It looks like the most affordable game for Italy. Facing Scotland, Saturday March 12, the Squadra Azzura will try to win their first victory in the Six Nations Tournament since 2015, and a victory against … Scotland.
17th: Sam Johnson try for Scotland (3-5)
After opening the scoring with a penalty (3-0), Paolo Garbisi’s teammates dominated for a long time during the first fifteen minutes of the game. A sterile domination punished by the Scots from their first clear opportunity in the Italian camp. On an overflow, the hooker, George Turner, serves his scrum half to enter the Italian 22 meters. In the disorganized Italian defense, Finn Russell extends his pass to find his central three-quarter, Sam Johnson at the end of the line for the first try of the match.
22nd: Harris doubles the bet for the XV du Thistle (12-3)
Four short minutes after the first try of the match, the Scots have already doubled the bet. As the Italians go on playing time in the British camp, scrum half Ali Price intercepts a pass. After getting the ball back about twenty yards, he serves his winger Kyle Steyn. With a well-felt refocusing kick, he reverses the game inwards. At the end of the race, Chris Harris grabs the ball and dives into the in-goal to sign the second try of the game. He is this time transformed by Finn Russell (3-12).
30th: Braley marks the Italian reaction (10-12)
Led in the score after making the game for most of the first half, the Squadra Azzura finally reacts. On a successive movement to a scrum, the game is quickly on the outside where the winger Pierre Bruno manages to overflow. Tackled by the Scottish defence, he struggled to pass the ball to his nine, Callum Braley, with a subtle after-contact pass. The latter only has to conclude. The Montpellier, Paolo Garbisi transforms and allows his team to pick up two points.
37th: Scotland takes to the open sea (10-19)
To the Italian test on a combination out of scrum, Scotland responds with… a combination out of scrum. At the foot of the transalpine posts, the tactics planned on the blackboard are perfectly applied on the lawn and offer Chris Harris the joys of a double. With Russell’s transformation, the scottish regain a nine-point lead.
