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Preview: Italy U20 V Scotland U20

7 Mar 2024

Scotland U20 are back in action tomorrow night as they travel to Treviso to face Italy U20 at Stadio Comunale Monigo in the penultimate round of the U20 Six Nations. Kick off is at 7.15pm GMT, and you can watch the action live on BBC iPlayer.

What they said

Head coach Kenny Murray said: “The team have had a good fallow week and are ready to get stuck in again for our final two Six Nations matches.

“Again, we had a strong second half performance against England, but didn’t manage to start strong like we set out to do.

“Italy’s recent win against France highlights how strong they are at U20 level and they will be looking to build on that win in front of a passionate home crowd. It’s important that we cut out the unforced errors this week”.

The team

The stats

  • Scotland have committed 2+ tacklers from 64% of their carries in the 2024 U20 Six Nations so far, the best rate of any side.
  • Three of the six players to make a competition high four dominant tackles in the 2024 U20 Six Nations are Scotland players–Euan McVie, Freddie Douglas and Geordie Gwynn.
  • Scotland’s Freddie Douglas has eight breakdown steals to his name so far in the 2024 U20 Six Nations, twice as many as anyone else, with Italy’s Luca Bellucci (4) second on the list; the pair of them have hit more defensive rucks than anyone else.

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