Scotland shatters Wallabies' Grand Slam dream

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MATCH REPORT: Australia's Grand Slam dream lays in tatters on the Murrayfield turf.

After a tense opening half, which saw the home team lead by only four points (7-3), which was still the margin after 50 minutes (10-6), Scotland raced clear with three second-half tries for a 27-13 win.

After wins over England and Wales earlier on their year-end tour, the Australian media had written the class on 2024 up as the equal to the greats of 1984.

With Ireland lying in wait next week, a win in Edinburgh was spoken of with great confidence and after 50 minutes it looked a reality.

That was shattered brutally by a determined Scotland.

Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu scored a try against the land of his birth, with his side crossing Australia's line four times in their final match of the November series.

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The scorers

For Scotland
Tries: Tuipulotu, Van der Merwe, Bayliss, Russell
Cons: Russell 2
Pens: Russell

For Australia
Tries: Potter
Cons: Donaldson
Pens: Lolesio 2

Teams:

Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (captain), 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben White, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Richardson, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 George Horne, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Kyle Rowe.

Australia: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson (captain), 7 Carlo Tizzano, 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 Angus Bell
Replacements: 16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17 Isaac Kailea, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Nick Frost, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Max Jorgensen

Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Andrew Brace (Ireland), Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)