Scotland vs Wales live: Tommy Seymour and Tim Visser score tries to seal first victory in 10 years for Scots
Follow the latest from the Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
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Your support makes all the difference.Scotland recorded their first victory over Wales in 10 years with a 29-13 win at Murrayfield, with Vern Cotter's side scoring 20 unanswered points in the second half to all but extinguish Welsh hopes of winning the Six Nations. Re-live the action here..
- Scotland beat Wales 29-13
- Wales fail to claim losing bonus point in second consecutive defeat
- Liam Williams put Wales ahead with first-half try
- Scotland fought back as both Tommy Seymour and Tim Visser scored
- 19 points from man of the match Finn Russell secures victory
- Teams:
- Scotland: Hogg; Visser, Jones, Dunbar, Seymour; Russell, Price; Reid, Brown, Fagerson; R Gray, J Gray; Barclay, Watson, Hardie. Replacements: Ross Ford, Allan Dell, Simon Berghan, Tim Swinson, Hamish Watson, Henry Pyrgos, Duncan Weir, Mark Bennett.
- Wales: Leigh Halfpenny; George North, Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, Liam Williams; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis, Jake Ball, Alun Wyn Jones, Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric, Ross Moriarty. Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Nicky Smith, Samson Lee, Luke Charteris, Taulupe Faletau, Gareth Davies, Sam Davies, Jamie Roberts.
Follow the live action below...
Preview...
A depleted Scotland side will take to the field without regular captain Greig Laidlaw, with the scrum-half ruled out of the remainder of the championship after suffering ankle ligament damage in the 22-16 defeat in France two weeks ago.
Scotland are also without No 8 Josh Strauss after a kidney injury ruled him out of their remaining matches, so flanker John Barclay takes on the captaincy with Ali Price and John Hardie coming into the side. Wing Sean Maitland is also absent, so Tim Visser starts in his place, and the final change comes in the front-row where Gordon Reid replaces Allan Dell.
Wales meanwhile will hope to bounce back from their narrow 21-16 defeat by England in Cardiff, with head coach Rob Howley able to welcome back George North into the side at the expense of Alex Cuthbert.
The change is the only one that Howley makes in the starting XV, with the Welsh having a fully fit squad to choose from as Luke Charteris returns to the replacements’ bench.
Here’s everything you need to know about Scotland vs Wales.
What time does it start?
Scotland vs Wales kicks off at Murrayfield at 14:25 on Saturday 25 February.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on BBC One from 14:00. You can also follow the match with The Independent’s live blog right here.
Key player...
Rhys Webb: With Laidlaw out of the tournament, Webb can really assert himself against the inexperienced Ali Price. It was Webb who created the try for Liam Williams against England and the Scottish defence will need to be alert as he’s a livewire around the fringe when he spots a gap.
It’s a big game for...
John Barclay: The stand-in skipper goes up against one of the best back-row units in world rugby in the form of Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric and Ross Moriarty, with Taulupe Faletau waiting in the wings for the second half. Barclay needs to lead from the front to try and inspire the rest of his team, but if he gets dominated by Warburton, Scotland could quickly find themselves out of the game.
Past three meetings...
Wales 27 Scotland 23, Six Nations, February 2016.
Scotland 23 Wales 26, Six Nations, February 2015.
Wales 51 Scotland 3, Six Nations, March 2015.
Form...
Scotland: LWWWLW
Wales: LWWWWL
Odds...
Scotland to win: 11/10
Wales to win: 18/25
Draw: 1/2 odds.
31 mins: Hamish Watson, indeed on for the injured John Hardie, is dragged into touch and when Price keeps the ball away from Webb, the two scrum-halves get themselves into a pushing match. That changes when Fagerson quickly stops the Welsh 9 in his tracks in comical fashion by pushing him through the air. From the lineout, Scotland get the turnover, but the Welsh defence comes to the fore and it's Warburton again to win a penalty in kicking range for Halfpenny. He'll go from about 37m out.
33 mins: Halfpenny's effort is a beauty and he stretches the lead to 6-13.
36 mins: There's a familiar feeling developing here that Scotland are in trouble at scrum time, as Fagerson is picked out again for collapsing. It moves Wales into Scottish territory.
37 mins: Huw Jones is caught not rolling away when Barclay thinks he's got the turnover, and it gives Halfpenny a shot at goal from 40m out.
38 mins: The full-back's effort is a wild slice that goes about 10m to the right. You don't see that very often.
40 mins: What a move! North is dragged into touch and Scotland break with a quick lineout. The ball is shipped across the pitch to Hogg, and he drifts wide before grubber kicking the ball behind the defence. Seymour collects it and passes inside to Huw Jones, and he's hauled down on the 5m line after a gain of 65m! He's isolated though with three Welsh defenders in close company, and Tipuric gets the turnover that allows Biggar to kick clear to touch. What a minute of rugby.
40 mins: Scotland attack again, and Warburton is singled out for not rolling away, so Russell will end the half with a shot at goal from bang in front.
Half-time: Russell gets it and the teams head for the tunnel with the score 9-13 in Wales's favour.
Half-time: A very interesting game so far. Wales have had more control to their play, with Rhys Webb the trigger for every attack. However, Scotland looked the better side for those final five minutes and were desperately unlucky not to get a try at the end. It's set-up to be an extremely close second half that either side could win.
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