How Scots managed to lose to Italy
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There is no doubt that the 22-19
loss to Italy
is a very disappointing result for Scotland.
Many, including myself, had predicted a fairly comfortable victory - so what went wrong?
I thought the critical moment in the rhythm of the game occurred in the ninth minute.
Scotland had just scored and had moved 10 points ahead, heads were high and the Italian body language was: "Here we go again.
"
Kelly Haimona kicked off too long and, rather than Sean Lamont leaving the ball completely or straddling the touchline and catching the ball to give Scotland a scrum back on…
loss to Italy
is a very disappointing result for Scotland.
Many, including myself, had predicted a fairly comfortable victory - so what went wrong?
I thought the critical moment in the rhythm of the game occurred in the ninth minute.
Scotland had just scored and had moved 10 points ahead, heads were high and the Italian body language was: "Here we go again.
"
Kelly Haimona kicked off too long and, rather than Sean Lamont leaving the ball completely or straddling the touchline and catching the ball to give Scotland a scrum back on…
