Wales v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

Attendance: 73,782

Wales v Scotland Match Reports

Wales defeated Scotland 20-17 in a close Six Nations encounter at the Principality Stadium. Both teams scored a try in the first half and were tied 17-17 midway through the second half. In a key moment, Finn Russell received a yellow card in the 68th minute for a deliberate knock-on. Dan Biggar then kicked a drop-goal from the ensuing attack, which was enough to secure a narrow victory for Wales. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Scotland - Match Highlights

Wales v Scotland - Match Stats

Wales: (14) 20
Try: Francis (32')
Penalty: Biggar (5', 8', 25', 58')
Drop-goal: Biggar (70')

Scotland: (14) 17
Try: Graham (12')
Penalty: Russell (16', 20', 29', 50')

Man of the Match: Ryan Elias (Wales)


Wales v Scotland - Team Line-ups

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Wyn Jones
  • 2 Ryan Elias
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Will Rowlands
  • 5 Adam Beard
  • 6 Taine Basham
  • 7 Jac Morgan
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Dan Biggar (Captain)
  • 11 Louis Rees-Zammit
  • 12 Nick Tompkins
  • 13 Owen Watkin
  • 14 Alex Cuthbert
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Dewi Lake
  • 17 Gareth Thomas
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Seb Davies
  • 20 Aaron Wainwright
  • 21 Gareth Davies
  • 22 Callum Sheedy
  • 23 Jonathan Davies

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • 2 Stuart McInally
  • 3 WP Nel
  • 4 Jonny Gray
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Sam Skinner
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Matt Fagerson

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sione Tuipulotu
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Darcy Graham
  • 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)

Replacements

  • 16 George Turner
  • 17 Rory Sutherland
  • 18 Zander Fagerson
  • 19 Magnus Bradbury
  • 20 Rory Darge
  • 21 Ben White
  • 22 Blair Kinghorn
  • 23 Cameron Redpath
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