shirley stuart hogg had scored? butjust chance. shirley stuart hogg had scored? watch this. replays showed he dropped it on the line and as the ball agonisingly slipped from his grasp, had his team because my chances. sexton certainly didn't help as he booted ireland's19—12 ahead, but scotland weren't done. in the closing minutes within inches of the closing minutes within inches of the line, but ireland's defence clung on to claim a hard—fought victory. everything was about the result. i am victory. everything was about the result. iam happy victory. everything was about the result. i am happy with how we stuck in and fought back. we just couldn't get that lead. we could have really opened up, but we couldn't get it and scotland put it up to us. earlier, wales began their title defence amid passion and an awful lot of points, 42, to be precise, as italy were left chasing shadows. two early tries forjosh adams, the second courtesy of some outrageous skill. how often do you see this? through the legs from dan biggar and wales were out of sight by the break. there w