Scotland hold off plucky Wales in Edinburgh
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REPORT: Scotland co-captain Finn Russell was back to his best from the kicking tee as the flyhalf orchestrated a 35-29 win over Wales in the Six Nations at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Russell landed all five of his conversion attempts and starred in open play, with Scotland's Tom Jordan and the impressive Blair Kinghorn scoring two tries apiece.
Wales staged an impressive rally to 'win' the second half 21-7.
But Wales' efforts were not enough to prevent a national record-extending 16th straight Test defeat, albeit they secured losing bonus and try-bonus points.
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Man of the match: The award goes to Scotland fullback Blair Kinghorn, who was a constant threat on attack and he scored two tries as well.
Moment of the match: You couldn't help but cheer every time Wales got some points on the board.
Villain of the match: No one.
The scorers:
For Scotland:
Tries: Kinghorn 2, Jordan 2, Graham
Cons: Russell 5
For Wales:
Tries: Murray, Thomas, T Williams, Llewellyn
Cons: Evans 3
Pen: Anscombe
Yellow card: WillGriff John (Wales, 31' - cynical play, offside)
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Tom Jordan, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (co-captain), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge (co-captain), 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Jonny Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Gregor Brown, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 George Horne, 22 Stafford McDowall, 23 Kyle Rowe.
Wales: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Jac Morgan (captain), 5 Dafydd Jenkins, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 WillGriff John, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Nicky Smith.
Replacements: 16 Dewi Lake, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Joe Roberts.
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Nic Berry (Australia), Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
