Ireland 36-14 Scotland: What the pundits said

Former Scotland full-back Chris Paterson on Sportsound: "I can understand how disappointed those Scotland players feel. It's a picture we've seen before in terms of Ireland being dominant, Ireland finding the answers.

"The frustrating thing is that in the first 15-20 minutes, where Ireland were in complete control, playing a brutally efficient brand of rugby that we couldn't deal with. Ireland are far more settled, organised, ruthless."

Former Scotland back Johnnie Beattie on Sportsound: "That was humbling. Scotland are top five in the world, so you give yourself a chance. But this game just shown the gulf between the two sides. Ireland were superb."

Former Glasgow Warriors back Colin Gregor on Sportsound: "The talk before the game - was that bluster, was it bravado? If you're going to talk the talk, you have to do more than Scotland did in that first 40 minutes.

"The easy option is to credit Ireland. They deserve credit for how they repelled Scotland in the opening stages, but thereafter Scotland made it too easy with a lack of variety and intensity."