Scotland survive Italian heist in nail-biting clash

Scotland staved off late onslaught by Italy to conclude their Six Nations marketing campaign with a dramatic 26-14 bonus-point victory in Edinburgh on Saturday.

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Scotland shall be pleased with the result, however the total efficiency left a lot to be desired and will definitely overwhelm on coach Gregor Townsend, contemplating their subsequent necessary Test shall be towards the Springboks in the pool stage of the World Cup.

Though it must be talked about that Scotland will play 4 World Cup warm-up Tests towards France (twice), Italy and Georgia.

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Back to this Six Nations encounter, which can have left the Azzurri reeling with remorse and left questioning how they squandered such a golden alternative to grab a dramatic upset win towards the Scots.

The remaining rating doesn’t inform the story of a match that actually may have gone both method. With time nearly up on the clock, Italy trailed 19-14 and managed to launch on remaining assault.

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And they received as shut as 2m from the tryline, however a deft little knock on on the breakdown was effectively noticed by the referee and from the resultant scrum, Scotland turned the tables with a stinging assault of their right down to go the size of the sphere to attain on the different finish to safe a four-try bonus-point win.

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The build-up to that grandstand end, noticed Italy take a six-point lead courtesy of two penalties, however Scotland dotted down twice for a 12-6 benefit on the break.

The hosts, who dominated the scrum from begin to end, prolonged their lead early in the second half with a 3rd attempt. But Italy closed the hole to 5 to set-up that pulsating finish to proceedings on the dying.

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