Scotland vs Australia LIVE: Result, final score and reaction from Autumn International match today
Follow all the latest reaction from the match at Murrayfield after Scotland’s dogged win
Scotland’s replacement hooker Ewan Ashman scored a try on his debut as they won the forward contest to defeat Australia 15-13 in a feisty autumn international clash at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Loose-forward Hamish Watson also crossed for a try, and flyhalf Finn Russell slotted one penalty and a conversion as the Scots kept up their winning run against Australia with a third successive victory.
Australia, who were beaten at the breakdown and in the scrum, managed a single try through loose-forward Rob Leota as prop Allan Alaalatoa also received a contested yellow card.
Russell landed the winning penalty after 69 minutes as the visitors were penalised at the scrum yet again, much to the delight of the home fans in the 65,700 crowd.
Scotland 7-10 Australia
50 mins: Scotland knock the ball on in midfield and that brings up another Australia scrum, which takes a couple of attempts to set.
Will Skelton then comes on for his first Australia appearance in five years.
Scotland 7-10 Australia
48 mins: Close! Scotland almost hit straight back following the restart. Johnson finds a gap and makes a curving run towards the line, before teeing up Price. The scrum-half is quickly swallowed up, however, and Australia are able to recover. Perese makes an outstanding intervention and Australia are able to clear following a scrum on their five-metre line.
Scotland 7-10 Australia (O’Connor con 46’)
O’Conner adds the conversion before Alaalatoa comes back onto the pitch as Australia return to full strength.
TRY! Scotland 7-8 Australia (Leota 45')
Australia take the lead, despite playing with 14, after a brilliant scrum inside the Scotland 22. After a strong couple of carries, Rob Leota makes a fine cutting line inside and powers across as Scotland failed to recover.
Scotland 7-3 Australia
43 mins: There’s a huge collision between Sam Johnson and the huge Taniela Tupou, who comes away worse off and is immediately replaced with obvious concussion symptoms.
Scotland were looking to work the ball wide following their scrum but it ends in frustration as Van der Merwe knocks it on to give Australia the scrum inside the Scotland half.
Scotland 7-3 Australia
42 mins: Finn Russell finds a gap with a clever dummy and side-step, but the ball is immediately lost as he slipped it to his side. Australia looked to break but Graham got back well as the ball from switched to the wing, and Australia then knock it on to bring up the scrum.
Scotland 7-3 Australia
41 mins: Scotland concede an early penalty from the restart, however, after Zander Fagerson goes in from the side at the ruck following Hogg’s deep kick downfield.
KICK OFF! Scotland 7-3 Australia
We’re back underway for the second half - Scotland will have five or so minutes with a man advantage at the start of this half.
HALF TIME: Scotland 7-3 Australia
Here’s the moment that got Murrayfield on its feet midway through the first half. It way a key decision from Scotland to go again to the corner and two previous attempts to push for the line had come up short.
HALF TIME: Scotland 7-3 Australia
Scotland lead at the break, but it feels like there’s plenty more to come in this contest. But sides are still looking to find their attacking spark, following a half that was rather dominated by the two defences.
Hamish Watson’s try from a powerful Scotland line-out is the difference at the break, and Australia will start the second half with 14 men following Allan Alaalatoa’s yellow card - which in turn saw Michael Hooper’s score ruled out.
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