Wales 27-23 Scotland
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)
Attendance: 74,160
Wales v Scotland Match Reports
Wales outscored Scotland by 3 tries to 2 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff to seal a 27-23 victory. The turning point in a tight encounter came in the 65th minute when man of the match Jamie Roberts crashed over for a try. George North then crossed five minutes later to put the match almost out of reach for Scotland. A late Duncan Taylor try gave Scotland hope in the dying minutes but time ran out for the visitors. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Roberts and North seal win for Wales
- Guardian: Wales’ George North scores try to ensure Six Nations loss for Scotland
- Independent: George North and Jamie Roberts help Welsh overcome resilient Scots
- Telegraph: Physical Wales storm to success in typically enthralling encounter
- Daily Mail: George North scores superb solo try to seal victory and condemn Scots to ninth consecutive Six Nations defeat
- ESPN: Clinical Wales too strong for Scotland
- Scotsman: Defeat but Scots pride restored
- RBS 6 Nations: North stars as Wales hold off Scotland
- WRU: Wales battle back to beat Scots...again!
Wales v Scotland - Match Highlights
Wales v Scotland - Match Stats
Wales: (10) 27
Try: G Davies, Roberts, North
Conversion: Biggar 3
Penalty: Biggar 2
Scotland: (13) 23
Try: Seymour, Taylor
Conversion: Laidlaw, Weir
Penalty: Laidlaw 3
Man of the match: Jamie Roberts (Wales)
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rob Evans
- 2 Scott Baldwin
- 3 Samson Lee
- 4 Luke Charteris
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones
- 6 Sam Warburton (Captain)
- 7 Justin Tipuric
- 8 Taulupe Faletau
Backs
- 9 Gareth Davies
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Tom James
- 12 Jamie Roberts
- 13 Jonathan Davies
- 14 George North
- 15 Liam Williams
Replacements
- 16 Ken Owens
- 17 Gethin Jenkins
- 18 Tomas Francis
- 19 Bradley Davies
- 20 Dan Lydiate
- 21 Lloyd Williams
- 22 Rhys Priestland
- 23 Gareth Anscombe
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 David Denton
Backs
- 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Tommy Seymour
- 12 Duncan Taylor
- 13 Mark Bennett
- 14 Sean Lamont
- 15 Stuart Hogg
Replacements
- 16 Stuart McInally
- 17 Gordon Reid
- 18 Zander Fagerson
- 19 Tim Swinson
- 20 Blair Cowan
- 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
- 22 Duncan Weir
- 23 Ruaridh Jackson