Ireland beat Scotland 31 points to 16 in their Autumn Nations Cup 3rd/4th place play-off at the Aviva Stadium yesterday.

Mayo native Caelan Doris was named man of the match after the convincing victory.

The 22-year-old from Lacken has won seven caps under Andy Farrell during his breakthrough year.

Meanwhile, Munster’s Keith Earls scored two tries in the encounter moving him past Tommy Bowe to second in Ireland’s all-time try scoring list behind Brian O’Driscoll.