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Published 21:00 1 Feb 2020 GMT
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"Having looked, straight away, at a couple of incidents, I thought we were unlucky. There were green players with hands on the ground, not supporting their own body-weight, [and] ripping the ball as players went to their knees. "So we just didn't get the luck at the breakdown, but also credit goes to Ireland. They were fast in there and disrupted our ball close to their tryline. "It was really frustrating with their turnover, right at the end of the game, because I was watching phase after phase and it didn't look like many of their players were behind the tryline when that was the offside line. "But we have to be better. We have to be better than the decisions that we're maybe not getting on the field, and maybe we're not taking those opportunities. We got to within five metres of Ireland's tryline, on a few occasions, with the ball, in the second half, but not over the tryline."For Scotland captain Stuart Hogg, there was a similar sense of frustration, although he also paid credit to the victors. "We talk a lot about our conversion rate in attack," said Hogg, "and making sure when we get into the 22 we're coming away with points. Unfortunately we came up short there. We got into some good situations and should have finished them off. "But we've got to give credit to Ireland's defence. They made it a nightmare for us at the breakdown and stood firm in those last few phases of the game." True grit. That, poor finishing by Hogg and some 50/50 calls going Ireland's way. All combined, it was enough. Just.
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