Ireland off to a flier here in their first match of the campaign with Sophie Spence gathering the ball in the lineout and Ireland go for the maul and Spence eventually gets the ball down in the corner.

Great run from Jenny Murphy as she is just short of the line, Ireland knock on at the crucial moment but Scotland are penalized for Offside.Ireland kick for the corner.

Knock on from the kick off and Ireland will have a scrum. just inside the Scottish 22.

Nora Stapleton get's this game underway here kicking deep into the Scottish Half.

The Anthems are done and now we are seconds away from kick off.

Irelands call is now being belted out here at Ashbourne.

The teams make their way out on to the pitch, We now begin with the Scotland National Anthem.

Welcome to Ultimate Rugby's live coverage of this opening Women's 6 Nations match where Scotland travel to Ashbourne to take on Last years Grand Slam winners Ireland. A very wet and windy night here in what is expected to be a very competitive match between these two Celtic rivals. Ireland will look to get off to a winning start in their defence of their title they won last year, as for Scotland they will go into this match as huge underdogs and will hope of causing an upset here and claim a win which will prevent Ireland not just from getting a grand slam for the second year in a row but also prevent them from winning a triple crown. Kick off is a few minutes away so stay with us here at Ultimate Rugby for further match updates and analysis.