Italy v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU)

Attendance: 58,000

Italy v Scotland Match Reports

Duncan Weir scored a brilliant last minute drop-goal to give his Scotland team a narrow 21-20 victory over Italy in Rome. The Scots were down 13-3 at halftime, but fought back with two tries from Alex Dunbar before the scene was set for Duncan Weir to snatch victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Italy v Scotland - Duncan Weir Winning Drop Goal

Italy v Scotland Match Statistics

Italy 20 (13)
Tries: Allan, Furno
Conversions: Allan, Orquera
Penalties: Allan (2)

Scotland 21 (3)
Tries: Dunbar (2)
Conversions: Weir
Penalties: Laidlaw (2)
Drop goals: Weir

Man of the Match: Josh Furno (Italy)

Italy Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1. Alberto De Marchi
  • 2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
  • 3. Martin Castrogiovanni
  • 4. Quintin Geldenhuys
  • 5. Joshua Furno
  • 6. Alessandro Zanni
  • 7. Robert Barbieri
  • 8. Sergio Parisse (Captain)

Backs

  • 9. Edoardo Gori
  • 10. Tommaso Allan
  • 11. Leonardo Sarto
  • 12. Gonzalo Garcia
  • 13. Michele Campagnaro
  • 14. Angelo Esposito
  • 15. Luke Mclean

Replacements

  • 16. Davide Giazzon
  • 17. Matias Aguero
  • 18. Lorenzo Cittadini
  • 19. Marco Bortolami
  • 20. Paul Derbyshire
  • 21. Tobias Weitz Botes
  • 22. Luciano Orquera
  • 23. Tommaso Iannone

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1. Ryan Grant
  • 2. Scott Lawson
  • 3. Moray Low
  • 4. Richie Gray
  • 5. Jim Hamilton
  • 6. Ryan Wilson
  • 7. Chris Fusaro
  • 8. Johnnie Beattie

Backs

  • 9. Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
  • 10. Duncan Weir
  • 11. Sean Lamont
  • 12. Matt Scott
  • 13. Alex Dunbar
  • 14. Tommy Seymour
  • 15. Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16. Ross Ford
  • 17. Alasdair Dickinson
  • 18. Geoff Cross
  • 19. Tim Swinson
  • 20. David Denton
  • 21. Chris Cusiter
  • 22. Duncan Taylor
  • 23. Max Evans
 
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