British internationals Gary Connolly and Terry O'Connor have delivered a boost to Ireland's hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon in tonight's Tri-Nations rugby league match against Scotland at Partick Thistle's Firhill Stadium in Glasgow.

Scotland: Penny (Warrington); Arnold (Huddersfield), Campbell (Hull), Graham (Bradford), Roache (Warrington); Orr (Huddersfield), Duffy (Warrington); D Shaw (Sheffield), Russell (Huddersfield, capt), Berry (Huddersfield), Solomon (Lancashire Lynx), Knox (Bradford), Wainwright (Warrington). Substitutes: Dixon (Hull KR), Flowers (Castleford), Wilson (Linlithgow Lions), G Shaw (Oldham). Reserve: Hewitt (Leeds).

Ireland: Prescott (Hull); Carney (Dublin Blues), Smith (Hull KR), Connolly (Wigan), For- ster (Warrington); Martyn (St Helens), Cromp- ton (Salford); O'Connor (Wigan), Lawless (Sheffield), McDermott (Leeds), Harmon (Bradford), Cassidy (Wigan), Burgess (Salford). Substitutes: Eccles (Swinton), Child (Featherstone), Gray (Bangor Vikings), O'Sullivan (Dublin). Reserve: Cleary (Dublin).

Referee: John Connolly (Wigan).