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England a scary prospect if Irish don t kick the habit
Updated / Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021
11:09
Holland: Ireland s game is built around exiting and playing as far up the pitch as possible. That simply won twork against England
Former Munster fly-half and current Cork Con assistant coach
After a classic in Twickenham on Saturday, Andy Farrell s team conspired to give us more drama than we really wanted or needed on Sunday in Edinburgh.
Ireland looked like they were in full control of their fate with 55 minutes on the clock. They had opened up a 14-point lead, turned over six Scottish lineouts and managed to thwart the Scottish threat, with the obvious exception of the shambolic defending for Finn Russell s try.
After the predictable Welsh romp in Rome came the exhilaration of Twickenham and two quality-laden teams on the edge of bringing the best out of each other. For the all-Celtic showdown in Edinburgh the latter was always going to be a difficult act to follow and yet in a peculiar sort of way Scotland and Ireland did.