Scotland 52-10 Italy
Date:
Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Scotland v Italy Match Reports
Scotland swept to an eight-try 52-10 victory over Italy at Murrayfield. David Cherry and Duhan Van Der Merwe both bagged a brace of tries, while Darcy Graham, Huw Jones, Scott Steele and Sam Johnson also contributed to Scotland's biggest ever Six Nations victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Scotland run in eight tries as they sweep aside Italy at Murrayfield
- BBC: Scotland score eight tries to rout sorry Italy
- Daily Mail: Gregor Townsend's new-look team return to winning ways in style with David Cherry and Scott Steele both scoring tries on first starts to lead Six Nations romp at Murrayfield
- Sky Sports: Home side destroy the Azzurri in Six Nations at Murrayfield
- Scotsman: Scotland destroy Italy in record-breaking 52-10 Six Nations victory
- Scottish Rugby: Scotland v Italy match report
Scotland v Italy - Match Highlights
Scotland v Italy - Match Stats
Scotland: (24) 52
Try: Cherry (11', 44'), van der Merwe (14', 71'), Graham (21'), Jones (28'), Steele (53'), Johnson (66')
Conversion: Hogg (14', 29', 46', 54', 66', 72)
Italy: (10) 10
Try: Bigi (6')
Conversion: Garbisi (7')
Penalty: Garbisi (17')
Man of the Match: Hamish Watson (Scotland)
Scotland v Italy - Team Line-ups
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rory Sutherland
- 2 David Cherry
- 3 Zander Fagerson
- 4 Sam Skinner
- 5 Grant Gilchrist
- 6 Jamie Ritchie
- 7 Hamish Watson
- 8 Matt Fagerson
Backs
- 9 Scott Steele
- 10 Stuart Hogg (Captain)
- 11 Duhan van der Merwe
- 12 Sam Johnson
- 13 Huw Jones
- 14 Darcy Graham
- 15 Sean Maitland
Replacements
- 16 George Turner
- 17 Jamie Bhatti
- 18 Simon Berghan
- 19 Alex Craig
- 20 Nick Haining
- 21 Ali Price
- 22 Jaco van der Walt
- 23 Chris Harris
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Danilo Fischetti
- 2 Luca Bigi
- 3 Marco Riccioni
- 4 Niccolò Cannone
- 5 Federico Ruzza
- 6 Sebastian Negri
- 7 Johan Meyer
- 8 Michele Lamaro
Backs
- 9 Stephen Varney
- 10 Paolo Garbisi
- 11 Montanna Ioane
- 12 Federico Mori
- 13 Juan Ignacio Brex
- 14 Mattia Bellini
- 15 Edoardo Padovani
Replacements
- 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi
- 17 Andrea Lovotti
- 18 Giosuè Zilocchi
- 19 Riccardo Favretto
- 20 Maxime Mbanda’
- 21 Marcello Violi
- 22 Carlo Canna
- 23 Marco Zanon