A win to send us on the road to South Africa!
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Fiji end the second half as they did the first; with a try. From short range, Vika Matarugu goes over.
With the last play, Fiji will tap and go a penalty from five metres out.
We steal the lineout and head from left to right, where Thomson just about wriggles through a tackle and falls over the line! Great strength.
Scotland 59-10 Fiji
Loose end to this game! Offloads galore from both.
Bonar picks up the ball off the deck and finds Scott, who kicks ahead down the left, but it goes into touch in Fiji’s 22.
Fiji kick forward and Lloyd has a crack at running it back before Nelson clears.
Fiji run it back themselves but one pass goes astray and into touch.
We’ll have the lineout just inside our half.
Smith’s kick over the top goes out on the full. Fiji lineout on halfway.
Fiji again come close but Scotland get it back from a dropped ball and then win the penalty for a late tackle.
We’ll have a lineout around 30m from Fiji’s line.
Fiji power through the middle and Scotland are again penalised at a ruck when they think they’ve won it back.
Fiji opt for a scrum on our 22.
Gallagher and Malcolm create a maul trap the ball, and we’ll get the scrum just outside our 22.
Lineout skulduggery from Fiji and Scotland get the free kick.
We kick ahead, but then Gallagher enters a ruck from the side and Fiji get the penalty.
They’ll throw in from halfway.
Fiji carry from the base of the scrum and then Scotland are penalised at the following ruck.
Fiji kick to halfway.
A couple of good phases from Scotland but then Belisle knocks on.
Fiji scrum just outside their 22.
A second penalty of the day for Scotland’s forwards at the scrum!
We’ll throw in on Fiji’s 10.
Milinia looks to be through again, but the pass she received is adjudged to have gone forward.
Scotland scrum around 30m from our line.
Leia Brebner-Holden and Eva Donaldson replace Caity Mattinson and Louise McMillan.
Scotland win the ball back and from 95 metres the backs work it right to left, where Rhona Lloyd gets it in space and sprints down the wing and all the way round to the posts!
Smith converts.
Scotland 54-10 Fiji
A break down the right from Fiji, and they get the scrum deep in our 22.
Scotland work it right to left, then back out to the left through the hands where Gallagher finds Lucia Scott who scores her first Scotland try.
Scotland 47-10 Fiji
Emma Orr, Elliann Clarke, Lana Skeldon and Anne Young make way for Helen Nelson, Christine Belisle, Elis Martin and Lisa Cockburn.
Both sides running with the ball. Fiji go through the phases before Scotland get it back and break up the left. There’s a quick penalty from Mattinson and she’s impeded by Merewairita Neivosa, who is offside and sent to the sin bin.
The penalty is kicked into Fiji’s 22 on our left.
Fiji get all the way down to the fringes of our line, but a good tackle from Smith and Scotland win the penalty.
We kick down to around 10m outside our 22.
Jade Konkel and Francesca McGhie off, Evie Gallagher and Lucia Scott on.
Meanwhile, Fiji have a lineout on our 10.
Big kick up the left and McGhie gets there first, kicks ahead again and gets a favourable bounce to gather and score under the posts.
Smith converts.
Scotland 42-10 Fiji
Power from our leader!
A huge carry leading up to it from Jade Konkel shortly after the lineout, and then Rachel Malcolm stretches out to dot the ball down on the line.
Smith converts.
Scotland 35-10 Fiji
A high hit on Scotland in midfield. We kick the penalty to around 25m out on our right.
COME ON SCOTLAND!
Scotland up by 18, but will play into the wind second half. Still all to play for!
Both of Fiji’s tries in this match have been OUTSTANDING.
A quick tap penalty from Evivi Senikarivi, and then Nunia Daunimoala Sulita Waisega picks up and sprints under the posts. Conversion missed.
Scotland 28-10 Fiji, and that will end the half.
A better boot downfield this time, and it’s dropped by Fiji.
Scotland scrum around 35m out from Fiji’s line, way out on our right flank.
Not often you see a full back in the heart of a ruck, but it’s Chloe Rollie who helps earn the turnover after Fiji break up the left!
We now have a lineout just outside our 22.
Scotland kick ahead but there’s chasers who are offside. Fiji penalty just inside our half.
It’s given! Skeldon gets it down for a trademark maul try.
Smith with an excellent conversion from wide right.
Scotland 28-5 Fiji
Scotland’s maul gets to the line, but was it grounded?
Referee Maria Latos is chatting to her assistants…
Fiji off their feet this time.
Scotland kick to the right corner.
Fiji drop the kick off and an offside player fields it. A chance for Scotland to bounce back quickly as the ball is kicked to the corner.
Fiji kick clear, and then a knock on from Scotland is gathered by Adita Milinia, who runs it in from all of 55 metres to score.
Scotland 21-5 Fiji
Emma Orr breaks in midfield, then Mattinson kicks over the top. Fiji gather and pass infield but then it goes forward and Scotland make a huge gain, getting the scrum deep in Fiji’s 22.
Scotland go down the right but lose it forward. Fiji have the chance to escape via the scrum.
Another lineout steal from Scotland and we get further down the park via the boot.
Fijiana then run it back, but there’s a knock on. Scotland scrum just outside our 10m line.
Scotland nick the ball back and exit to the edge of our 22. Fiji lineout there.
Chloe’s in now!
Another lovely inside line to split Fijiana’s centres and dart over on the right side.
Meryl Smith converts again in the blustery conditions.
Scotland 21-0 Fiji
Fiji’s best passage of play since the opening minutes as the come forward up the left, then Scotland’s pack are penalised at the breakdown.
Fijiana kick to the left corner.
Lisa’s having some start to this one!
She thunders a kick down the left side, which bounces awkwardly twice and goes into touch off a Fiji hand.
Scotland’s lineout inside Fiji’s 22.
McGhie is brought down just short, but an excellent line from Thomson in the next phase puts her through the narrowest of gaps.
Meryl Smith converts.
Scotland 14-0 Fiji
Fiji chip over the top and make an excellent break, but there’s a player off their feet at the ruck.
Scotland’s penalty doesn’t find touch, Fiji clear but McGhie runs it back down the left…
Thomson finds touch on Fiji’s 22. Lineout for the visitors there.
The kick off doesn’t go the required 10 metres. Scotland take the scrum on the centre spot.
Scotland’s maul is illegally stopped inches short, and the referee awards us the seven points!
Anasimeci Korovata is yellow carded.
Scotland 7-0 Fiji
Fiji showing their physicality and cause another knock on in midfield.
This time it’s their scrum, again 30m out from their line in the middle.
The forwards drive Fijiana back and win the scrum penalty!
Kicked to the left corner.
Fiji steal the lineout and play from deep, kicking over the top, but it’s spilled forward.
Home scrum, around 30m from Fiji’s line.
Fiji clear and it’s awkward for McGhie, but she dives on it and Scotland win the penalty at the ruck. Kicked into the 22 on the left.
Scotland win the lineout but then it goes forward in midfield. Fijiana scrum in their own 22.
A massive defensive intervention, and now Thomson is sprinting up the left!
A loose pass from Fiji and Thomson boots ahead. She doesn’t get the bounce and kicks again, but it runs into touch.
Fiji get the lineout and kick clear, but it goes out on the edge of the 22 so we’ll throw from there.
Fiji’s forwards fight for the final inches, but Lisa Thomson gets under the ball and drags the visitors over the line. Held up, and a Scotland goalline dropout.
Messy scrum, it’s recovered but then Fiji win a penalty at the ruck for not releasing.
They opt for a scrum of their own on the same mark.
Fiji nearly score from kick off!
It’s caught on the left wing and they rampage towards the line, but good scramble defence from Scotland and we’ve got a scrum on our own 5.
COME ON SCOTLAND!
The teams are out on the pitch!
Time for a sing song, in the form of the anthems.
Captain Rachel Malcolm and her team are out on the Hive Stadium pitch.
Scotland’s warmup is complete. They’re back in the changing room making their final preparations.
Elliann Clarke and Anne Young will make their first starts for Scotland today.
A strong breeze here at Hive Stadium which at the moment is going towards the Murrayfield stand, which Scotland will attack in the first half. How will that affect things?
Our visitors are here too!
Scotland are in the building!
A change to your Scotland team for this afternoon.
Francesca McGhie comes into the team in place of Coreen Grant.
Fancy seeing you here?!
Welcome to the Scottish Rugby Match Centre for today’s Vodafone Series match against Fiji.
Get comfy and enjoy our final challenge before heading off to WXV2!
Kick-off 4:45 pm
