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Scotland take the win today at Scottish Gas Murrayfield!

Thanks to everyone for the support!

Scotland Try!

TRY! Euan Ashman the ball down after the rolling maul takes off for Scotland.

George Horne converts taking Scotland to 56 point with less than a minute to go.

From the side

Ashman held up, but Tonga were in the side of the maul.

Back into the left corner.

Taken back

Scotland kick to just outside Tonga’s 22, and they throw back into their 22 and kick out on the full, so we have the lineout around 10m from their line.

HORNE AT THE DOUBLE!

Ritchie finds a massive gap in the middle and flies through. He offloads to Horne who’s back under the posts and again converts his own try.

Scotland 49-0 Tonga

Forward pass

Forward pass from Scotland on our 22, but a scrum penalty to rectify things.

We kick to just outside Tonga’s 10.

GREAT TRY FOR HORNE!

End to end!

Steyn breaks up the right wing, and finds Rowe on his inside who finds Horne inside him to go under the sticks. He converts his own try.

Scotland 42-0 Tonga

Burke’s home debut done

Fergus Burke’s home debut comes to an end. Kyle Steyn comes on, meaning Jordan goes to 10, and it looks like Ollie Smith has moved to full back so Steyn will play 13.

ASHMAN TAKES THE RECORD BACK!

A Scottish lineout in the 22, and from the driving maul Ashman reclaims the solo lead as our leading men’s try-scoring forward! Burke converts.

Scotland 35-0 Tonga

In the side

Burke wanders down the blind side on his own, and Ashman comes in the side of the ruck to clean.

Tonga’s kick doesn’t find touch, and Scotland will run from halfway.

Scrum pen

We find touch on Tonga’s 22 after the scrum goes down.

Offside from the kick off

Tonga in front of the kicker. Scotland scrum on the halfway line.

Back row sub

Josh Bayliss replaces Andy Onyeama-Christie.

HURRAH! A TRY!

George Horne puts Duhan through a whole in midfield to coast under the posts untouched!

His 35th international try, and he’s out in front in the men’s try-scoring charts again. Burke converts.

Scotland 28-0 Tonga

Fourth yellow

Another intentional knock-on! This time it’s Fine Inisi, and it’s his turn for a 10-minute rest.

Scotland kick the penalty to the Tonga 22.

Pass to nobody

Ashman makes good metres up the middle, but Onyeama-Christie’s pass bounces into touch.

Tonga lineout just inside their half.

Not straight; triple sub

Squint throw from Ashman. Tonga lineout just outside our 10.

Max Williamson, Ben White and Sione Tuipulotu make way for Marshall Sykes, George Horne and Stafford McDowall.

Spilled forward

Good work up the right by Scotland but Ashman spills forward, and Tonga win the free kick at the scrum.

Scotland lineout just outside our 10.

Stolen and cleared

Good work on the ground from Tonga and they get the ball back. They find touch around 35m from their line.

Not rolling

Scotland get to five metres out before Takalua doesn’t roll away after his tackle.

Kicked into the right corner.

Deliberate knock on

Scotland pinch the lineout and try to go right to left, but Taniela Filimone sticks a hand out to block the pass. We have our third yellow card of the day for Tonga.

Scotland get the penalty, then another for side entry at the maul, and will now throw in just inside Tonga’s 22.

New front row

Before the lineout, Scotland change the front three.

Rory Sutherland, George Turner and Zander Fagerson depart. Nathan McBeth, Ewan Ashman and Will Hurd replace them.

Blocking

Tonga chip over the top and Ritchie blocks the chaser.

Kicked into our left corner.

Grubber

Tonga grubber in behind and it finds touch deep in our 22.

Knock on

Messy start to the half so far.

Tonga scrum on our 10 after a Scotland knock-on.

Back underway!

Come on Scotland!

Held up to end the half

White darts for the line but he’s held up to end the half.

We’re up at the break.

Another yellow

Veikoso Poloniati blocks Ben White’s pass inches from the line from an offside position, and goes to the sin bin.

Back into the right corner we go.

Scotland jackal this time

Onyeama-Christie knocks on but after advantage ends Rory Sutherland shows his strength to win the jackal penalty with three Tongans trying to remove him from the ruck.

Kicked into the right corner.

Scotland offside this time

Turner tries to dive under a pass while offside, but it hits him and he’s penalised.

But Tonga’s kick to touch goes dead. Scotland scrum on halfway.

Jackal pen

Bradbury up the middle, but he offloads to White who won’t thank him for it after he’s monstered by a Tongan forward.

They win a jackal penalty at the next breakdown, and find touch just outside their 10m line.

Injury break

Burke goes down, but he’s back on his feet and will continue.

We restart with a Scotland lineout on Tonga’s 10.

Scotland lineout

Couple of kicks either way and Tonga find touch just inside our half.

Well cleared

Solid exit from Ben White. Tongan lineout a metre inside our half.

Maul disrupted

Onyeama-Christie causing havoc at the ruck and he wraps the ball up.

Scotland scrum little over 5m from our line.

50:22

Excellent kick from Tonga, who are back to a full compliment, and they have the lineout 10m from our line.

Knock on

Miscommunication from Scotland’s forwards and Tonga get the scrum inches inside their half.

First international try for Williamson!

Yep, he grounded it! Good agility to wriggle away from the hands trying to hold him up and get that down.

Scotland 21-0 Tonga after Burke converts.

Stretching to the Max?

Max Williamson reckons he’s grounded it over the line. Our referee reckons he’s lost it forward.

Up to the TMO to decide. It looks good!

Offside again

There’s about three potential cards in that one passage alone – none given. A penalty for offside though, which goes back into the right corner.

Offside

Tonga’s sixth penalty of the day, another offside.

We kick to around 15m out on the right.

Extra roll

Duhan takes another high ball and Jordan sears through on the right, but he can’t find a pass and makes an extra roll on the ground to prevent the jackal.

Tonga kick the penalty to a metre inside our half.

First scrum

Tonga penalised for obstruction, but after Scotland kick to touch, Turner’s throw is squint.

Tonga have the first scrum put-in of the day.

TURNER EQUALS A RECORD!

Duhan van der Merwe takes a high ball and charges linewards before finding Magnus Bradbury.

He’s felled three metres out, but George Turner is over a phase later to join Ewan Ashman as our highest-scoring men’s forward of all time. Burke converts.

Scotland 14-0 Tonga.

Yellow upgraded to red

Paea’s red is upgraded to a 20-minute red card. They’ll get to bring someone else on when that 20 minutes is up, by Paea’s game is done.

RITCHIE!!!

We’re off the mark! Scotland pinch the lineout, and Duhan breaks up the left. He offloads inside to Ben White, who finds Onyeama-Christie on his outside.

Two phases later Jamie Ritchie wrestles over from close range. Burke converts.

Scotland 7-0 Tonga

Scotland concede the penalty

This time it’s Scotland penalised for double movement.

Tonga clear to 25m from their line.

Tap and go…

ANOTHER pen, offside again.

Sutherland taps and goes…

Offside

A third penalty already, this time for offside.

Back into the right corner.

Sin bin

Semisi Paea is off for at least 10 minutes, to be assessed by the Foul Play Review Officer (FPRO).

Scotland kick the penalty back into the right corner.

Dangerous cleanout

Our TMO has flagged a croc roll by Tonga on Andy Onyeama-Christie to the referee…

Lineout Tonga

Tonga bundle Kyle Rowe into touch.

They’ll throw in from their own 5.

First penalty

Zander with a half-break and Tonga go off their feet.

Kicked to the right corner.

Kick off!

Come on Scotland!!

Scotland will get things started – 25 minutes to go

Skippers Sione Tuipulotu and Ben Tameifuna have met with referee Luc Ramos and the coin has been tossed, with Scotland kicking off towards south stand of Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

Turner leads the team on his 50th

George Turner becomes the latest member of the half-century club this afternoon as the hooker starts against Tonga in what is his 50th international appearance.

Having made his debut against Samoa in 2017, Turner has featured at two Rugby World Cups, scoring 11 Scotland tries in the process.

60 minutes until the final international rugby of 2025 (well, England play Argentina at 4:10pm) as Scotland and Tonga get set for a rumble in the Auld Reekie rain.

Kick-off is 1:40pm, live on TNT Sports and, of course, here through our very own Match Centre.

Team headlines: Zander back; Burke in for home debut

Zander Fagerson has just about made it to the Quilter Nations Series, the big tighthead having recovered from the calf injury that has kept him out of action since pre-British & Irish Lions earlier in the year.

Stand-off Fergus Burke, who won two caps on the Skyscanner Pacific tour, is set for a first home outing in dark blue, while Andy Onyeama-Christie and Jamie Ritchie, of back-row fame, are set for their first outings of November.

Welcome to Scotland v Tonga match coverage!

A very good afternoon to everyone, as we bring you match coverage of Scotland v Tonga on the final afternoon of the 2025 Quilter Nations Series from Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

It’s dreich, it’s dreary, and the only thing not dampened is the spirits of the thousands who have already passed through turnstiles.

The rain is set to relent, and kick-off is 1:40pm for this one.