Scotland 16-24 New Zealand
Date:
Venue: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
Attendance: 66,004
Scotland v New Zealand Match Reports
Scotland were seeking their first win against the All Blacks and almost looked like achieving it. However, a try from New Zealand lock Jeremy Thrush inside the final 10 minutes helped the All Blacks to a 24-16 victory at Murrayfield. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Scotland miss out on victory over All Blacks
- Guardian: Scotland run them close but All Blacks prove masters of escape act
- Independent: Odd-looking All Blacks off the hook
- Telegraph: Heartbreak for Scots as All Blacks scrape win
- Daily Mail: All Blacks pushed to the end before Jeremy Thrush try shatters brave hosts' hopes
- Sky Sports: All Blacks survive Scots scare
- ESPN: All Blacks survive Scotland scare
- Scotsman: Brave Scots undone
- New Zealand Herald: Scrappy All Blacks survive Scottish scare
Scotland 16-24 New Zealand - Match Highlights
Scotland v New Zealand Match Stats
Scotland (10) 16
Tries: Seymour
Conversions: Laidlaw
Pennalties: Laidlaw (3)
New Zealand (14) 24
Tries: Vito, Thrush
Conversions: Slade
Penalties: Carter (3), Slade
Man of the Match: Jeremy Thrush (New Zealand)
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Alasdair Dickinson
- 2 Ross Ford
- 3 Euan Murray
- 4 Richie Gray
- 5 Jonny Gray
- 6 Rob Harley
- 7 Blair Cowan
- 8 Adam Ashe
Backs
- 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain)
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Tommy Seymour
- 12 Alex Dunbar
- 13 Mark Bennett
- 14 Sean Maitland
- 15 Stuart Hogg
Replacements
- 16 Fraser Brown
- 17 Gordon Reid
- 18 Geoff Cross
- 19 Tim Swinson
- 20 Johnnie Beattie
- 21 Chris Cusiter
- 22 Duncan Weir
- 23 Sean Lamont
New Zealand Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Joe Moody
- 2 James Parsons
- 3 Charlie Faumuina
- 4 Jeremy Thrush
- 5 Dominic Bird
- 6 Richie McCaw (Captain)
- 7 Sam Cane
- 8 Victor Vito
Backs
- 9 TJ Perenara
- 10 Daniel Carter
- 11 Charles Piutau
- 12 Ryan Crotty
- 13 Malakai Fekitoa
- 14 Colin Slade
- 15 Ben Smith
Replacements
- 16 Dane Coles
- 17 Wyatt Crockett
- 18 Ben Franks
- 19 Luke Romano
- 20 Liam Messam
- 21 Augustine Pulu
- 22 Sonny Bill Williams
- 23 Julian Savea