Italy v Scotland – Scottish Rugby

FT

Full time

Great work to get ourselves 60 metres up the pitch from kick off, but it’s in vain as Skinner knocks on.

Congratulations to Italy, a well earned win in Rome.

The match centre will be back for our championship conclusion in Dublin against Ireland next week.

77

New penalty

Deliberate knock on.

We kick into the left corner.

78

BONUS POINT TRY

Sam Skinner under the posts!

Finn converts. 31-29. Two to go.

72

Offside again

Now Skinner is offside.

Italy go for goal from the right.

73

31-22

Italy two scores to the good.

73

Prop swap

Elliot Millar-Mills on for Zander.

68

Not straight

The lineout not straight. We’ll have the scrum on our own 10.

76

Scotland penalty

A wild spell of play, as we get to within five metres through Steyn and Ritchie, but a dropped ball and Italy come up.

We try to return, and win a penalty around 45m out.

But we’re looking at a potential deliberate knock on by Italy…

70

Italy penalty

Duhan breaks down the left, into the 22.

But suddenly it’s not going anywhere and the ball is lost, and then we’re offside to boot.

Italy exit to just outside our 10.

71

Double change

Gilchrist and Darge off for Sam Skinner and Matt Fagerson.

66

Scrum pen

Italy win another scrum penalty.

They’ll have the lineout on our 10.

65

Kinghorn drops it

We move to the right from the scrum, but Kinghorn drops it in the tackle.

Italy scrum inside their half.

58

Varney puts Italy in front

Vintcent breaks down the left and cuts inside. He’s dragged down three metres short. Italy miss a chance on their right wing, before coming left again. Varney snipes and goes over on the left.

Garbisi converts. 28-22.

63

Knock on

Kicks from either side to the sky. Then there’s a knock on from Italy.

Our scrum on halfway, on the left side.

60

Four changes

Schoeman, Turner, Christie and Horne all off. Alec Hepburn, Ewan Ashman, Matt Fagerson and Ali Price on.

60

Instant clearance

Varney catches the kickoff and clears out on halfway.

55

Mark

Kinghorn exits after the scrum, and Capuozzo returns but Finn catches and calls the mark in his 22.

53

Scrum pen

Schoeman penalised at the scrum. Italy kick down to just outside our 22.

54

Knocked on

Italy win their lineout and work it left, but there’s a spill at the bottom of a ruck and we’ll get the scrum on our right side in our 22.

51

Frantic

The ball goes end to end via the boot, and Scotland get it back on halfway. But the ball is dropped several times, all backwards before Darge spills it forwards.

Italy scrum about 41 metres from their line, on their right side.

48

Playing the man in the air

Cummings penalised at the lineout. Italy exit to halfway better our 10 and 22.

47

van der Merwe charges

We steal the lineout, then Duhan breaks down the left. Capuozzo and Lynagh get him out just outside Italy’s 22.

46

Penalty from restart

Scotland concede the penalty seconds after kicking off. Italy exit to halfway.

45

Debut try for Lynagh

Garbisi kicks through, and it’s gathered by the debutant Lynagh to score.

Garbisi hits the post. 21-22.

44

Obstruction

Yes, it’s a penalty for Italy.

The ball doesn’t find touch, but Italy soon have it back and are attacking in our half.

41

Back underway!

Finn restarts this one.

COME ON SCOTLAND!!!

HT

Half time

Finn drops the ball, and Garbisi decides it’s time for some oranges.

We lead by six at the break.

43

Horne for the bonus point?

The ball stayed in play for over two minutes from kick off, and George Horne crosses the line.

Jones made the break, and offloaded inside to Horne. But did Schoeman obstruct a defender?

40

Darge steals!

Phase by phase, Italy get closer, but Rory Darge wins the jackal penalty deep in our 22.

We’ll keep going as Finn kicks to Italy’s 10.

39

16-22

No mistake from the scrum-half.

40

Strength from Duhan!

Lynagh latches on to a loose ball and hacks ahead. Capuozzo gathers, but Duhan wraps him up and carries him over our line.

Goal-line dropout with 10 seconds left in the half.

38

Shot called

Italy go for the posts. Page-Relo will take it.

34

No roll

Christie gets trapped in a ruck after his tackle and can’t roll. It’s a penalty.

Garbisi will go for goal from around 35m out.

38

50 metre run from Christie!

A loose ball, and Christie picks it up and charges down the middle! He’s eventually pulled down in the 22, and Negri wins the penalty as Christie holds on.

The kick doesn’t find touch, but then Horne is penalised for going off his feet at the next ruck. Italy penalty around 45m out.

35

It’s good

13-22.

32

Brex chips over

Down the left side from Italy, and Brex dinks it over Kinghorn and into the corner. Our lineout 7m out.

32

Safely dealt with

Cummings pulls the ball out of the sky, and Finn then clears up to just inside our 10m line. Italy’s lineout their on our right wing.

29

SCHOEEEEEEEE!!!

The driving maul gets there!

Italy do their best to halt it, but Turner feeds it back to Pierre Schoeman who trundles over.

Finn’s first miss of the tournament from the tee. 10-22.

31

Exit

We clear from kick off. Italy lineout on our 10, on our left wing.

25

10-17

Simple!

28

Magic 50:22 from Finn

Intercept from Christie on halfway, then it’s thrown to the left where Russell is under pressure.

He lofts it over Lynagh down the left wing, one bounce and into touch. Scotland throw in from 15 metres out.

27

Cleared from kick off

The box kick from Horne finds touch. Italy throw in from halfway.

23

Not rolling

Italy clear and Dempsey runs straight. He’s tackled but there’s no roll from the tackler, and we get the penalty.

We now have a lineout inside Italy’s 22 on the left.

24

Tackle off the ball

A tackle off the ball from Fischetti, and we’ve got a penalty in front of the posts 10 metres out.

Finn will go for goal.

17

Lineout

Garbisi kicks to the sky, and Redpath returns it with a grubber.

Garbisi then kicks it out on our 10, so we’ll throw in from there.

19

Knock on

A kick a piece, and then as Italy counter-ruck from Kinghorn’s carry they knock it on.

Scotland scrum on our own 10, out by the left flank.

14

Off feet

Scotland kick clear and then look to have won the ball back in the ruck, but George Turner is penalised for going off his feet in the ruck.

Italy are into our 22, with the lineout on their left.

16

Try Italy

Page-Relo chips over the top and Brex dives over the line as he gathers.

Garbisi converts from under the sticks. 10-14.

21

Blair breaks

From the scrum, Duhan races out to the right and offloads to Kinghorn, who gets through.

Then Russell kicks back to the left for Christie, but it goes out.

Italy lineout just outside their 22.

11

So close

Steyn breaks down the right, then Jones is nearly to the line on the right, but knocks on.

Italy clear, but we go quick from the lineout…

9

Italy lineout

We exit to our 10 from kick off, and Italy go from there via the lineout.

12

STEYNO!!!!

A second try!

Duhan van der Merwe breaks the line on the left, and he nearly wrestles his way to the line.

We then fire it out to the right where Kyle Steyn makes it over for his 11th Scotland try.

Finn converts. 3-14.

9

Jackal penalty

Monty Ioane carries into contact, and Zander is in over the ball. Jackal penalty.

We kick into Italy’s half and throw in from our right.

7

ZANDER!!!

What a phase of play!

A dropped ball on midfield, Italy try to kick it forward and Jones blocks it. It falls to Redpath, and between Kinghorn and Russell we break up the right.

Then out all the way to the left through the forwards, and eventually Zander Fagerson is the one to get over the line.

Finn converts. 3-7.

2

Italy lead

The ball falls off the tee, but Garbisi recovers and knocks it over.

3-0.

1

Instant penalty

Andy Christie catches the kick off, is tackled by Lamaro and Menoncello makes the jackal. Penalty Italy.

Garbisi will kick at goal.

4

First scrum

Italy kick to the sky and knock it on when it comes down.

Scotland scrum, just outside Italy’s 10m line on the left side.