Italy 20-36 Scotland
Date:
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU)
Attendance: 67,721
Italy v Scotland Match Reports
Tries from John Barclay, John Hardie and Tommy Seymour, plus 8 out of 9 kicks from man-of-the-match Greig Laidlaw, helped Scotland to a 36-20 win over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The victory ended a run of nine straight defeats for Scotland in the Six Nations Championship. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Scots beat Italy to end losing run
- Guardian: Scotland’s Laidlaw and Seymour finish off battling Italy to end drought
- Independent: Scots put two years of misery behind them
- Telegraph: Scots battle past dogged Italy to dodge wooden spoon
- Daily Mail: Vern Cotter's side earn first Six Nations win as captain fantastic Greig Laidlaw leads by example with the boot
- ESPN: Scotland halt Six Nations losing streak
- Scotsman: Scots secure first Six Nations win since 2014
- RBS 6 Nations: Scotland down Italy to end losing streak
Italy v Scotland - Match Highlights
Italy v Scotland - Match Stats
Italy: (10) 20
Try: Ghiraldini, Fuser
Conversion: Haimona (2)
Penalty: Haimona (2)
Scotland: (17) 36
Try: Barclay, Hardie, Seymour
Conversion: Laidlaw (3)
Penalty: Laidlaw (5)
Man of the match: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Andrea Lovotti
- 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
- 3 Lorenzo Cittadini
- 4 Marco Fuser
- 5 Joshua Furno
- 6 Francesco Minto
- 7 Alessandro Zanni
- 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain)
Backs
- 9 Edoardo Gori
- 10 Kelly Haimona
- 11 Mattia Bellini
- 12 Gonzalo Garcia
- 13 Michele Campagnaro
- 14 Leonardo Sarto
- 15 David Odiete
Replacements
- 16 Davide Giazzon
- 17 Matteo Zanusso
- 18 Martin Castrogiovanni
- 19 Valerio Bernabo'
- 20 Andries Van Schalkwyk
- 21 Guglielmo Palazzani
- 22 Edoardo Padovani
- 23 Andrea Pratichetti
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Alasdair Dickinson
- 2 Ross Ford
- 3 Willem Nel
- 4 Richie Gray
- 5 Jonny Gray
- 6 John Barclay
- 7 John Hardie
- 8 Ryan Wilson
Backs
- 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Tim Visser
- 12 Duncan Taylor
- 13 Mark Bennett
- 14 Tommy Seymour
- 15 Stuart Hogg
Replacements
- 16 Stuart McInally
- 17 Rory Sutherland
- 18 Moray Low
- 19 Tim Swinson
- 20 Josh Strauss
- 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
- 22 Peter Horne
- 23 Sean Lamont