Scotland leave it late to beat Ireland in thrilling Six Nations opener

Greig Laidlaw kicked two late penalties to see the Scots over the line in the first game of the 2017 Six Nations, but the star of the match was full back Stuart Hogg, who scored a superb brace in a spell-binding opening half. Ireland hit back from a 14-0 deficit to touch down through Keith Earls, but Scotland out-muscled and out-smarted their opponents.  This was no better demonstrated than Alex Dunbar's utterly bizarre try. The centre joined the 5m line-out in true Barbarians style, gathered the ball from Ross Ford's throw and barged over to score a try that completely bamboozled the Irish …