Italy v Scotland
Scotland secured their first win of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations championship with a solid defensive effort, as they kept their Italian counterparts pointless in glorious conditions at Stadio Olimpico in Rome (0-17).
The first-half saw the visitors hold a narrow five-point lead going into the interval, following a terrific solo try from captain and full-back Stuart Hogg, who picked a fine line and held his nerve as he raced through the Italian defence.
The second-half was initially a more turgid affair but a try from centre Chris Harris was enough to spark inspiration for Scotland who carried their momentum to the end of the game.
Scotland captain, Hogg, said: “We were delighted with that. We came here to do a job and we’ve done exactly that. I’m so proud of the boys.
“We had a huge challenge in terms of their back-row. We challenged our boys to stand up and you can see that with Hamish Watson getting man-of-the-match, backed up by Jamie Ritchie and Magnus Bradbury.”

Match report…
Dominance and brute force in the scrum fell in Scotland’s favour early on as the side were awarded a penalty, to which Stuart Hogg booted into touch to set-up a lineout ten metres from the line.
Hooker Stuart McInally threw it long and into the hands of Sam Johnson as the centre picked a superb line to bring the side close to the Italian whitewash, however, an unfortunate knock-on thwarted their progress.
The Scotland pack remained in control in the scrum and lineouts in the opening exchanges, winning penalties and keeping the Azzurri at bay.
Stand-off Adam Hastings was handed his first sight of goal on the 10th minute but his attempt unfortunately failed to hit target.
Scotland lacked the clinical edge required for the next ten minutes, as the side struggled to penetrate through the Italian defence. A series of costly errors continued to mar their progress.
On the 21st minute, however, a series of slick passes created a sliver of an opportunity for Hogg. A neat dummy allowed him the space to accelerate down the right touchline where he evaded three defenders before diving into the corner.
Scotland thought they had their second try of the game nine minutes later when scrum-half Ali Price dotted down, however it was disallowed following a TMO review, which showed a forward pass from Watson to Johnson in the lead-up.
Italy started to test the resolve of the dogged Scotland defence but were struggling to craft the breakthrough.
The side had to settle for a chance at the posts but Scotland breathed a sigh of relief when Tommaso Allan’s kick hit the posts just before the interval.

HALF-TIME: Italy 0-5 Scotland
Scotland came firing out the blocks in the second-half and were agonisingly close to the try line following a good break by Watson, who offloaded to Magnus Bradbury, who carried hard and deep into the Italian 22 before being thwarted at the 5m line.
He got his popped up offload away to supporting back-row compadre Jamie Ritchie who was tackled as the ball met his arms and knocked on.
Buoyed by the growing momentum, Scotland cranked through the gears in a series of pick and goes.
The ball was then moved wide to the on-rushing Chris Harris who crashed over the line.
Hastings' struggles from the tee continued as the he missed the conversion from out wide.
Scotland lost a bit of momentum as Italy started to make some promising attacks in the visitor's territory, however, the pendulum swung once again as Federico Zani was shown a yellow card for a tip-tackle on replacement lock Grant Gilchrist.
With a penalty decision reversed as a result, Scotland had a good attacking opportunity knocking at their door again, however, the lineout failed to hit the target, which allowed Italy to get back on the ball.
Scotland's third and final try came in the last minute as Hastings collected the ball from around 30 metres out to cruise past a passive Italian defence down the blindside before sauntering over the line.
Hastings made no mistake with the conversion to extend the gap on the scoreboard and see out the match,
FULL-TIME: Italy 0-17 Scotland

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Italy
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Giulio Bisegni
23. Replacement0metres gained
7MINUTES PLAYED
1TACKLES MADE
0COMPLETE PASSES
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Guglielmo Palazzani
22. Replacement0metres gained
22MINUTES PLAYED
2TACKLES MADE
43COMPLETE PASSES
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Giovanni Licata
21. Replacement36metres gained
37MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
5COMPLETE PASSES
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Dean Budd
20. Replacement5metres gained
37MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Marco Lazzaroni
19. Replacement0metres gained
13MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
2COMPLETE PASSES
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Marco Riccioni
18. Replacement0metres gained
21MINUTES PLAYED
7TACKLES MADE
0COMPLETE PASSES
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Danilo Fischetti
17. Replacement3metres gained
22MINUTES PLAYED
9TACKLES MADE
2COMPLETE PASSES
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Federico Zani
16. Replacement3metres gained
11MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Braam Steyn
8. Number 827metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
16TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Sebastian Negri
7. Back-row1metres gained
43MINUTES PLAYED
9TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Jake Polledri
6. Back-row28metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
17TACKLES MADE
7COMPLETE PASSES
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Niccolo Cannone
5. Second-row8metres gained
67MINUTES PLAYED
14TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Alessandro Zanni
4. Second-row2metres gained
43MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
2COMPLETE PASSES
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Giosue Zilocchi
3. Tighthead prop22metres gained
59MINUTES PLAYED
9TACKLES MADE
5COMPLETE PASSES
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Luca Bigi
2. Hooker0metres gained
66MINUTES PLAYED
19TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Andrea Lovotti
1. Loosehead prop0metres gained
58MINUTES PLAYED
9TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Callum Braley
9. Scrum-half1metres gained
58MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
45COMPLETE PASSES
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Tommaso Allan
10. Stand-off23metres gained
76MINUTES PLAYED
6TACKLES MADE
26COMPLETE PASSES
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Matteo Minozzi
11. Wing52metres gained
79MINUTES PLAYED
6TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Carlo Canna
12. Inside-centre13metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
13TACKLES MADE
17COMPLETE PASSES
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Luca Morisi
13. Outside-centre17metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
8COMPLETE PASSES
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Mattia Bellini
14. Wing74metres gained
75MINUTES PLAYED
2TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Jayden Hayward
15. Full-back98metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
14COMPLETE PASSES
Scotland
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Stuart Hogg
15. Full-back136metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
8COMPLETE PASSES
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Sean Maitland
14. Wing29metres gained
67MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Chris Harris
13. Outside-centre22metres gained
60MINUTES PLAYED
10TACKLES MADE
2COMPLETE PASSES
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Sam Johnson
12. Inside-centre33metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
11TACKLES MADE
6COMPLETE PASSES
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Blair Kinghorn
11. Wing48metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
6TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Adam Hastings
10. Stand-off95metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
10TACKLES MADE
21COMPLETE PASSES
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Ali Price
9. Scrum-half4metres gained
54MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
58COMPLETE PASSES
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Rory Sutherland
1. Loosehead prop3metres gained
54MINUTES PLAYED
4TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Stuart McInally
2. Hooker16metres gained
59MINUTES PLAYED
9TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Zander Fagerson
3. Tighthead prop5metres gained
54MINUTES PLAYED
4TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Ben Toolis
4. Second-row0metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
12TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Scott Cummings
5. Second-row10metres gained
67MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Jamie Ritchie
6. Back-row26metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
11TACKLES MADE
12COMPLETE PASSES
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Hamish Watson
7. Back-row32metres gained
80MINUTES PLAYED
15TACKLES MADE
7COMPLETE PASSES
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Magnus Bradbury
8. Number 834metres gained
54MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Fraser Brown
16. Replacement5metres gained
21MINUTES PLAYED
5TACKLES MADE
3COMPLETE PASSES
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Allan Dell
17. Replacement3metres gained
26MINUTES PLAYED
10TACKLES MADE
0COMPLETE PASSES
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WP Nel
18. Replacement0metres gained
26MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Grant Gilchrist
19. Replacement0metres gained
13MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
1COMPLETE PASSES
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Matt Fagerson
20. Replacement0metres gained
26MINUTES PLAYED
8TACKLES MADE
0COMPLETE PASSES
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George Horne
21. Replacement32metres gained
26MINUTES PLAYED
6TACKLES MADE
29COMPLETE PASSES
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Rory Hutchinson
22. Replacement21metres gained
20MINUTES PLAYED
7TACKLES MADE
4COMPLETE PASSES
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Byron McGuigan
23. Replacement7metres gained
13MINUTES PLAYED
3TACKLES MADE
0COMPLETE PASSES
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