‘Ireland showed how clinical they are’ – Townsendpublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
FT: Scotland 18-32 Ireland
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has been talking to BBC Sport, and starts with a couple of injury updates:
“Finn [Russell is] fine. He actually passed his HIA but our staff sensed he wasn’t totally aware of what was going on, so we made the call to not put him back on.
“Darcy [Graham] is at hospital now, I’ve not had an update. I think everything was OK with his neck but they were checking out concussion.
“Both Stafford McDowall and Jamie Dobie did really well, and Tom Jordan going to 10 did well too.
“When they had the ball, they scored. The yellow card made it tough for us to get back in the game. Then the injuries disrupted things.
“I felt the players were building back into the game, but once Ireland got back into our 22 they showed how clinical they are. When you are behind on the scoreboard against a quality side, you need to make sure they don’t get more opportunities.
“We’ll get learnings. Accuracy would be the number one thing.”
