Italy 17-28 Scotland
Date:
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Italy v Scotland Match Reports
Scotland scored four tries to secure a 28-17 bonus-point victory over Italy in their opening Autumn Nations Cup match in Florence. The scoreline did not fully reflect the competitive nature of the match. A much-improved Italy were leading 14-7 early in the second half before Scotland turned the screw in the latter stages. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Scotland overcome scare to beat Italy in Autumn Nations Cup
- BBC: Four-try Scotland come from behind to win Autumn Nations Cup opener in Italy
- Telegraph: Scotland survive scare in Florence as they dig in for bonus-point win against improved Italy
- Daily Mail: Late tries from Scott Cummings and George Turner secures win for Scots in Autumn Nations Cup opener after impressive first half from hosts
- Sky Sports: Scotland snatch bonus-point 28-17 win over Italy
- Scotsman: Scotland weather first-half storm to beat Italy in Autumn Nations Cup
- Scottish Rugby: Italy v Scotland match report
Italy v Scotland - Match Highlights
Italy v Scotland - Match Stats
Italy: (11) 17
Try: Minozzi (26')
Penalty: Garbisi (7', 18', 43', 61')
Scotland: (7) 28
Try: van der Merwe (24'), Fagerson (49'), Cummings (67'), Turner (77')
Conversion: Weir (25', 50', 68', 78')
Man of the match: Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)
Italy v Scotland - Team Line-ups
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Danilo Fischetti
- 2 Luca Bigi (Captain)
- 3 Giosuè Zilocchi
- 4 Marco Lazzaroni
- 5 Niccolò Cannone
- 6 Sebastian Negri
- 7 Braam Steyn
- 8 Jake Polledri
Backs
- 9 Marcello Violi
- 10 Paolo Garbisi
- 11 Mattia Bellini
- 12 Carlo Canna
- 13 Marco Zanon
- 14 Jacopo Trulla
- 15 Matteo Minozzi
Replacements
- 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
- 17 Simone Ferrari
- 18 Pietro Ceccarelli
- 19 Johan Meyer
- 20 Maxime Mbanda'
- 21 Stephen Varney
- 22 Tommaso Allan
- 23 Federico Mori
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rory Sutherland
- 2 Stuart McInally
- 3 Zander Fagerson
- 4 Scott Cummings
- 5 Jonny Gray
- 6 Jamie Ritchie
- 7 Hamish Watson
- 8 Blade Thomson
Backs
- 9 Ali Price
- 10 Duncan Weir
- 11 Duhan van der Merwe
- 12 Sam Johnson
- 13 Chris Harris
- 14 Darcy Graham
- 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)
Replacements
- 16 George Turner
- 17 Oli Kebble
- 18 WP Nel
- 19 Sam Skinner
- 20 Nick Haining
- 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
- 22 James Lang
- 23 Blair Kinghorn