin.
“I thought we had a ruthless edge to us in how we defended and converted in their 22,” Farrell mentioned in his post-match press conference.
“That was the story of the game really.”
