'Heart' and 'outstanding defence' earns Scotland victory
"It just shows the fight of this team."An emotional Bryan Easson was full of praise for his Scotland team after finishing an up and down Six Nations campaign with a thrilling 26-19 win over Ireland in Edinburgh.Francesca McGhie scored the decisive try late on, with Lana Skeldon, Emma Orr and Rachel Malcolm also touching down in a bonus-point success.Scotland had been targeting three home wins this year and beat the Welsh in the tournament opener.However, they fell to a disappointing loss to Italy in between defeats on the road against France and England.Ireland put the hosts under pressure for long spells but the Scots were belligerent and well-organised."Defensively, we were absolutely outstanding, some of the turnovers, and we deserved everything we got because of the heart in that team performance," head coach Easson told BBC Sport"We've had a couple of difficult performances in the tournament and we drew a line under the England game as soon as it finished. It was all about this week and fighting for each other."Player-of-the-match Rachel McLachlan echoed those sentiments, saying: "There have been some downs in this campaign and we wanted to come out and show heart and pride in the jersey."We knew we had it in us and it's massive to finish with a win."
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