Wales v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

Attendance: 74,160

Wales v Scotland Match Reports

Wales outscored Scotland by 3 tries to 2 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff to seal a 27-23 victory. The turning point in a tight encounter came in the 65th minute when man of the match Jamie Roberts crashed over for a try. George North then crossed five minutes later to put the match almost out of reach for Scotland. A late Duncan Taylor try gave Scotland hope in the dying minutes but time ran out for the visitors. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Scotland - Match Highlights

Wales v Scotland - Match Stats

Wales: (10) 27
Try: G Davies, Roberts, North
Conversion: Biggar 3
Penalty: Biggar 2

Scotland: (13) 23
Try: Seymour, Taylor
Conversion: Laidlaw, Weir
Penalty: Laidlaw 3

Man of the match: Jamie Roberts (Wales)

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rob Evans
  • 2 Scott Baldwin
  • 3 Samson Lee
  • 4 Luke Charteris
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones
  • 6 Sam Warburton (Captain)
  • 7 Justin Tipuric
  • 8 Taulupe Faletau

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Dan Biggar
  • 11 Tom James
  • 12 Jamie Roberts
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Ken Owens
  • 17 Gethin Jenkins
  • 18 Tomas Francis
  • 19 Bradley Davies
  • 20 Dan Lydiate
  • 21 Lloyd Williams
  • 22 Rhys Priestland
  • 23 Gareth Anscombe

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Alasdair Dickinson
  • 2 Ross Ford
  • 3 Willem Nel
  • 4 Richie Gray
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 John Barclay
  • 7 John Hardie
  • 8 David Denton

Backs

  • 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Tommy Seymour
  • 12 Duncan Taylor
  • 13 Mark Bennett
  • 14 Sean Lamont
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Stuart McInally
  • 17 Gordon Reid
  • 18 Zander Fagerson
  • 19 Tim Swinson
  • 20 Blair Cowan
  • 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
  • 22 Duncan Weir
  • 23 Ruaridh Jackson
 
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