Six Nations

Dan Parks kicked a touchline penalty with just over a minute remaining to secure Scotland's first win of the season, in the final round of Six Nations action, as they edged Ireland 23-20 at Croke Park on Saturday.

The result, apart from ensuring that Scotland do not finish last in the competition, also means Ireland did not win the Triple Crown.

It also meant that Ireland, just as they did in their first ever game at Croke Park, ends their tenure at the home of Gaelic Football in defeat.

Ireland will now return to their refurbished home at Lansdowne Road - where they will face South Africa in their first game at the new stadium in November.

Despite outscoring the Scots by two tries to one - wonderful efforts by Brian O'Driscoll and Tommy Bowe - the Irish were made to pay for their numerous errors.

Parks kicked five penalties, including the match-winning effort a minute from time, and a drop-goal to break the Irish hearts.

The scorers:

For Ireland:
Tries: O'Driscoll, Bowe
Cons: Sexton, O'Gara
Pens: Sexton, O'Gara

For Scotland:
Try: Beattie
Pens: Parks 5
DG: Parks

Teams

Ireland: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O'Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tony Buckley, 18 Leo Cullen, 19 Shane Jennings, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Robert Kearney.

Scotland: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Max Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Chris Cusiter (captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Jim Hamilton, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Richie Gray, 19 Alan MacDonald, 20 Mike Blair, 21 Phil Godman, 22 Simon Danielli

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Jérôme Garces (France)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)