Preview: Scotland U20 v Italy U20

What they said

Head Coach Kenny Murray said: “The group are really excited to get the Six Nations underway. We’ve been in camp for a while now so it’s great to have a game to look forward to this weekend.

“The group have trained a lot together in the past few weeks, and we’re really happy with how they’ve come on. It will be great to see them in the competitive environment of an U20 Six Nations game.

“We want to put in a performance that we can be proud of, and this is the starting point for us as we build towards the U20 Championship in the summer, so it’s important that we start as we mean to go on and play like we know this squad can.”

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The team

The stats

• Scotland were the only team to commit at least two opposition tacklers on 60%+ of their carries in the 2024 U20 Six Nations (63%) and had the second highest dominant carry rate of any side in last year’s Championship (42%)
• Scotland had the second best tackle success rate of any side (86.4%), in addition to ranking first for dominant tackles per game (12.6), in the 2024 U20 Six Nations.
• Italy (7.6) and Scotland (7.4) were the only sides to average 6+ turnovers won per game in the 2024 U20 Six Nations and also conceded fewer turnovers per match than any other teams in the competition (Italy – 12.2, Scotland – 13.0).