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Weir for the victory! He is celebrating already. | :01:11. | :01:21. | |
George North, the pass surely would have done it. A wasted opportunity. | :01:22. | :01:36. | |
They have been in control and they can get there again. | :01:37. | :01:50. | |
That defeat, of course, was the end of Wales's hope of taking a 36 | :01:51. | :01:59. | |
Nations title in a row. Scotland could leapfrog Wales in the table, | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
but it is seven years since Scotland beat Wales. Keating is not | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
Scotland's strong point at the moment. The team is led by Kelly | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
Brown. They are enjoying the Cardiff Sunshine, looking like gladiators, | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
marching through the streets and down to the stadium today. That is | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
the last they will see of the Sun because the roof is closed. Warren | :02:26. | :02:33. | |
Gatland is wielding the axe. Adam Jones and Richard Hibbard have been | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
dropped. We don't always show you the top, -- the toss, but this man | :02:38. | :02:54. | |
here is a rather vigorous toss -- tosser. I am impressed that they | :02:55. | :03:02. | |
kept their hands behind their backs! Alongside me today is Andy | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
Nicol, the selling of a rather fabulous Williams Sam which, Shane | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
Williams and Martyn Williams. Wales has disappointed to some degree | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
throughout this tournament, fluctuating form and they have never | :03:18. | :03:26. | |
really hit the heights we expected. Have the other teams found at Warren | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
Gatland's tactics? It was a slow start against Italy, but it was a | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
win. It was a poor performance against Ireland, and their tactics | :03:36. | :03:45. | |
were found out by the Irish. The performance against England was not | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
clinical enough. The defence was slow in attack, and when they got | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
into the 22, Wales did not finish off. The patients was not there. | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
They will have to play better today gave -- today against the Scottish | :04:04. | :04:17. | |
side. Dougie Fife is a new cap. Yes, he is a player that has really | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
developed over the last couple of years, and he does a lot of gym | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
work, which is key, because it is such a physical game. He has a good | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
frame, but he is up against George North, what an introduction to | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
international road the! A bit late for Johnson to finally be settling | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
on this. He has messed around. There has been consistency in the backs, | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
but he has messed about with the forwards. The selection has | :04:47. | :04:55. | |
translated to better performances. A lot of the tries scored by Scotland | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
have been good interplay, and you only get that from good continuity, | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
while the forwards have been chop and change, although it seems he has | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
settled on this pack is the best date. Injury to Johnnie Beattie | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
aside. What about the talk of Wales and the deed and that the Lions tour | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
took it out of them? Sam Warburton went here anything of it, but he has | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
had some time out. I have mentioned in a few interviews, maybe they are | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
a bit fatigued. It is an emotional fatigue rather than physical | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
fatigue. It is the mental side of it. They have come up against | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
Ireland and England, two maximise you had more to prove collectively | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
and personally and they have been emotionally right on the edge, | :05:43. | :05:48. | |
whilst Wales maybe won't. He read them the riot act, Warren Gatland, | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
and got the performance he wanted against France. He has wielded the | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
axe again and let's hear about the changes he has made to today's | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
line-up. Six changes for today's game. You | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
have lost two thirds of your front row. What is your thinking? With a | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
six-day turnaround, we needed to freshen up a bit. Those players | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
coming off the bench, they have been making a great impact, and they | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
deserve an opportunity as well. It is not a bad thing to keep some | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
other players under a bit of Russia and it is good for us going | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
forward, especially those younger players who have not played much | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
rugby. It is a great opportunity for them. Than one survivor from last | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
week on the front row is Gethin Jenkins, who today becomes the most | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
capped Welsh player. That is some achievement. He is a great warrior, | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
he goes out there and give it 100% every time. He deserves all the | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
accolades that come his way. He has been great for Welsh rugby. 105 | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
caps. Pretty impressive. A great day for death in Jenkins. | :06:54. | :07:12. | |
Luke Charteris is back from injury, outstanding against France. He is a | :07:13. | :07:18. | |
long sign the -- he is alongside the engine, Alun Wyn Jones. | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
Halfbacks are always the talk of the town. Mike Phillips is back and he | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
will want to prove a point. Dan Biggar will take -- take over the | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
kicking duties. This is the 27th time these two have played together | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
in the centre. They are so important to Wales's defence. And the back | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
three full of power, pace, you name it, they have got it. They need to | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
be more clinical than they were at Twickenham. | :07:56. | :08:03. | |
It was some of mistakes made by some of those players, but we have come | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
to expect great performances against England, which I am sure gave them | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
plenty to think about in the last week. For Scotland, you would | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
imagine there is just one moment that is dominating their thoughts. | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
Scotland are now in with a chance! Interception! And it might be a try. | :08:23. | :08:39. | |
He is galloping down the pitch. A try for France. Wide? ! | :08:40. | :08:48. | |
How on earth did Scotland lose this game? | :08:49. | :08:56. | |
That was the 14 point try. That was the moment it went wrong for | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
Scotland and a seemingly managed to snatch defeat for the -- from the | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
jaws of victory. Another area that Scotland have got to improve on is | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
their discipline. We have seen too many penalties. You give away | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
possession, you give away territory. You will give away points as well. | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
Which is sort of D5 looking around this magnificent arena. What a place | :09:28. | :09:35. | |
to come and fill your boots. The roof is on, the atmosphere is | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
incredible. He won't forget this experience. He will be hoping to win | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
today. If Wales are thinking about the halfbacks, Scotland only has 57% | :09:47. | :09:54. | |
for their kicking in this tournament. Not good enough. It | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
seems to me that is the justification for Greig Laidlaw to | :09:59. | :10:07. | |
be in the team. 57% is not good enough as you say. There were a | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
couple of Mrs at the end last week, but the key moment was the | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
interception. I am sure they want to improve on their percentage today. | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
Wales have not had any problems with their kicks. Lee Halfpenny's 50 | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
metre efforts put them into which against England. He is not here | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
today. He is nursing his injured shoulder. Listen to the menu will | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
try to right the wrongs of Twickenham. | :10:39. | :10:53. | |
What a reception, as always. Six changes to the side who were beaten | :10:54. | :11:05. | |
at Twickenham. This crowd, it must be quite strange having a final day | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
when there is nothing other than pride. Yes, we got quite greedy over | :11:10. | :11:19. | |
the past few years. There is a lot to prove here today. We will hear | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
the anthems, and then we will hear the full set tones -- beta also | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
tones of our commentary team. Enjoy this. | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
# O Flower of Scotland. # When will we see your like again. # That | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
fought and died for. # Your wee bit hill and glen. | :11:45. | :11:53. | |
# That stood against him. # Proud Edward's army. ??$NEWLINE # | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
And sent him homeward. # Tae think again. | :11:59. | :12:08. | |
# Those days are past now. # And in the past they must remain. | :12:09. | :12:17. | |
# But we can still rise now. # And be the nation again. | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
# That stood against him. # Proud Edward's army. | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
# And sent him homeward. # Tae think again #. | :12:31. | :12:54. | |
# Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi. | :12:55. | :13:04. | |
# Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri. | :13:05. | :13:15. | |
# Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad. | :13:16. | :13:32. | |
# Dros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed. # Gwlad, gwlad. | :13:33. | :13:49. | |
# Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad. # Tra mor yn fur i'r bur hoff bau. | :13:50. | :14:00. | |
# O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau #. Wonderful! The answer in a song to | :14:01. | :14:25. | |
those who say this game is of little importance. Every match in the Six | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
Nations carries weight at -- and those few fly the flag and wear the | :14:31. | :14:37. | |
shirt. There is a hint of the future in the Wales front row today. Rhodri | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
Williams -- Rhodri Jones comes in, Gethin Jenkins hoping for a more | :14:45. | :14:45. | |
sympathetic referee at the scrum. Kicking duties go to Dan Biggar, who | :14:46. | :15:01. | |
forms a new pairing with Mike Phillips. Scotland lost Johnny | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
Beattie not log into their game against France, so it is Ryan Wilson | :15:06. | :15:10. | |
in his place. The same pact with Kelly Brown once again captain. Sean | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
Lamont's injury gives Max Evans a start. A first cap for Edinburgh's | :15:17. | :15:30. | |
Dougie Fife. Flanker Alasdair Strokosch returns to Scotland's | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
reserves. The referee is from France, Jerome Garces, and he waits | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
and the crowd waits. Just waiting for instruction from | :15:41. | :15:53. | |
that man, Owen Wilson. He gives the final instruction... There we go, we | :15:54. | :16:07. | |
are ready. The final match in the 2014 RBS Six Nations for Wales and | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
for Scotland. We hope for a classic. There have often been many, many | :16:14. | :16:20. | |
tries in this match. Some great, great Wales - Scotland games, | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
complemented by the French referee. There is an amazing atmosphere in | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
the city centre, a lot of Scottish, everyone hoping for a great game. | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
Liam Williams, a replacement for Halfpenny, big shoes to fill. That | :16:38. | :16:49. | |
was just on the edge of the range. There was a debate last week with | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
the penalties whether to kick them in the corner or go for the line, | :16:54. | :16:56. | |
try to win a penalty close to the post. That is what Duncan Weir is | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
going to do. The surface is a lot better, I would have thought they | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
might have had a go at that. A good kick to touch, though, very close to | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
the Welsh try-line. Back in his old stomping ground, former Wales | :17:13. | :17:24. | |
captain. Insider knowledge. Scotland's line-out was a mess in | :17:25. | :17:27. | |
the early gains in the championship. It has improved a great deal. | :17:28. | :17:36. | |
Cuthbert isn't often outmuscled, but he felt that one. Scotland with the | :17:37. | :18:48. | |
early possession. The referee giving advantage to Scotland, and the | :18:49. | :18:53. | |
penalty is there now. Offside? A bright start by Scotland. It is, but | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
Wales are quick on their feet in defence. They have taken a bit of | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
criticism and are making a low tackle, popping up onto their feet. | :19:04. | :19:06. | |
Scotland keeping the possession, David Denton did well, and Scotland | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
have a penalty that Greig Laidlaw will take on. This is the offside. | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
Toby Faletau, I think. Giving a final, anxious watch, Greig | :19:21. | :19:52. | |
Laidlaw, but it is good. He cleared the crossbar by a good 20, 30 yards. | :19:53. | :20:02. | |
The ground was poor last week at Murrayfield for the standing leg. | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
This week will be different. Dan Biggar with the restart for Wales. | :20:09. | :20:42. | |
After gaining those three point it was important to take the kick off | :20:43. | :21:07. | |
well. I think it is a good option, Stuart Hogg gives Duncan Weir a | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
little bit more time. Charteris is under pressure at the front but got | :21:13. | :21:13. | |
the ball for Wales. Pressure on Mike Phillips. They have | :21:14. | :21:32. | |
got to get away. Plenty of time to get the ball away, close him down | :21:33. | :21:40. | |
quickly. Almost looked as if they did not know who he was passing too. | :21:41. | :21:50. | |
What a contrast in the two scrum half today, a difference in stature | :21:51. | :22:00. | |
and the things they offer. Expecting a game from Mike Phillips today. He | :22:01. | :22:08. | |
is in need, big player for Wales, carries the ball exceptionally well. | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
The first scrum of the day, the first attempt goes down. | :22:14. | :22:22. | |
Geoff Cross getting a talking to. I have been impressed since he came on | :22:23. | :22:30. | |
against Italy. He has not started regularly at Edinburgh. The noise | :22:31. | :22:39. | |
now for Wales. The first time I think they have had the ball. First | :22:40. | :22:44. | |
opportunity. Penalty, Wales, is the decision. A good fine early on for | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
Wales. Leigh Halfpenny is not playing, but Dan Biggar is a very | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
confident kicker. Gethin Jenkins has been given a | :22:56. | :23:12. | |
harsh interpretation of the scrum last week. | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
Wales have just about the same attacking position that Scotland had | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
a few minutes ago. He did not want to give it back! | :23:31. | :24:25. | |
The Scottish defence have done well so far. They have numbered up well, | :24:26. | :24:32. | |
more defenders than attackers. Wales looking for the first try. Advantage | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
to Wales as well. Wales will still have the penalty. Even knowing they | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
had that, perhaps there should have been more. There is an injury doubt, | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
I can't see who is down but a Scottish jersey on the ground. | :24:49. | :24:53. | |
Valiant effort by Kelly Brown, he put his body on the line. They got | :24:54. | :25:01. | |
the penalty so they went for a try, but the idea was good, and execution | :25:02. | :25:10. | |
poor. The difference is when Wales carried the ball they win the | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
contact and get over the gain line, whereas Scotland are struggling to | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
do that so far. That is exactly what I was going to say. A lot has been | :25:20. | :25:27. | |
made about how Wales play, would there be a change? Battles a | :25:28. | :25:31. | |
blueprint of how Wales play with that power. He looked shaky here, | :25:32. | :25:35. | |
Kelly Brown. Alasdair Strokosch is waiting. If he had a bang on the | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
head he would have to go off and get assessed. That is the correct | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
procedure these days. They assess him on the touchline and if they | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
think he is OK to get back, he will be allowed back. If not, | :25:51. | :25:53. | |
substitution will be made, which I think is a very good idea. A lot of | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
head injuries in this tough game. You have to be very sensible about | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
it. Dan Biggar looks to poke over the kick, which he does, and draws | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
Wales level. Kelly Brown off, he will be assessed, and if Alasdair | :26:13. | :26:15. | |
Strokosch stays on them Scotland really now without a scrap at the | :26:16. | :26:25. | |
front. Oh, it was a knee in the head. Accidental, but it would have | :26:26. | :26:26. | |
hurt, nonetheless. Alun Wyn Jones takes the restart. | :26:27. | :26:51. | |
Phillips sends it on. Just a bit too far a game, no pressure on him. | :26:52. | :27:07. | |
It may well be an open game today. A slip from Taylor PayPal et al, the | :27:08. | :27:16. | |
pitch not quite the firmest. -- a slip from ten Lupe al et al. | :27:17. | :27:50. | |
Penalty to Scotland as well. Holding onto the ball in the tackle once | :27:51. | :27:59. | |
again. I wasn't sure if that was the right option. A kick, charged down. | :28:00. | :28:12. | |
Scrappy, isn't it? You often try to get your big players, goat or list | :28:13. | :28:15. | |
players, to put pressure on the scrum half. Hands up, hits him in | :28:16. | :28:24. | |
the forehead! From that, Wales try to play out. Sometimes after a | :28:25. | :28:28. | |
mistake, you don't want another mistake. | :28:29. | :28:36. | |
I think we have seen from the last passage of play the kind of game | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
that we are going to have all stopped I think it is going to be | :28:42. | :28:46. | |
quite open. Not quite saying it is end of season madness but there is | :28:47. | :28:50. | |
certainly an ambition from both sides to play rugby today. | :28:51. | :29:01. | |
A tough kick from Laidlaw, tried to come round but did not quite dead. | :29:02. | :29:10. | |
What can you do? At this level, not one of the toughest kicks. He will | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
be disappointed. Not his greatest strike, to be honest. It did not | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
sound particularly good. A lovely day outside. It would be great to | :29:23. | :29:28. | |
have that sunshine flooding in on the field. The line-out was too long | :29:29. | :29:32. | |
from Lawson, Phillips has it. Scotland's line-out not quite | :29:33. | :29:40. | |
functioning in the early stages. I think that is a penalty. He was | :29:41. | :30:11. | |
isolated. He had absolutely no chance. Still advantage to Wales. | :30:12. | :30:24. | |
Alun Wyn Jones, not only did he make the tackle, he got back on his feet | :30:25. | :30:37. | |
and win the penalty. That is the difference. Last week, they weren't | :30:38. | :30:44. | |
releasing the tackle before they got back to their feet. Alun Wyn Jones | :30:45. | :30:50. | |
did that particularly well there. A touch from Dan Biggar gives Wales | :30:51. | :30:51. | |
the line-out. A good attack from the 22. They have | :30:52. | :31:06. | |
got numbers around the ball. Look how slow they are to react. It is | :31:07. | :31:11. | |
left to the scrum-half to try to clean up the ruck. It is a mismatch | :31:12. | :31:16. | |
against Dan Lydiate and Wales get the ball back. A good clean | :31:17. | :31:18. | |
line-out. Ken Owens is so often a replacement | :31:19. | :31:32. | |
hooker, but here he gets a start. They are only five metres from the | :31:33. | :31:57. | |
Scottish line. The forwards are doing their bit. Closer and closer, | :31:58. | :32:05. | |
three metres out. And the noise grows inside the Millennium | :32:06. | :32:09. | |
Stadium! Ken Owens just had to pause to take that, and he was hit by | :32:10. | :32:10. | |
Geoff Cross. The try came from the man replacing | :32:11. | :32:35. | |
Leigh Halfpenny. Liam Williams. Very good ball carrying by all the Welsh | :32:36. | :32:42. | |
players. Eventually, they had the numbers on the right-hand side. | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
Great finish, easy give an state, and a simple try for Liam Williams | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
in the left corner, as Wales look at it. But it was all about the | :32:52. | :32:55. | |
powerful running. Just watch. This is the end. No options. That is the | :32:56. | :33:03. | |
problem. You have Greig Laidlaw defending on the wing. He has got to | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
stay out. It is a beautiful dive. Just a result of so many phases. | :33:10. | :33:17. | |
Duncan Weir has made more tackles than any other Scottish player. He | :33:18. | :33:27. | |
is in for a big afternoon. Dan Biggar has landed a penalty. Very | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
tricky conversion. He is a right footer. Beautiful kick. A great, | :33:35. | :33:45. | |
great kick. He has composure, he has controlled, and you can feel that. | :33:46. | :33:51. | |
The placement has been a lot better. This is the finish. But Greig | :33:52. | :33:58. | |
Laidlaw, he was short, but if you are coming in, you have to go for | :33:59. | :34:02. | |
the ball, or you stay out. You can't come halfway. The joyous celebration | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
of a man scoring his first international try, Liam Williams. | :34:09. | :34:40. | |
Has he directed the kick well? Yes, very well indeed. | :34:41. | :34:54. | |
That is Martyn Williams! No, he has got more hair than that. | :34:55. | :35:09. | |
Wales are only five metres from the line. Phillips will take it upon | :35:10. | :35:24. | |
himself to clear. A very good kick from there. | :35:25. | :35:37. | |
A well paced start to this match. It has been lively. Scotland's last | :35:38. | :35:46. | |
line-out on their own ball went wrong. This one is straight through. | :35:47. | :35:54. | |
There is a first touch for Dougie Fife. He has done well to keep it | :35:55. | :36:56. | |
in. The Wales defence are doing very well at the moment. They are smartly | :36:57. | :36:57. | |
up in a line. Scotland somehow managed to get that | :36:58. | :37:09. | |
back. That ends in Scotland's attack. | :37:10. | :37:23. | |
Exactly what we said in the first half. They are trying to be more | :37:24. | :37:26. | |
creative than me has been and they have had the ball a lot, but they | :37:27. | :37:30. | |
are not winning that contact area. This is the turnover. They are | :37:31. | :37:34. | |
trying to do the off-load, but both sides are reading the off-loaded | :37:35. | :37:35. | |
very well. There is the forward pass. We used | :37:36. | :37:56. | |
to say, as coaches, make sure you cite the off-load before you make | :37:57. | :37:57. | |
it. Haven't been too many scrums yet. | :37:58. | :38:12. | |
What is the decision? Penalty to Wales. Two scrums, two penalties to | :38:13. | :38:14. | |
Wales. The referee is saying that they were | :38:15. | :38:35. | |
simply walking around. Thanks, Andrew! | :38:36. | :38:39. | |
Good kick from Dan Biggar. Played deep into the Scottish half. Dan | :38:40. | :38:51. | |
Biggar has started the game well, and already he has cut the options | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
at the line-out here. He has but Dan Lydiate inside. He is controlling | :38:57. | :39:03. | |
things as well. A good opening 20 minutes. Mike Phillips is at the | :39:04. | :39:04. | |
front of the line-out. He just lost his footing there. You | :39:05. | :39:31. | |
have just got to place the off-load with patients and clear out. A good | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
few turnovers in this match man's Stuart Hogg takes away the | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
advantage. Liam Williams hazard. That is a late hit there. It all | :39:45. | :39:51. | |
depends. It is definitely yellow, but let the... After ten minutes, | :39:52. | :40:02. | |
Stuart Hogg chasing down his own kick, and the ball well away when he | :40:03. | :40:08. | |
did his deeds. We saw the incident, but it was not a close-up. | :40:09. | :40:20. | |
He's very, very lucky that that is not a red card. That is a red card | :40:21. | :40:35. | |
offence. That is a very bad tackle. Dan Biggar recovers from that | :40:36. | :40:39. | |
unfortunate tackle. Yellow tones to read. They have looked at the replay | :40:40. | :40:43. | |
and it is a red card. The referee has looked at the screen and said, | :40:44. | :40:48. | |
that is the wrong decision. Stuart Hogg, Scotland's greatest talent, is | :40:49. | :40:54. | |
sent off. That is the first time I have ever seen that. Me as well. I | :40:55. | :41:07. | |
thought it was retrospective. He will be so disappointed with that. | :41:08. | :41:10. | |
It is a split-second thing, but he knows what he's doing. He is not a | :41:11. | :41:16. | |
dirty player, Stuart Hogg, but he had time to pull out of that. He | :41:17. | :41:20. | |
could have dropped his shoulder. But he levelled the shoulder, and I have | :41:21. | :41:24. | |
to say, that is a clear red card, and the right decision by the | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
referee. A brave decision. That is now going to cause huge problems for | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
Scotland. They have got 60 minutes to go with one man short. | :41:38. | :41:43. | |
Historically, not an unclean player at all, and that was madness. Very, | :41:44. | :41:48. | |
very difficult for his team-mates now. But Dan Biggar is back and | :41:49. | :42:00. | |
ready to kick. And a great response. That is what you want. You get | :42:01. | :42:05. | |
nearly sparked out, you get it and you kick a 45 metre penalty. You do | :42:06. | :42:10. | |
not roll on the floor, you get up and take the shot. And an | :42:11. | :42:13. | |
interesting point from Dougie Fife winning his first cap, he will have | :42:14. | :42:22. | |
to be 60 minutes without Stuart Hogg. Looking at it from that angle, | :42:23. | :42:29. | |
I don't think Stuart Hogg can have any complaints. | :42:30. | :42:36. | |
Even the Welsh love watching him he is a great talent. He just lost his | :42:37. | :42:43. | |
head in that moment. There is study five with 14 on his | :42:44. | :43:02. | |
back. Dan Biggar is completely in control and calls for the mark. | :43:03. | :43:16. | |
The crowd thinks that line-out was forward, and all swinging the way of | :43:17. | :43:21. | |
Wales here. If there was one player who could | :43:22. | :43:47. | |
create something for Scotland, now he is off. You just can't do that. | :43:48. | :44:08. | |
The back two will have a lot of ground to cover. They are always | :44:09. | :44:20. | |
watching for where Dougie Fife is, or Max Evans. Yes, and it is good | :44:21. | :44:24. | |
that Greig Laidlaw is on the field. He can cover, but Max Evans has to | :44:25. | :44:32. | |
come up to cover that space. There is no-one behind. You have to be | :44:33. | :44:38. | |
patient, don't rush to try to attack that space. A lot of people watching | :44:39. | :44:45. | |
will think this is a great shame, because the odds are now that Wales | :44:46. | :44:48. | |
will run away with this. Duncan Weir going for the corner, it | :44:49. | :45:35. | |
is a good kick. He has mature as the Championship has gone on. When you | :45:36. | :45:45. | |
are a man down, that is a tactic to employ, go for the corner. We are | :45:46. | :45:56. | |
hearing with Kelly Brown, it is a concussion, so the captain is off. | :45:57. | :46:35. | |
A penalty, illegally scooped back and so Scotland with a chance to get | :46:36. | :46:42. | |
three points. Greig Laidlaw is a wily old box, | :46:43. | :47:13. | |
taking his time, having a drink. If they can put the penalty over, it | :47:14. | :47:16. | |
helps close the school board a little bit. -- close the scoreboard. | :47:17. | :47:31. | |
Did he turn it too much? You can miss those kicks. At international | :47:32. | :47:42. | |
level, you cannot miss those kicks. You have got to mail them. Just | :47:43. | :47:51. | |
about half an hour gone, Wales ten points to the good, a man up as | :47:52. | :47:52. | |
well. Scotland are a man down in the | :47:53. | :48:16. | |
backs, of course. A penalty against Scotland. Didn't release, I think it | :48:17. | :48:24. | |
is. Scotland have got to be careful now on the turnover. It could be | :48:25. | :48:29. | |
very costly for them because of the lack of numbers in the back three. | :48:30. | :48:44. | |
Blocking the player, sorry, not the release. Scotland have got to try to | :48:45. | :48:56. | |
get over the line now. We have seen something today, the novelty of a | :48:57. | :49:04. | |
player who was yellow carded and then got turned into a red after the | :49:05. | :49:07. | |
referee watch the video screen. That was the first. | :49:08. | :49:22. | |
Good play from the 14 men of Scotland. | :49:23. | :49:34. | |
They have to take a catch and drive now, they are a number short. | :49:35. | :50:04. | |
Let's get thoughts from Martyn Williams. I have been very impressed | :50:05. | :50:11. | |
with Wales today, the speed and pressure they have put on Scotland. | :50:12. | :50:18. | |
Look at the work of Alun Wyn Jones here. Put pressure on Stuart Hogg, | :50:19. | :50:27. | |
forces the kick. A penalty to Wales this time. On Martyn Williams' | :50:28. | :50:36. | |
explanation, Laidlaw was there, then he passed on to Stuart Hogg, which | :50:37. | :50:41. | |
gives the defence more time to put pressure on the second ball-carrier | :50:42. | :50:45. | |
and to compound that he gets himself sent off. | :50:46. | :50:59. | |
His feet were still in the field of play. If the ball crosses the part | :51:00. | :51:03. | |
of the line, it is in touch. Great commitment from Denton to | :51:04. | :51:19. | |
fight for his side's cause. They will need a good bitter fight for | :51:20. | :51:28. | |
the remainder of this match. Kelly Brown, he had concussion, that is | :51:29. | :51:32. | |
the reason he is off. What a try for Wales ! What a take, | :51:33. | :52:05. | |
and then the off-load, it could kick from Duncan Weir. The support | :52:06. | :52:15. | |
runners came, George North finished it off. That is a great try, I have | :52:16. | :52:28. | |
to say. What a take this is. That tackle had to be made, Alex Dunbar. | :52:29. | :52:38. | |
We will have another look at that in a moment. Dan Biggar, | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
straightforward, two points, takes Wales to 20. | :52:46. | :52:57. | |
That is the costly tackle. He goes to ground, what am off-load that is. | :52:58. | :53:06. | |
Great support. I have to say, I would not have fancied being in | :53:07. | :53:09. | |
David Denton's shoes there, absolutely no chance with George | :53:10. | :53:13. | |
North steaming at him. This is a reaction. What a try. Liam | :53:14. | :53:19. | |
Williams, fantastic take and then the off-load, finished off by George | :53:20. | :53:26. | |
North. It big six minutes for Scotland now. They have got to hang | :53:27. | :53:30. | |
on for this, just before half-time, regroup. Dan Biggar with the | :53:31. | :53:34. | |
clearing kicks, a long slump. He is working hard, David Denton. | :53:35. | :53:54. | |
You cannot do that, you cannot do that now. Here goes George North | :53:55. | :53:59. | |
once again! Listen to the crowd as he gets going and Wales get... | :54:00. | :54:07. | |
Phillips again. That was great by Laidlaw. Into the final five | :54:08. | :54:15. | |
minutes. Max Evans could not quite get away. | :54:16. | :54:47. | |
The dreaded miss pass again. The ball is there, though, for Wales. | :54:48. | :55:01. | |
The tactics books are being torn up in front of our eyes! There is one | :55:02. | :55:07. | |
player on the left-hand side for Scotland. They have regrouped, but | :55:08. | :55:10. | |
they are still on. Will it be a try? Got to go back, he | :55:11. | :55:31. | |
is offside. I thought he was offside. He is going to go back and | :55:32. | :55:41. | |
check it. It looked to me as if Toby Faletau was just ahead. | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
REFEREE: Can you check the number eight rate is on-site or off-site? | :55:49. | :56:02. | |
Checking for off-site? Graham Hughes is the TMO. We will | :56:03. | :56:07. | |
get a view of it here. He is offside. That will not be a try. The | :56:08. | :56:19. | |
crowd have seen that now. Yes, he is offside. No try. | :56:20. | :56:33. | |
The referee Jerome Garces underlying his decision. What Scotland have to | :56:34. | :56:52. | |
do now is keep possession. If they keep loosely Wales will | :56:53. | :56:55. | |
counterattack. They have got the extra man. It is going to be a | :56:56. | :57:00. | |
difficult response unless they can try to hold possession, which is | :57:01. | :57:08. | |
difficult for them. This was the celebration which should never have | :57:09. | :57:09. | |
been. Still a very handsome lead indeed | :57:10. | :57:28. | |
for Wales now. A man up. If you are just joining us, Scotland without | :57:29. | :57:31. | |
Stuart Hogg, sent off, a rare in rugby. | :57:32. | :57:50. | |
Just a couple of minutes remaining in this first half. Rhodri Jones | :57:51. | :57:55. | |
taking his chance today. Wales do now have their try! Wales | :57:56. | :58:15. | |
cutting loose in this championship of drought and thirst. They are | :58:16. | :58:21. | |
drinking their fill. What a way to finish the first half. A wonderful | :58:22. | :58:32. | |
pass out to Jonathan Davies. All comes from a poor line-out. That is | :58:33. | :58:41. | |
a great ball by Jamie Roberts. Get past Dougie Fife, stays in the | :58:42. | :58:44. | |
touchline, great off-load as well, but support. -- great support. A | :58:45. | :58:59. | |
Bally and attempt by Dunbar. Both of the tries have come from bursts down | :59:00. | :59:11. | |
the left-hand side. Stuart Hogg obviously isn't there. He cannot | :59:12. | :59:13. | |
close it down from the changing room! Conversion attempt by Dan | :59:14. | :59:17. | |
Biggar. Of the posts, but through, and an | :59:18. | :59:28. | |
extra two points. The referee looking at his watch and he says, | :59:29. | :59:33. | |
that is half-time. It is the biggest win ever for -- the half-time score | :59:34. | :59:50. | |
here is 27-3 to Wales. It felt like there was a pivotal | :59:51. | :59:54. | |
moment when things really changed for Scotland. They say size matters | :59:55. | :59:59. | |
in rugby, don't they? Stuart Hogg is the man I am talking about, a | :00:00. | :00:04. | |
sending-off, not before Dan Biggar had let his route to shine. It was | :00:05. | :00:11. | |
all even Stevens until the incident where Stuart Hogg, here it is, | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
clashes into Dan Biggar. He gets a yellow, then a red, now he is off | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
for the rest of the game. Things now seem less even, Wales opening up, | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
stretching out, scoring tries. North, Roberts, all over the line | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
and the school stretched to 27-3 but the statistics do not necessarily | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
tell back tail, it is all quite even, really. | :00:37. | :00:58. | |
Scott Johnson will try to restore some kind of balance, some semblance | :00:59. | :01:05. | |
of a game plan for a team down to 14 men. It was almost like a Harlem | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
Globetrotters ten minutes, when Wales opened up space anywhere they | :01:12. | :01:13. | |
could find it. Wales have got some very good | :01:14. | :01:20. | |
players. When you are down to 14 men, you need to make sure you do it | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
right and try to control the ball, however difficult it is with the | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
numerical disadvantage. It was a massive issue, the red card. It was | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
the pivotal thing, and when it happened, I thought it was bad, it | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
was yellow. The referee saw that as a yellow, gave it as a yellow to | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
start with, but when it was shown at the replay in the stadium, Jerome | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
Garces looked at it, and it is the fact that Stuart Hogg catches Dan | :01:52. | :02:01. | |
Biggar in the face. Slow motion makes things look more obvious than | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
they were. Stuart Hogg left his feet and junk in the air. A definite red | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
card. If it was shoulder to shoulder, it would just be a | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
yellow, but he has made dangerous contact. Stuart Hogg is not a dirty | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
player. It is a rush of blood which has put his team in terrible terms. | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
Wales have exploited that numerical advantage for the rest of that first | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
half. Only the third ever red card for Scotland, and two of them have | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
been here. Stuart Hogg has the ability to change game. He has left | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
a big app behind in the Scottish defence. Scottish are also dropping | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
dent in to help the wingers, which means they are missing in the | :02:49. | :03:00. | |
defence as well. Wales to look dangerous. We have seen three tries | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
so far and they are playing with a smile on their face, which is | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
dangerous. Even before that, Wales's first try of the game was | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
scored. This is Wales playing their style. It sucks in the Scottish | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
defence. They are drawn into Dan Biggar. But Williams has been out on | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
the left wing waiting for it, and it was just the numbers. It was the | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
epitome of warring ball, if you can call it that. Scotland did not put | :03:32. | :03:39. | |
any pressure on the boys. Eventually, when you are that close | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
to the line, you are going to run out of numbers. We used to say, let | :03:43. | :03:52. | |
the fatties to all the work, and in the backs get all the tries. I would | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
have been there for that one! They are clinical, patient. They are | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
getting over the gain-line. The big boys are doing the hard work. | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
Sucking the men in and exposing that space. We are seeing some | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
contrasting kicks and the difference between Greig Laidlaw and Dan | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
Biggar. Dan Biggar -- Greig Laidlaw is usually a very good kicker with a | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
high percentage. You would expect him to get that. And when you are | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
faced with a situation that Scotland are faced with, you need to take all | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
these points. And here is the contrast. Dan Biggar nails it from | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
the touchline. You cannot underestimate what it is like for | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
the rest of the team. Nicky Kidd keeps missing the kicks and that | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
deflates them. You cannot blame conditions either, because the roof | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
is closed and it is also a glorious day outside. | :05:01. | :05:12. | |
George forces -- North is always there. You don't want to be the last | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
guy there to stop George North. Great support by the Welsh team. | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
They play with a smile on their face and they throw the ball around and | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
it is going to hand at the moment. And it was a libellous -- marvellous | :05:30. | :05:39. | |
take. Mike Phillips is brilliant at tackling the ball. The centres have | :05:40. | :05:47. | |
played 27 times together, so they know each other well and you would | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
expect them to link up. There is a synergy and an understanding there. | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
We thought live there must have been Faletau well in front. This was a | :05:56. | :06:05. | |
trifle Jonathan Davies, but Dave Edmunds at -- slipped. Good passing | :06:06. | :06:17. | |
out wide, but George North holds it. Dougie Fife just stumbles away and | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
doesn't make the tackle. By this stage, the floodgates were opening | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
and Scotland needed the half-time desperately, because they just need | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
to regroup. You have to give Wales a lot of credit, because sometimes | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
when a team goes down to 14 men, it can be difficult to play against | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
them. They have taken their chances and have been clinical. It could be | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
messy in the second half for Scotland, I'm afraid to say. If this | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
was the filler in a Championship sandwich, it was England who started | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
off today, wanting that win to stay in contention for the Championship | :06:56. | :06:57. | |
and needing to score tries. They did just that will stop let's have a | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
look. Dan Brown scores his third try of | :07:00. | :07:17. | |
the Six Nations Championship. That is more likely from England. It is | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
short, and over they go. Owen Farrell is right there, and he | :07:24. | :07:24. | |
touches down. Second try for Mike Brown, third try | :07:25. | :07:40. | |
for England, and the points are starting to build in the sunshine in | :07:41. | :07:42. | |
Rome. Goodness me, didn't he and his | :07:43. | :07:55. | |
team-mates enjoyed that one! Villa Polo goes over the line for | :07:56. | :08:19. | |
another England score. -- follow polar. | :08:20. | :08:33. | |
Chris Robshaw is over. It might just be too little too late. That | :08:34. | :08:45. | |
scoreline means that Ireland's need to beat France in Paris, but not by | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
any specific scoreline, to claim the Six Nations title. They have only | :08:51. | :08:59. | |
won once they're in 40 years. Brian O'Driscoll will be playing his final | :09:00. | :09:02. | |
game of International Rugby Board a two this afternoon. | :09:03. | :09:09. | |
I walked off the pitch today knowing that I would never walk off the | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
pitch again with the team, and that struck home. There are lots of | :09:17. | :09:18. | |
last! . There are lots of last!. Hopefully I can keep it all in check | :09:19. | :09:39. | |
and put objected in the most positive way. This is my opportunity | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
to win the medal. You can see more of that Brian O'Driscoll interview | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
in our build-up to the crucial France Ireland match on BBC One | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
straight after we finish here. What an afternoon in store. We still have | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
a half of rugby here, and Wales are rampant, but that will be a | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
fantastic match. What emotion it will be with Brian O'Driscoll | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
playing his last game offered cheap. He is just arriving at the Stade | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
Francais now. You have all been there, when you know that the end is | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
coming. This is potentially such a special occasion for him and for | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
Ireland. There is so much riding on this game. It is a Championship | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
decider and Brian deserves to go out on a high. It is a big game. I don't | :10:25. | :10:33. | |
know how France will perform at home, but if anyone deserves to go | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
out on a high, it is that man there, Brian O'Driscoll. Only after 140 | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
cats had he found anything interesting in the rugby programme! | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
It is all about him, anyway. It is a French programme, he is translating | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
as he reads. He's a brilliant man, a store bought, a trailblazer. He is a | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
team man as well, and more than anything he would love to a trophy | :11:00. | :11:08. | |
under his belt. Dossier Driscoll partnership, they have some more | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
caps to go before they reach that level of understanding that those | :11:13. | :11:15. | |
guys had in those green shirts, but let's turn our attention back here. | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
Princess and is not always make the away trips. She has come out to see | :11:21. | :11:31. | |
Scotland, hopefully. She is the patron of the Scottish would union. | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
-- Scottish Rugby Union. We rejoin our holy Trinity of commentary on | :11:40. | :11:41. | |
the pitch. Euan Murray is on the Scotland. He | :11:42. | :12:00. | |
was not in the Scotland squad early on in this Championship. He just | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
about chopped his finger off at a barbecue. An old school Scott would | :12:05. | :12:11. | |
have held it on the barbecue and said, more meat! Put it in a big | :12:12. | :12:13. | |
Eck! -- in a bag yet. It is a long and hard 40 minutes | :12:14. | :12:28. | |
coming for Scotland's and Wales. Is an opportunity for Scotland to show | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
some fight. They have got 40 minutes of staring down the barrel. Last 40 | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
minutes for Scott Johnson in charge as well. | :12:39. | :12:48. | |
Duncan Weir gets as I will -- gets us under again. | :12:49. | :13:02. | |
Dan Biggar, a very impressive first half. He has that controlling | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
influence, Dan Biggar, I have to say. A wonderful Gaelic football | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
take there. A penalty to Wales. Worst start | :13:14. | :13:41. | |
possible for Scotland. Wales will be running up the second-half as well. | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
George North for the try. It comes so early in second half. And | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
Scotland are in all sorts of trouble, and Wales are running them | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
in from everywhere. This is now all a matter of pride for Scotland. They | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
have to roll their sleeves up, get stuck in. They don't number up | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
quickly enough. They run around, and it is simple. They don't shuffle | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
across. You have got to Macon one there. They leave themselves with | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
too much to do. That is where the fullback comes up | :14:16. | :14:24. | |
and closes. It takes the last man. Quick thinking from Mike Phillips as | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
well and a wonderful pass from Gethin Jenkins. George North is | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
going to finish those all day long. The Scottish defence have to work a | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
lot harder now. When that try was scored, a lot of them were walking | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
back with their heads down. Once the penalty is given, you can't hide on | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
the short side. It is a long day at the office for them, but they have | :14:49. | :14:51. | |
to respond positively and work harder than they have ever worked, | :14:52. | :15:01. | |
or this will be a drubbing. Dan Biggar, a good site for the right | :15:02. | :15:03. | |
foot again. We are already in the record win | :15:04. | :15:12. | |
territory for Wales. 24 points was the biggest margin in 2005, and | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
29-3, the biggest win in Cardiff. The Welsh pack of working really, | :15:17. | :15:30. | |
really hard. Scotland have got to get the basics | :15:31. | :16:03. | |
right. Keep possession as long as they possibly can. If you have got | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
possession, you are in control of the game a little bit. Two dragons. | :16:08. | :17:02. | |
It can be only pride now driving Scotland on. They could be on the | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
end of a very serious eating here. Scotland going through a power of | :17:10. | :17:30. | |
working but not really breaching the gain line. In fact, they are being | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
forced back at the moment. 15 phases and still just knocking. | :17:35. | :18:06. | |
They are very narrow as well, now, Scotland, unfortunately, so it is | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
easier for Wales to defend. You have to keep the ball. The ball goes | :18:14. | :18:26. | |
loose and... The 18th phase. It is energy sapping for both sides. | :18:27. | :18:33. | |
Credit to Scotland, they kept the ball there for about three minutes, | :18:34. | :18:36. | |
did not make a lot of ground but have imposed themselves in the | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
second half. As hard as it is to watch for a Scottish man, that is | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
what they have to do. Scotland changing two of their front row, | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
Ryan Grant and Scott Lawson heading off. The worrying aspect for | :18:56. | :19:08. | |
Scotland, the two most creative back players are still on the Welsh | :19:09. | :19:09. | |
bench, and Justin Tipuric. Duncan Weir will put this as close | :19:10. | :19:56. | |
to the Welsh line as possible. What will they be saying in the huddle | :19:57. | :20:03. | |
bed just now? It will just be, what is the best thing to do? They have | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
to keep the ball, they have to have their hands on the ball. Catch and | :20:09. | :20:16. | |
drive, take it around the edge. Denton has been impressive, he will | :20:17. | :20:18. | |
always give everything. That is the one thing you cannot do. | :20:19. | :20:32. | |
A hover show for Scotland at the moment. -- a horror show. | :20:33. | :20:46. | |
A try again, the length of the Millennium Stadium page! Wales have | :20:47. | :20:54. | |
another try! That is an absolutely magnificent try! Again, coming from | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
a Scottish mistake for the line-out. A great drive by Warburton but now | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
the confidence oozing from the Welsh backline. Overthrow from board, | :21:05. | :21:15. | |
Warburton charges it up, the Scottish defenders are scuttling | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
back. Great width in the passing, acceleration from Williams. Does the | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
right thing, a magnificent off-load once again. Faletau, they all there | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
now. Even Ken Owens, the hooker, is there. Another magnificent off-load, | :21:30. | :21:40. | |
and a great try. Conversion from Dan Biggar and Wales near enough to 40 | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
points. A horror show for him in his final match. Without that fullback, | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
it opens up space. Too watery of the Welsh guys can score that. He fought | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
hard, he is fighting his course. If there is anything that is going | :21:59. | :22:23. | |
wrong for Scotland, it is at the moment. Shane Williams, what do you | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
make of it? Liam Williams had a big job to do today. He has been superb. | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
Defensively he has not let Wales down, he has not missed a tackle. A | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
great off-load there. He has been very impressive. More from him, I | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
think. He has added a lot to the Welsh | :22:47. | :22:58. | |
attack. Leigh Halfpenny has been exceptional. | :22:59. | :24:22. | |
Wales ever so close to the Scottish try-line again. Scotland did well to | :24:23. | :24:31. | |
slow the ball down. More pressure coming on Scotland here. | :24:32. | :24:45. | |
Dan Biggar does manage the game exceptionally well. Alun Wyn Jones | :24:46. | :24:59. | |
still receiving treatment. 14 against 14 at the moment but | :25:00. | :25:02. | |
Jonathan Davies gets the ball to George North. What can he make of | :25:03. | :25:03. | |
this? Wales showing no mercy to Scotland | :25:04. | :25:23. | |
here. The roof is closed but it rains | :25:24. | :25:39. | |
tries at the Millennium Stadium, Wales racing past 40 points. This is | :25:40. | :25:46. | |
too easy now. Even with a man short. You cannot fall off tackles, | :25:47. | :25:50. | |
you cannot allow floats, and that is what is happening. Warburton comes | :25:51. | :25:59. | |
in, there is an off-load, another flood, and then there is the extra | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
man, the second row. Absolutely no chance. | :26:04. | :26:15. | |
Only 52 minutes gone, that is the worst part of it. Yeah, a man down | :26:16. | :26:29. | |
in defensive -- the defensive coach will always say try to slow the ball | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
down, get yourself a chance to get back in the defensive line. If you | :26:36. | :26:44. | |
are low in the middle of the field, you cannot allow the off-load is | :26:45. | :26:46. | |
because you will be short on the outside. Denied by the post on this | :26:47. | :26:56. | |
occasion. Small mercy for Scotland. Wales lead 44-3. That is a great | :26:57. | :27:05. | |
off-load as well. Cuthbert knew the space was outside. | :27:06. | :27:21. | |
Justin Tipuric is on. A couple of other substitution as well. Dan | :27:22. | :27:40. | |
Lydiate off, Tipuric is on. He will enjoy this game. This is right up | :27:41. | :27:44. | |
his street. Also Rhodri Williams as well. He is very quick. The game | :27:45. | :27:52. | |
will suit him as well. Rhys Priestland and James Hook waiting to | :27:53. | :27:58. | |
come on. Jim Hamilton from Scotland is off, Tim Swinson on for him. | :27:59. | :28:16. | |
The Scottish scrum in a very good position, they have got the | :28:17. | :28:23. | |
advantage, penalty coming. Maybe there will just take the scrum | :28:24. | :28:24. | |
again. Why not? So, Scotland do take the | :28:25. | :28:36. | |
scrum. They are looking for crumbs. Still a great noise inside the | :28:37. | :29:03. | |
Millennium Stadium. What a dark day for his final day as | :29:04. | :29:21. | |
Scotland coach. How will Stuart Hogg be feeling? | :29:22. | :29:54. | |
Scotland are a man short, 41 points down on the scoreboard. A good scrum | :29:55. | :30:01. | |
again from Scotland, though, and the advantage again, penalty again. | :30:02. | :30:06. | |
Denton picks up. As the ball goes loose, there will come back for the | :30:07. | :30:10. | |
penalty. Two penalties from two good scrum is for Scotland. And | :30:11. | :30:18. | |
opportunity, especially near the 22, but that one man short, the | :30:19. | :30:21. | |
advantage is not there. Rhodri Jones is getting a talking to | :30:22. | :30:47. | |
there. Even before this scrum, changes were being made, and here | :30:48. | :30:53. | |
they come. A bit noisy inside the Millennium Stadium. Here comes the | :30:54. | :31:01. | |
replacements. Adam Jones for Rhodri Jones and Paul James for Gethin | :31:02. | :31:09. | |
Jenkins. Fantastic effort, Gethin Jenkins, the most capped Welsh man | :31:10. | :31:15. | |
ever. What a servant he has been to Welsh rugby. He is one of the | :31:16. | :31:17. | |
all-time greats. A day for legends. Such an entertaining game. The last | :31:18. | :31:42. | |
few minutes have been in a scrum. It must be hard to go straight into a | :31:43. | :31:47. | |
scrum. For all the talent and strength and ability they have they | :31:48. | :31:52. | |
have to switch straight into the game, into the heat of the moment. | :31:53. | :31:54. | |
There was the position. About 20 minutes to go. What are we | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
waiting for now? The referee has said he wants | :32:01. | :32:22. | |
stability. This is taken as nearly four minutes now, this scrum. | :32:23. | :32:33. | |
The cargo across the field. He will be picked off easily. | :32:34. | :33:39. | |
The biggest decision for them is what is going to run the clock down. | :33:40. | :33:46. | |
They will try for the line-out. It is important for the Scotland to | :33:47. | :34:07. | |
get this one right. The last Welsh try came from this position. They | :34:08. | :34:08. | |
have to get this right. Denton took it well with his right | :34:09. | :34:21. | |
hand. Those are the things they have to focus on, to keep the ball away. | :34:22. | :34:29. | |
They are on their own line now. That was a fantastic take. Such an | :34:30. | :34:30. | |
athletic take. And then they spoil it all with that | :34:31. | :34:44. | |
pass. Denton was almost put on the bench for the Italian fixture, but | :34:45. | :34:48. | |
he comes back with big performances every time. A scrum there, but | :34:49. | :34:55. | |
Wales's ball this time. Rhodri Williams is getting ready to feed. | :34:56. | :35:08. | |
If the mark is here, stay your feet here. The game really does slow down | :35:09. | :35:20. | |
with the scrums. We are into the final quarter. | :35:21. | :35:29. | |
They had the overlap. Even on their own, one drive is taken in. On comes | :35:30. | :36:05. | |
Chris Cussiter for Greig Laidlaw, scrum-half. Cusiter will take the | :36:06. | :36:15. | |
captain's seat. He has had a frustrating Six Nations, Chris | :36:16. | :36:18. | |
Cussiter. Yes, they are both good players. Greig Laidlaw is making way | :36:19. | :36:27. | |
for Chris Cussiter. He is a terrier. He will give everything he has in | :36:28. | :36:30. | |
this 20 minutes to make Scotland successful. | :36:31. | :36:42. | |
He is disrobed, but Scotland still has it! | :36:43. | :36:50. | |
Great play by Scotland. Very good play. Denton, then Dunbar. Dan | :36:51. | :37:03. | |
Biggar took a risk. He tried to intercept. | :37:04. | :37:13. | |
Wait till after the game to swap jerseys! A great tackle I Rhodri | :37:14. | :37:19. | |
Williams. James Hook on four Liam Williams, | :37:20. | :37:51. | |
Rhys Priestland on for Dan Biggar. The benches are just about clear | :37:52. | :37:58. | |
now. Scotland are trying to disrupt the line-out ball where. | :37:59. | :38:05. | |
Chris Cussiter is being carried on to the line. | :38:06. | :38:19. | |
Can Scotland get a try? They have had nothing in this game. They have | :38:20. | :38:26. | |
the advantage here. A penalty coming for Scotland. | :38:27. | :38:43. | |
Is there to be something for Scotland? Ryan Wilson, two metres | :38:44. | :38:50. | |
short. One thing they can't do is turn it over, because they are all | :38:51. | :38:59. | |
in there. They are so nearly there! Weir says he has got to release it, | :39:00. | :39:03. | |
and the referee agrees. Advantage again to Scotland. | :39:04. | :39:14. | |
He has kicked it away. Over the head of Dougie Fife. Not the right | :39:15. | :39:28. | |
decision, clearly, but they had the penalty. Why they needed a kick, I | :39:29. | :39:40. | |
don't know. Sometimes when teams have the advantage, they will still | :39:41. | :39:47. | |
always get it. It worked last week, but that is one time it didn't work. | :39:48. | :39:52. | |
We said that Cusiter would bring energy. He brought that line-out. | :39:53. | :40:02. | |
After all the pressure, we had a penalty, but he did not take the | :40:03. | :40:07. | |
opportunity. Max Evans is struggling. He is leaving. | :40:08. | :40:20. | |
Max Evans is limping back into position. He is fine to carry on. | :40:21. | :40:27. | |
There he is. Dan Barr, he played for Cardiff. | :40:28. | :40:37. | |
Scotland with the line-out. There is 15 minutes left. They have | :40:38. | :40:54. | |
done exceptionally well to keep possession. Absolutely, it has all | :40:55. | :41:01. | |
been in this bottom corner as well. Not great to watch, but part of the | :41:02. | :41:11. | |
learning. Max Evans is still on. Duncan Taylor is waiting on the | :41:12. | :41:17. | |
touchline. Five metres out. Taken by Ryan Wilson. Wales not contesting | :41:18. | :41:20. | |
the throw, just going for the show of. They are being marched back, | :41:21. | :41:25. | |
Scotland, almost down to the 22. Great defensive work by Wales. | :41:26. | :41:54. | |
Lovely big poor by Alun Wyn Jones coming in there. It is a charge on! | :41:55. | :42:06. | |
Scotland all the way back over their own ten metre line. | :42:07. | :42:58. | |
Rhodri Williams does well, the replacement scrum-half. It is a big | :42:59. | :43:01. | |
loser now. A scrum coming up, but first to | :43:02. | :43:14. | |
Martyn Williams. Down to 14 men, it is difficult to defend, but Scotland | :43:15. | :43:18. | |
have not helped themselves. They have got numbers. Dunbar and Scott | :43:19. | :43:23. | |
have both gone for Jonathan Davies here, which leads to a bad pass. | :43:24. | :43:28. | |
They have got time to take the ball. They have got to make the | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
right decisions when they are down to 14 men. | :43:33. | :43:41. | |
Dougie Fife will hope there are better days ahead, his first cap. | :43:42. | :43:49. | |
Well done Dougie Fife, he has not put a foot wrong. He has tackled | :43:50. | :43:55. | |
tremendously well. He has fought hard. He has almost had to cover the | :43:56. | :44:02. | |
back three by himself. A tough day at the office for him. This is where | :44:03. | :44:08. | |
play has been happening in the second half. Interesting that | :44:09. | :44:11. | |
Scotland have had much of the territory. | :44:12. | :44:21. | |
That is a weary look. He would want to be a coach? Obviously not in! | :44:22. | :44:31. | |
And penalty to Scotland this time. Paul James is the man penalised. | :44:32. | :44:59. | |
Delicate fingers for the big man! He was blind and now he sees. | :45:00. | :45:17. | |
Duncan Weir has popped it into touch and Scotland have the line-out. I | :45:18. | :45:27. | |
remember Gordon Brown telling a great story about popping his fate I | :45:28. | :45:33. | |
in with a clump of grass popping out behind it. -- popping his fourth eye | :45:34. | :45:36. | |
in. Wrong city, my friend. He will be | :45:37. | :45:52. | |
looking forward to watching on the television with the rest of us as | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
France take on Ireland in Paris. If Ireland win, they win the | :45:58. | :46:03. | |
championship. I thought England were very impressive and I think the only | :46:04. | :46:09. | |
thing the English players will be thinking is, how did we lose in | :46:10. | :46:18. | |
Paris? So, Scotland's line-out. No scoring for 15 minutes or so now. | :46:19. | :46:43. | |
A good bit of pace about the Scottish play at the moment. | :46:44. | :47:15. | |
Looking far sharper with queues sitter. Far sharper. -- with Chris | :47:16. | :47:28. | |
Cusiter. All they can do is keep possession, keep pounding into the | :47:29. | :47:30. | |
Wales defence, try to keep possession. | :47:31. | :48:10. | |
Energy sapping stuff for both sides, Scotland with 14 men for much | :48:11. | :48:15. | |
of the match. All this endeavour around the | :48:16. | :48:43. | |
gain-line. They cannot afford a turnover now. You could throw a | :48:44. | :48:46. | |
blanket over the Scottish attackers, they have just got to keep | :48:47. | :48:47. | |
possession. Alun Wyn Jones keeps it alive for | :48:48. | :49:27. | |
Wales. The tackle bad that had to be made. What a tackle but well done | :49:28. | :49:40. | |
for Rhys Priestland. The kit, stayed on his feet, managed to get the | :49:41. | :49:47. | |
off-load. This was Tipuric. Great ball as well. What a tackle. That | :49:48. | :49:55. | |
will go down as a myth, that is how ironic it is. -- go down as a miss. | :49:56. | :50:10. | |
Warren Gatland happy today. He was in charge of the match where Brian | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
O'Driscoll scored three tries in Paris 14 years ago. It acres on the | :50:15. | :50:23. | |
big screen! He is not even with her! Just taking his chance! Did | :50:24. | :50:35. | |
defence as well from Wales. Defence coaches are specially, there will be | :50:36. | :50:45. | |
a target at half-time, no tries. Yes, they would be going, they | :50:46. | :50:48. | |
should not score a try, they are a man short. Seven and a half minutes | :50:49. | :50:57. | |
to go of this Six Nations but these two sides. The school has been | :50:58. | :51:02. | |
resolutely stuck there for 20 minutes or so. -- the scoreline. | :51:03. | :51:22. | |
The revelry is now saying it was a knock-on. This will be interesting | :51:23. | :51:27. | |
to see -- the revelry is now saying. Let's get the thoughts of former | :51:28. | :51:40. | |
Scotland captain Andy Nicol. Scotland have had their guts into | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
the performance in the last 20 minutes. When Wales scored both very | :51:46. | :51:53. | |
quick tries, Scotland have really dug deep. It has been a gutsy | :51:54. | :52:01. | |
performance but would always be a losing one in the situation. Richard | :52:02. | :52:05. | |
Gray has carried the ball, Denton has carried the ball really well, | :52:06. | :52:13. | |
but this is a key moment in the game. That was the red card. As we | :52:14. | :52:16. | |
said earlier, shoulder to shoulder, I think it is a yellow, in the face | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
and it is a bread. These guys have had to pick up the pieces. Kelly | :52:22. | :52:28. | |
Brown went off with concussion. So many things have gone wrong for | :52:29. | :52:32. | |
Scotland. They should be proud of the performance they have put in | :52:33. | :52:33. | |
today. Ready to go again, seven minutes | :52:34. | :52:58. | |
remaining. Do Wales try to win a penalty? We will see. | :52:59. | :53:12. | |
Wales eight against Scotland seven in the scrum. A good effort by the | :53:13. | :53:17. | |
Scottish seven but here, Wales again. -- here come Wales. A | :53:18. | :53:32. | |
wonderful try for Wales! That is a great, great try. Rhodri Williams | :53:33. | :53:40. | |
get over. They have got to check the grounding. Checking the offside on | :53:41. | :53:49. | |
the grounding, OK. They were denied a try in the first half with offside | :53:50. | :53:55. | |
from a cake as Faletau went ahead of Jonathan Davies, so here looking for | :53:56. | :53:59. | |
Rhodri Williams, was he a head of James Hook? | :54:00. | :54:07. | |
What a finish, he controls the ball. The grounding is fine. I thought the | :54:08. | :54:25. | |
kick was fine as well, not offside. Yes, he is onside and the grounding | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
is good. It is a try. Try number seven for Wales, and try number one | :54:32. | :54:35. | |
for Rhodri Williams in a Wales strip. Good scrum and Jonathan | :54:36. | :54:42. | |
Davies went on the outside, just slides off the ball. At that point, | :54:43. | :54:48. | |
I felt James Hook should have come inside, but he knew what he was | :54:49. | :54:54. | |
doing. What a pick-up, what a score. That is a great try. They are a man | :54:55. | :54:59. | |
short but they have had some great tries this afternoon. A beautiful | :55:00. | :55:03. | |
pass by Rhys Priestland to put Jonathan Davies on the outside of a | :55:04. | :55:09. | |
back row forward in the centre. James Hook, takes its past 50 | :55:10. | :55:14. | |
points. The half-century is up, five minutes to go, and this rout, a | :55:15. | :55:22. | |
great day for Wales but a very dark day for Scottish rugby. | :55:23. | :55:34. | |
First try for his country, third cap. A very proud moment. Duncan | :55:35. | :55:41. | |
Weir gets underway again. Advantage to Wales, they will come | :55:42. | :56:14. | |
back for a penalty. Quick thoughts from Shane Williams. I think there | :56:15. | :56:20. | |
have been a lot of good individual performances. Rhodri Williams has | :56:21. | :56:23. | |
been sharp around the breakdown since he has been on. Alun Wyn Jones | :56:24. | :56:32. | |
has been immense. He has tackled his heart out there. But Liam Williams | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
for me has been outstanding in holding pretty much everything that | :56:38. | :56:44. | |
Wales have done in the first and second half and has built some big | :56:45. | :56:47. | |
boots with Leigh Halfpenny, who has had a great game. Man of the match? | :56:48. | :56:57. | |
Could be anyone of those but for me outstanding contribution, there he | :56:58. | :57:01. | |
is, Liam Williams, he has been brilliant. | :57:02. | :57:54. | |
Duncan Taylor looking for someone to off-load two. | :57:55. | :58:06. | |
Warburton is in there, that is a turnover. All of the complaints from | :58:07. | :58:15. | |
Chris Cusiter come to nothing. All in the timing, perfect, perfect | :58:16. | :58:20. | |
timing, that is. He gets in, the support players are not there | :58:21. | :58:24. | |
quickly enough, he sweeps in, gets his hands on the ball. Here though | :58:25. | :58:34. | |
Wales, looking for yet more, to heap yet more punishment on this | :58:35. | :58:35. | |
beleaguered Scottish side. A curtain of noise inside the | :58:36. | :59:13. | |
millennium Stadium, all for Wales. Ross Ford manages to secure it, but | :59:14. | :00:06. | |
a little knock-on that and it will be a wellspring as the final minute | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
ticks away. It has been a hard Six Nations for Wales but they are | :00:10. | :00:15. | |
celebrating, sending with a great flourish towards the end here. | :00:16. | :00:44. | |
The final passage of play. Will it end in Anne Hague try for Wales? | :00:45. | :00:57. | |
This will be a record-breaking victory for Wales against Scotland | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
by some margin. But Scotland have the final passage. A free kick. | :01:03. | :01:19. | |
There has at least been some defiance from Scotland here. But the | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
early sending-off of Stuart Hogg... Will there be something at the very | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
end? Nothing. Nothing but three points for Scotland in this game. | :01:35. | :01:42. | |
Wales are emphatic winners. A wretched day for Scottish rugby. It | :01:43. | :01:50. | |
is all celebration for Wales. 51-3. Wales started well with some lovely | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
tries, but the game was over as a contest once Stuart Hogg was sent | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
off. They tried to keep possession and keep the ball away from Wales, | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
but it always looked threatening when Wales had the ball, so a | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
comprehensive winter them. By the lofty standards that Wales have set, | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
they will see this Championship is falling short, but there are still | :02:16. | :02:16. | |
some moments to savour. Two of the Wales tries today were | :02:17. | :02:29. | |
scored by George North and Ross Harries has got the winger now. We | :02:30. | :02:44. | |
will hear from Wales players. But, Martyn Williams, you said it was a | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
little bit hollow in some ways. It does not feel like a true 51-3 | :02:48. | :02:59. | |
performance. There is always that down to 14 men. Scotland fell apart | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
early on, but they came back a bit later. They have got so many | :03:04. | :03:14. | |
dangerous backs, they really are a threat. That is a positive from a | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
Welsh point of view today. Handling was great and the tries were | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
spectacular. Two of those were scored by one man, George North. | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
Many congratulations. You really prove a point today. It has been a | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
tough couple of weeks for us. We did not get the result we wanted at | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
Twickenham. We have been training very hard this week and I think that | :03:40. | :03:47. | |
showed today. A lot better performance than last week. And | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
individually for you, two tries? Obviously I am happy with that. That | :03:53. | :03:59. | |
is the way we like to play. You mentioned Twickenham. How much does | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
today's performance atone for what happened last week? Ederson make up | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
for it, but the performance there today was good. We finish on a high | :04:08. | :04:15. | |
note. Well done. Thank you. We can have a look at how the table | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
finishes for these two Tom with one game to go. | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
Wales has finished above Scotland. England finish on eight points, but | :04:26. | :04:38. | |
will not win the Championship in Ireland beat France. Italy with a | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
wooden spoon, no points for them. And the incident which shaped the | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
game came early in the second half. Wales had already scored a try, but | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
that incident, Stuart Hogg's sending-off, a red card. Yes, it was | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
a turning point. It could have been a dangerous and serious injury. | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
Wales got two quick tries, a dangerous and serious injury. | :05:02. | :05:03. | |
Wales got two quick which took the confidence away from Scotland. You | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
knew then that they would really struggle. A lot of the Scotland | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
players put a shifting, but they were against a side who have so many | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
good players and use the space very well. It was really clinical from | :05:17. | :05:28. | |
Wales. There was such good momentum from Wales against France, but | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
Scotland were not able to show that today. When you are a full back | :05:33. | :05:46. | |
down, and you are taking one of your potent attacking players out of the | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
mix, it is always going to be very difficult. Today, Wales did what | :05:50. | :05:58. | |
everyone has been going on about, that all of the coaches seem to have | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
worked out, a very simple game, getting over the gain line, and then | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
playing an expensive wide came. You would take that into the World Cup? | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
Definitely, I think they have learned a lot out of this | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
Championship. Still only three defeats in three years in the Six | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
Nations, which is not a bad record. I think the autumn internationals | :06:23. | :06:25. | |
for me now will be huge. They play the top three sides, and that is | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
when we will find out what this team is made of. Guys, thank you for your | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
company. It is the end of the Six Nations for Wales and for Scotland. | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
But one more match to come, which could be an incredible one, Brian | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
O'Driscoll's last ever game for Ireland. Do not walk the dog, do not | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
put the kettle on, stay right where you are. We will see you next time. | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
It has been entertaining, as always. | :06:53. | :06:55. |