Scotland v New Zealand

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v New Zealand Match Reports

Scotland let a nine-point lead slip as they were defeated 31-23 by the All Blacks at BT Murrayfield. New Zealand came racing out of the blocks and scored two tries in the first seven minutes. Incredibly, Scotland were level seven minutes later courtesy of a penalty try and a Darcy Graham touchdown. The home side took a deserved 17-14 lead at half-time after Finn Russell added a penalty kick. Two further penalty kicks from Finn Russell extended Scotland's lead to nine points after the break. The All Blacks regained the lead in the 66th minute when Scott Barrett drove over for a try. Debutant Mark Telea then scored his second try of the match to secure a hard-fought victory for New Zealand. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v New Zealand - Match Highlights

Scotland v New Zealand - Match Stats

Scotland (17) 23
Try: Penalty Try (12'), Graham (14')
Conversion: Russell (16')
Penalty: Russell (31', 43', 54')

New Zealand (14) 31
Try: Taukei'aho (3'), Telea (7', 75'), S Barrett (66')
Conversion: J Barrett (4', 9', 67', 77')
Penalty: J Barrett (63')

Man of the match: Dalton Papali'i (New Zealand)


Scotland v New Zealand - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • 2 Fraser Brown
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Richie Gray
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie (Captain)
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Matt Fagerson

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sione Tuipulotu
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Darcy Graham
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Ewan Ashman
  • 17 Rory Sutherland
  • 18 WP Nel
  • 19 Jonny Gray
  • 20 Jack Dempsey
  • 21 Ben White
  • 22 Blair Kinghorn
  • 23 Mark Bennett

New Zealand Team

Forwards

  • 1 Ethan de Groot
  • 2 Samisoni Taukei'aho
  • 3 Nepo Laulala
  • 4 Samuel Whitelock (Captain)
  • 5 Scott Barrett
  • 6 Akira Ioane
  • 7 Dalton Papali'i
  • 8 Ardie Savea

Backs

  • 9 Finlay Christie
  • 10 Beauden Barrett
  • 11 Caleb Clarke
  • 12 David Havili
  • 13 Anton Lienert-Brown
  • 14 Mark Telea
  • 15 Jordie Barrett

Replacements

  • 16 Codie Taylor
  • 17 George Bower
  • 18 Fletcher Newell
  • 19 Tupou Vaa'i
  • 20 Shannon Frizell
  • 21 TJ Perenara
  • 22 Stephen Perofeta
  • 23 Rieko Ioane