Ireland A 35 Scotland A 10: The Irish second string proved far superior to their Scottish counterparts at a sparsely populated RDS tonight.
Jonathon Sexton gave an accomplished performance at outhalf, grabbing the opening try and slotting over six kicks at goal, while there were eye-catching displays from man-of-the-match Sean O’Brien, Eoin Reddan and Cian Healy.
Sexton had already put Ireland 9-0 to the good by the time he scored the games opening try, crashing over in the corner having been put clear by O’Brien.
Ruardhi Jackson finally got the visitors on the board in first-half injury time to leave it 14-3 at the interval.
Referee James Jones awarded Ireland a penalty try early in the second half following a series of collapsed scrums while further tries from John Muldoon and Reddan put the result beyond any doubt.
Scoring sequence– 2 mins: J Sexton pen, 3-0; 7 mins: J Sexton pen, 6-0; 23 mins: J Sexton pen, 9-0; 28 mins: J Sexton try, 14-0; 43 mins: R Jackson pen, 14-3. Half-time. 45 mins: Pen try, 19-3; J Sexton conv, 21-3; 52 mins: J Muldoon try, 26-3; J Sexton conv, 28-3; 68 mins: E Reddan try, 33-3; J Sexton conv, 35-3; 80 mins: J Thomson try, 35-8; R Jackson conv, 35-10.
Ireland A: G Duffy; A Trimble, D Cave, K Matthews, M McCrea; J Sexton, E Reddan; C Healy, S Cronin, M Ross; B Casey (capt), R Caldwell; D Ryan, S O'Brien, J Muldoon. Replacements: B Murphy for D Cave (half-time), I Humphreys for A Trimble (66 mins), J Andress for C Healy (71 mins), J Fogarty for S Cronin (72 mins), N Ronan for R Caldwell (73 mins), I Boss for B Murphy (75 mins), E O'Donoghue for B Casey (76 mins).
Scotland A: S Jones; J Thompson, B Cairns (capt), R Dewey, S Lamont; R Jackson, M McMillan; S Corsar, F Thomson, D Young; C Hamilton, D Turner; S Newlands, A MacDonald, J Beattie. Replacements: S Lawson for F Thompson, S Swindall for S Newlands (both 48 mins), B MacNeill for S Swindall (49-59 mins), G Ross for S Jones (56 mins), S McLeod for C Hamilton, A Turnbull for S Lamont (60 mins), G Laidlaw for M McMillan (63 mins).
