Scotland 34-10 Italy
Date:
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)
Attendance: 50,247
Scotland v Italy Match Reports
Scotland beat Italy by four tries to one and 34 points to 10 on the second weekend of the Six Nations Championship. Scotland's defence was much improved from last week, and it managed to keep the Italian attack at bay for much of the match. Italy on the other hand appeared to be suffering a hangover from last week's heroics against the French. Luciano Orquera, the Italian fly-half who was man-of-the-match last week, had a particularly bad game. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations 2013: Scotland 34-10 Italy
- Independent: Italians sent crashing to earth by flying Scots
- Telegraph: Scotland 34 Italy 10: match report
- Daily Mail: Scots end try drought in style to kick-start Six Nations campaign
- Sky Sports: Six Nations: Scotland crush Italy in Murrayfield romp
- ESPN: Scotland rediscover their bite against Italy
- RBS 6 Nations: Classy Scotland stop Italy in their tracks
- Sydney Morning Herald: Scotland thump Italy 34-10 in Six Nations
Scotland v Italy Match Highlights
Scotland v Italy Match Statistics
Scotland (13) 34
Tries: Tim Visser, Matthew Scott, Stuart Hogg, Sean Lamont
Conversions: Greig Laidlaw (4)
Penalties: Greig Laidlaw (2)
Italy (3) 10
Tries: Alessandro Zanni
Conversions: Kristopher Burton
Penalties: Luciano Orquera
Man of the Match: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Ryan Grant
- 2. Ross Ford
- 3. Euan Murray
- 4. Richie Gray
- 5. Jim Hamilton
- 6. Robert Harley
- 7. Kelly Brown (Captain)
- 8. Johnnie Beattie
Backs
- 9. Greig Laidlaw
- 10. Ruaridh Jackson
- 11. Tim Visser
- 12. Matt Scott
- 13. Sean Lamont
- 14. Sean Maitland
- 15. Stuart Hogg
Replacements
- 16. Pat MacArthur
- 17. Moray Low
- 18. Geoff Cross
- 19. Alastair Kellock
- 20. David Denton
- 21. Henry Pyrgos
- 22. Duncan Weir
- 23. Max Evans
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Andrea Lo Cicero
- 2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
- 3. Martin Castrogiovanni
- 4. Quintin Geldenhuys
- 5. Francesco Minto
- 6. Alessandro Zanni
- 7. Simone Favaro
- 8. Sergio Parisse (Captain)
Backs
- 9. Tobias Botes
- 10. Luciano Orquera
- 11. Luke McLean
- 12. Gonzalo Canale
- 13. Tommaso Benvenuti
- 14. Giovanbattista Venditti
- 15. Andrea Masi
Replacements
- 16. Davide Giazzon
- 17. Alberto De Marchi
- 18. Lorenzo Cittadini
- 19. Antonio Pavanello
- 20. Paul Derbyshire
- 21. Kris Burton
- 22. Gonzalo Garcia