Scotland v Wales

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v Wales Match Reports

Wales kept their Grand Slam hopes alive with a tense 18-11 victory over Scotland at BT Murrayfield. Tries from Josh Adams and Jonathan Davies helped Wales to a commanding 15-6 half-time lead. However, Scotland came out stronger in the second half and scored a well worked try through Darcy Graham to reduce the deficit to just four points. An intense final quarter, in which Wales defended wave after wave of Scottish attack, ended when Wales were awarded a kickable penalty to see out the match. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v Wales - Match Highlights

Scotland v Wales - Match Stats

Scotland: (6) 11
Try: Graham (58')
Penalty: Russell (11', 21')

Wales: (15) 18
Try: Adams (13'), J Davies (30')
Conversion: Anscombe (14')
Penalty: Anscombe (24', 81')

Man of the Match: Hadleigh Parkes (Wales)


Scotland v Wales - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Allan Dell
  • 2 Stuart McInally (Captain)
  • 3 Willem Nel
  • 4 Grant Gilchrist
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 Magnus Bradbury
  • 7 Jamie Ritchie
  • 8 Josh Strauss

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Darcy Graham
  • 12 Pete Horne
  • 13 Nick Grigg
  • 14 Tommy Seymour
  • 15 Blair Kinghorn

Replacements

  • 16 Fraser Brown
  • 17 Gordon Reid
  • 18 Simon Berghan
  • 19 Ben Toolis
  • 20 Hamish Watson
  • 21 Greig Laidlaw
  • 22 Adam Hastings
  • 23 Byron McGuigan

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rob Evans
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Adam Beard
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Josh Navidi
  • 7 Justin Tipuric
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Gareth Anscombe
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Nicky Smith
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Jake Ball
  • 20 Aaron Wainwright
  • 21 Aled Davies
  • 22 Dan Biggar
  • 23 Owen Watkin
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