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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Ireland overcame the late withdrawal of captain Paul OConnell to beat Scotland 28-6 in their Six Nations opener at Lansdowne Road on Sunday. OConnell picked up a chest infection on Saturday night, but the hugely influential lock wasnt missed for once as his replacement, Dan Tuohy, helped mince up the Scotland lineout in the first half and stand-in skipper Jamie Heaslip led by example with a try and high workrate. Ireland bridged halftime with tries by winger Andrew Trimble and Heaslip, and Jonathan Sexton added 13 points to overtake Michael Kiernan and become his countrys third highest point-scorer in tests. Fullback Rob Kearney, marking his 50th cap, added a late try when the result was already in Irelands grasp. Without OConnell, Sean OBrien and Gordon DArcy, three big contributors in the heart-breaking loss to New Zealand in the last outing in November, there was enough doubt about Irelands ability and mindset to achieve another good start in the last Six Nations for Brian ODriscoll. But the doubts proved unnecessary, as Ireland had enough class and nous for a Scotland still lacking a killer touch, and won its tournament opener for the 10th time in the last 11 years. Even so, Heaslip said coach Joe Schmidt tore into them after the game, saying they needed "huge improvements." The trouble with Ireland is finishing what it starts, unlike its next opponent, Wales, a slow Six Nations starter but fast finisher. The defending champion comes to Dublin next Saturday. "Massive, massive challenge coming," Kearney said. "We have to recover really well now. Weve only got six days, theyve had an extra day. Theyre going for three championships in a row, so were under no illusions." Heaslip and Schmidt said they were shocked to discover OConnell became ill overnight, hardly slept, and saw a doctor at 4:30 a.m. Schmidt said he expected OConnell, plus DArcy, to be available for the Wales game. "Its a relief to me that weve got through the game and got a win on the board," he said. Scotland coach Scott Johnson rued his sides naivety. "We may have to go to some dark places and bring some torches," Johnson said. "Theres a naivety there that well overcome by having some time in the saddle. They dont understand they are doing the hard bits quite easily, but its the finishing off." Scotland began the match by doing what it does best, holding the ball. The Scots worked 11 phases into the Ireland 22 until they were harshly penalized for holding too long. Then Greig Laidlaws long-range penalty hit the left upright. Sexton and Laidlaw swapped penalties, and Ireland ended up leading 6-3 into the second quarter. Not until the last 10 minutes did the heart-rate rise. No. 8 David Denton came closest to a Scotland try when he burst blindside off a ruck 10 metres out and was trying to reach out to the line when he was bowled into touch by scrumhalf Conor Murray and flanker Peter OMahony. As Ireland loosened Scotlands pressure -- winning four Scottish throw-ins helped -- Scots and Lions winger Sean Maitland landed awkwardly on his right ankle from jumping for an up and under and limped off with concussion. Sexton put the pressure back on Scotland by carving past tackles in midfield, and gave Heaslip a shot in the left corner, but the No. 8 stepped over the sideline just before he touched down. Ireland failed twice from five-meter lineouts with seconds to go and Scotlands defence looked like holding, but quick rucks helped Ireland find Scotland short on the right wing, where Kearney gave Trimble the overlap to score for an 11-3 halftime lead. "That gave us a little bit of breathing space," Kearney said. Soon after the restart, Laidlaw cut the deficit to five, but Ireland put the game away in the 47th when Tuohys lineout take was mauled by Ireland and Heaslip scored too easily. Sexton converted for 18-6 and added a third penalty before the hour. Ireland controlled possession throughout the half, and inevitably notched a third try to Kearney, who exploited a tiring defence when he slipped off replacement Alasdair Dickinson and dragged flanker Ryan Wilson to the tryline nine minutes from time. Scotland hosts England next Saturday. New Balance Australia Womens . A 23-year-old rookie, Stroman is 4-2 with a 3.44 earned run average in 12 games this season, the past seven of those being starts. He logged the first scoreless outing of his career on Friday versus Oakland in a no-decision. Cheap New Balance Shoes . 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Chinnaswamy Stadium. Virat Kohli (7) and the recalled Chris Gayle (5) fell for single-figure scores as Bangalore stuttered 151-4, their lowest total of 2016, despite KL Rahul (68 not out from 53 balls) striking his fourth half-century of the campaign.Mumbais chase laboured in the middle overs but late hitting from Buttler and Kieron Pollard (35no off 19) saw Indians jump above Delhi Daredevils into fourth and leave Bangalore needing to win each of their remaining four games to make the play-offs. Reaction from Jos Buttler after he helped Mumbai to victory in the IPL Kohli edged to wide slip in the second over having carved Tim Southee into the stands during the first, with Gayle caught down the ground by Rohit Sharma in the fourth after choppiing his previous ball to the boundary.ddddddddddddAB de Villiers (24) sparkled briefly but having seen Harbhajan Singh drop a difficult diving return catch, the South African holed out off the economical Krunal Pandya (1-15), while Shane Watson (15 off 14) was run out superbly by Sharma at extra-cover having just boomed a six. KL Rahul (front) scored an unbeaten 68 for Bangalore Bangalore were languishing on 108-4 after 17 overs but took Pollards next for 23 - Sachin Baby (25no off 13) hitting two sixes and a four from the last three balls - as the hosts gave themselves something to defend.Ambati Rayudu (44) and Sharma gave Mumbai a platform with a steady stand of 58 from 50 deliveries, though Bangalore bounced back in the middle period - Yuzvendra Chahal shipping just 16 runs from his four overs of leg spin and Stuart Binny and AB de Villiers taking stunning catches.De Villiers grab to remove Rayudu left Mumbai requiring 44 from the final four overs, but Pollard smashed Watson and Buttler nailed Chris Jordan (0-37 from three overs) for two sixes before striking a match-winning maxiumum off Varun Aaron as Indians won with eight balls to spare.Catch more IPL action on Thursday as Sunrisers Hyderabad host Delhi Daredevils. That clash is live on Sky Sports 3 from 3pm. ' ' '