The visitors did manage one final score to stay in touch, with Rory Darge cutting a wicked angle to finish another seemingly endless Scottish move. But O’Brien’s double and a late Jack Crowley penalty put the game to bed. Paris is Paris, but Ireland end the Six Nations with hope, and their heads held high.

Match details

Scoring sequence: 5-0 Osborne try, 7-0 Crowley con, 7-5 Graham try, 7-7 Russell con, 12-7 Sheehan try, 14-7 Crowley con, 19-7 Baloucoune try, 19-12 Russell try, 19-14 Russell con, 24-14 Murray try, 26-14 Crowley con, 26-19 Darge try, 26-21 Russell con, 31-21 O’Brien try, 33-21 Crowley con, 36-21 Crowley pen, 41-21 O’Brien try, 43-21 Crowley con.

Ireland: J Osborne; R Baloucoune (Frawley 65), G Ringrose (Aki 65), S McCloskey, T O’Brien; J Crowley, J Gibson-Park (Casey 77); T O’Toole (Milne 65), D Sheehan (Kelleher 65), T Furlong (Bealham 65); J McCarthy (Murray 65), T Beirne (Murray 50, Beirne 61); J Conan, J van der Flier (Timoney 53), C Doris (capt).

Scotland: B Kinghorn; D Graham (Rowe 61, Jordan 68), H Jones, S Tuipulotu (capt), K Steyn; F Russell, B White (Horne 61); P Schoeman (Sutherland 68), G Turner (Ashman 17), Z Fagerson (Rae 68); M Williamson (Craig 61), G Gilchrist; M Fagerson, R Darge, J Dempsey (Bradbury 61).

Referee: L Pearce (RFU).