Scotland 1-10 Ireland 1-9 Scotland captured their fourth hurling/shinty international title on the trot Saturday at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. A 49th minute goal from John Stewart proved the difference for the Scots as they edged the hosts by a single point to clinch the title. The visitors opened the scoring through points from Hector Whitelaw and John Stewart to establish an early lead. Both Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Eddie Brennan were outstanding for the Irish but it took them 20 minutes to get off the mark through a Brendan McGourty point, after shoting seven efforts the wrong side of the posts. Brennan added a brace of points thereafter, which was backed up by fellow Kilkenny man Derek Lyng to send the hosts two in front before Whitelaw levelled the game with a puck from the ground. Lyng put Ireland's noses back in front, but a well struck effort from Brendan Murtagh that sailed between the posts and another Whitelaw free had Scotland going in at the interval 0-8 to 0-7 ahead. A quick point from Murtagh at the restart was met with the game's first goal from John Stewart to open up a three-point advantage for the eventual winners after netting the rebound of Whitelaw's initial effort with power. Substitute Eddie Tembo stretched Scotland's lead to four before extra-time where Brendan Murtagh's penalty still couldn't prove enough for Lester Ryan's side. Ireland - G Clarke; D Shaw, E Coady; T Walsh, S Kavanagh, G Bermingham; D Clarke, S Óg Ó hAilpín, D Lyng (0-3); P Branniff, M Burke, E Brennan (0-2); B McGourty (0-1), B Murtagh (1-3). Subs: J Shaw for McGourty (47); J Glancy for Branniff (70); S Kelly for D Clarke (70). Scotland - S MacNeil; J Barr, S Campbell; A Mackenzie, I MacDonald, S Nicholson; N Robertson, K Ross (0-2), F MacRae; G Innes, N MacPhee, J Stewart (1-1); H Whitelaw (0-6), A Corrigan. Subs: R Graham for Nicholson (43); E Tembo (0-1) for Stewart (61); R Graham for Whitelaw (70). Referee - J Ryan (Tipperary) Tweet

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