Italy vs. Scotland: Score and Reaction from 2016 Six Nations Round 3

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Published: February 27, 2016

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Scotland ended their Six Nations winless streak with a 36-20 triumph over Italy on Saturday, their first win in the competition in two years, per BBC Sport's Aimee Lewis.

Greig Laidlaw's boot gave the visitors no less than 19 points, while John Barclay and John Hardie scored early tries to gave the Scots the lead. Leonardo Ghiraldini scored the first try for the hosts, and Kelly Haimona's boot kept things close before half-time.

Marco Fuser added some late excitement after Finn Russell was sin-binned, but Tommy Seymour secured the win with a late try. WP Nel was also sin-binned in the final minutes.

As reported by the Guardian's Gerard Meagher, Laidlaw called on his team-mates to finally break their Six Nations losing streak:

We are frustrated [after the first two weeks] but if we focus on trying to play well and getting the most out of each other that’s what is going to get us over the line. We have to simply concentrate on the 80 minutes that’s in front of us, do one thing well, move on to the next job and do that well and then we’ll get the right result. We need to look after the ball, we need to carry strong and keep speed in the play. If we do that we’ll get on the right side of the referee and we’ll be in a strong position.

The Scots seemed eager to move up the pitch from the opening kick, forcing a put-in at the scrum from the halfway line almost immediately. Italy's scrum has looked very capable so far in the Six Nations, but the Scots dealt with it well early.

Russell missed a kick to touch, handing Italy excellent field position, and after John Barkley failed to release, Haimona kicked the penalty for the first points of the match.

Barclay gave the visitors the lead almost immediately after, however, powering his way over the line after a clever offload from Stuart Hogg. Rugby World was impressed:



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