Scotland 19 Italy 22, match report - Last-minute penalty try earns Azzurri Six Nations victory at Murrayfield
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Scotland 19 Italy 22, match report - Last-minute penalty try earns Azzurri Six Nations victory at Murrayfield
Ignominy for Scotland, but no injustice.
This brutal result snuffed out the signs of progress of the past few weeks, and left the Scots’ championship in ruins.
They lost their shape in the second half, and at the finish they could hardly complain that they had lost the match as well.
Italy were rarely impressive, and dominated only for a few minutes, but they were thoroughly deserving winners at the end.
They clinched it with a penalty try in the last minute.
It had its immediate origins in a ferocious driving maul that the Scots had no option but to haul down, but Peter Horne, the…
This brutal result snuffed out the signs of progress of the past few weeks, and left the Scots’ championship in ruins.
They lost their shape in the second half, and at the finish they could hardly complain that they had lost the match as well.
Italy were rarely impressive, and dominated only for a few minutes, but they were thoroughly deserving winners at the end.
They clinched it with a penalty try in the last minute.
It had its immediate origins in a ferocious driving maul that the Scots had no option but to haul down, but Peter Horne, the…
