They are home and dry. Ritchie tackled early should have been penalty try, so potential further 14 points.Scotland ran in three tries against Italy to earn their first win in six games in the Six Nations and ease the pressure on head coach Gregor Townsend.Captain Stuart Hogg's stunning solo effort in Rome was the Scots' first of the campaign and was added to after the break by centre Chris Harris and late on by fly-half Adam Hastings.Italy, searching for a first Six Nations win in 25 matches since beating Scotland in 2015, failed to breach a resolute defence and are rooted at the bottom of the table after three games.Scotland, though, can look forward to the visit of France on 8 March with renewed confidence, before ending their campaign against Wales in Cardiff six days later.Having won just one of their previous seven in the championship, this was a game Scotland had to win, not just for their morale but for Townsend, who would have come under ferocious pressure had this one gone south. An Italian chance went when Scotland's scramble defence snuffed it out and back we went to the anxiety of two teams who have almost forgotten how to win game of this import. A hammer blow for Italy’s chances of getting back into this in the last throes of this match.They are over! That was a really patient, well-worked score as Scotland gradually ground the Italian defence down. Italy's respite was relatively brief, though. Once again, they had their moments, and once again, they failed to convert some nice attacking phases into pressure for their opponents on the scoreboard.The turnover count was terrifying - much as England got on top in the breakdown at Murrayfield a couple of weeks ago, Scotland firmly exerted their dominance at the breakdown in Rome today, and that allowed their back line to make an impact in a way their Italian counterparts never could.Stuart Hogg will be thrilled with that stunning first-half try, which was added to by second-half scores by Harris and Hastings. He converted, with a drop goal, and the gap stretched out to 17. A series of costly errors continued to mar their progress.Scotland thought they had their second try of the game nine minutes later when scrum-half Ali Price dotted down, however it was disallowed following a TMO review, which showed a forward pass from Watson to Johnson in the lead-up.Italy started to test the resolve of the dogged Scotland defence but were struggling to craft the breakthrough.The side had to settle for a chance at the posts but Scotland breathed a sigh of relief when Tommaso Allan’s kick hit the posts just before the interval.Scotland came firing out the blocks in the second-half and were agonisingly close to the try line following a good break by Watson, who offloaded to Magnus Bradbury, who carried hard and deep into the Italian 22 before being thwarted at the 5m line.Buoyed by the growing momentum, Scotland cranked through the gears in a series of pick and goes.With a penalty decision reversed as a result, Scotland had a good attacking opportunity knocking at their door again, however, the lineout failed to hit the target, which allowed Italy to get back on the ball.Scotland's third and final try came in the last minute as Hastings collected the ball from around 30 metres out to cruise past a passive Italian defence down the blindside before sauntering over the line.Hastings made no mistake with the conversion to extend the gap on the scoreboard and see out the match,We're sorry, we're not able to retrieve this information at the moment, please try back laterSign-up for our newsletter today to receive the latest updates, content and releases from Scottish Rugby.Update your browser to view this website correctly. Their exit was poor and once again they got done at the breakdown.
In a repeat of his touchdown for Exeter last weekend, Hogg hugged the ball to his chest and grounded it safely.Scotland thought they had scored again soon after but Watson's pass to Sam Johnson was forward and Ali Price's finish was ruled out. What was the outcome in the last meeting? It’s his first win as Scotland captain. Will Racihg 92 keep this ex international.I said I would take a win by 1 point and we won by 17, job done.
79 min: Italy 0-17 Scotland (Hastings) 10.57am EST 10:57 70 min: Yellow card! Hayward; Bellini, Morisi, Canna, Minozzi; Allan, Braley; Lovotti, Bigi (captain), Zilocchi, Zanni, Cannone, Polledri, Negri, Steyn.Zani, Fischetti, Riccioni, Lazzaroni, Budd, Licata, Palazzani, Bisegni. Where can I get tickets for Italy vs Scotland?