Italy v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)

Attendance: 60,412

Italy v Scotland Match Reports

Scotland came from behind to beat Italy 29-27 in a gripping Six Nations contest at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Both teams scored two tries apiece in a fast-paced first half which ended 17-12 in the host's favour. Italy's lead was extended after the break thanks to a second try from man-of-the-match Tommaso Allan. However, Scotland fought back and took the lead through tries from Sean Maitland and Stuart Hogg. The lead changed hands twice during the final minutes as Tommaso Allan first struck a penalty for Italy, before Greig Laidlaw struck the decisive penalty for Scotland. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Italy v Scotland - Match Highlights

Italy v Scotland - Match Stats

Italy (17) 27
Try: Allan (14', 45'), Minozzi (21')
Conversion: Allan (15', 22', 46')
Penalty: Allan (7', 76')

Scotland (12) 29
Try: Brown (10'), Barclay (25'), Maitland (61'), Hogg (71')
Conversion: Laidlaw (26', 62', 72')
Penalty: Laidlaw (79')

Man of The Match: Tommaso Allan (Italy)


Italy v Scotland - Team Line-ups

Italy Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Andrea Lovotti
  • 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
  • 3 Simone Ferrari
  • 4 Alessandro Zanni
  • 5 Dean Budd
  • 6 Sebastian Negri Da Oleggio
  • 7 Jake Polledri
  • 8 Sergio Parisse (CAPTAIN)

Backs

  • 9 Marcello Violi
  • 10 Tommaso Allan
  • 11 Mattia Bellini
  • 12 Tommaso Castello
  • 13 Giulio Bisegni
  • 14 Tommaso Benvenuti
  • 15 Matteo Minozzi

Replacements

  • 16 Oliviero Fabiani
  • 17 Nicola Quaglio
  • 18 Tiziano Pasquali
  • 19 Abraham Steyn
  • 20 Giovanni Licata
  • 21 Guglielmo Palazzani
  • 22 Carlo Canna
  • 23 Jayden Hayward

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Gordon Reid
  • 2 Fraser Brown
  • 3 Willem Nel
  • 4 Tim Swinson
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 John Barclay (CAPTAIN)
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Ryan Wilson

Backs

  • 9 Greig Laidlaw
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Sean Maitland
  • 12 Nick Grigg
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Tommy Seymour
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Stuart McInally
  • 17 Jamie Bhatti
  • 18 Zander Fagerson
  • 19 Richie Gray
  • 20 David Denton
  • 21 Ali Price
  • 22 Pete Horne
  • 23 Blair Kinghorn
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