USA boss Tolkin praises Scotland's fitness
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USA boss Tolkin praises Scotland's fitness
USA head coach Mike Tolkin credited Scotland for a strong second half showing in their match at Elland Road.
The USA led at half-time but faded away drastically to fall to a 39-12 defeat.
"Credit to Scotland in the second half. For a team which is tired and which played four days ago, they came out with a lot of energy in the second half when the game was in the balance," he said.
"We knew it was important to come out of the clubhouse and establish ourselves and to get territory, but the opposite happened and after that we seemed to be constantly playing from penalties or playing from out of our own end, and it became difficult and frustrating with dropped balls at key moments.
"Any momentum we had was stopped and we played a lot from deep.”
The USA led at half-time but faded away drastically to fall to a 39-12 defeat.
"Credit to Scotland in the second half. For a team which is tired and which played four days ago, they came out with a lot of energy in the second half when the game was in the balance," he said.
"We knew it was important to come out of the clubhouse and establish ourselves and to get territory, but the opposite happened and after that we seemed to be constantly playing from penalties or playing from out of our own end, and it became difficult and frustrating with dropped balls at key moments.
"Any momentum we had was stopped and we played a lot from deep.”
