Wales v Scotland

:00:58. > :01:06.Bank is the badge and put the jersey on, it was like no other jersey. It

:01:07. > :01:19.is the ultimate. The feeling when I wore the jersey. All of a sudden, I

:01:20. > :01:21.am thrust to the field of my heroes. Wales is the best country in the

:01:22. > :01:39.world. To wear the Scottish jersey is the

:01:40. > :01:46.best experience of my life. You hope you can do the jersey justice.

:01:47. > :01:53.Putting it on I was all over the place. Doesn't matter if it is your

:01:54. > :02:00.first order your last cap. Your chest expands and you feel a bit

:02:01. > :02:07.taller and stronger. That was absolute magic.

:02:08. > :02:14.Can it really be 14 years since the McLaren's last commentary, 14 years

:02:15. > :02:18.in Scotland left Cardiff with a victory, 61 years in Scotland had a

:02:19. > :02:24.run of form as poor us now but this was always his debut match, Celtic

:02:25. > :02:28.cousins and the friendliest of rivalries. Today it is a matter of

:02:29. > :02:36.desperation, Scotland cannot lose nine a in a row against Wales. There

:02:37. > :02:40.has been an immediate grand slam and the Six Nations that followed an

:02:41. > :02:45.following events in Paris, the French dream of a grand slam still

:02:46. > :02:50.alive. A pretty gruesome game in horrible weather and persistent

:02:51. > :02:55.drizzle in Cardiff all day today saw the pitch is going to be wet because

:02:56. > :03:01.they have just caused the roof. The atmosphere is building.

:03:02. > :03:10.The Principality Stadium, the 121st meeting between Wales and Scotland.

:03:11. > :03:14.I suppose the bottom line to this match, the top from a Scottish

:03:15. > :03:20.perspective is every statistic you look at does not make very pretty

:03:21. > :03:24.reading. Scotland have lost it in a row here, the worst run in this

:03:25. > :03:27.championship since the mid-19 50s. A lot on the plate of these Scotland

:03:28. > :03:34.coach, Vern Cotter. Some last-minute changes to the

:03:35. > :03:39.Scotland team, can you tell us what they are and the reasons? Sean

:03:40. > :03:46.Maitland had a twinge in his hamstring earlier in the week, he

:03:47. > :03:54.felt it again today so we thought it was best that we didn't take the

:03:55. > :03:59.field. Ruaridh Jackson has taken his place on the bench. This hasn't been

:04:00. > :04:02.the happiest of hunting grounds for Scotland in previous years but you

:04:03. > :04:05.know this team better than anyone, do they have the skill set and the

:04:06. > :04:13.belief to be able to beat this Welsh team? Coming down here and believing

:04:14. > :04:16.you can win is important. Believing is imported and focused on a good

:04:17. > :04:21.performance, we want a better one than last week. You will keep the

:04:22. > :04:25.pressure on for long periods will stop try to get reward, we know it

:04:26. > :04:33.is tough and it is part of it as well. It is good to be fast, furious

:04:34. > :04:38.and very physical. We want to do better than last week. One of the

:04:39. > :04:42.players in the Scotland side not weighed down by the baggage of

:04:43. > :04:46.history is John Hardie, only last summer Vern Cotter told the Kiwi to

:04:47. > :04:57.get your boots, get your passport, get on a plane and get to Edinburgh.

:04:58. > :05:05.Born in London, New Zealand, qualify for Scotland to my grandmother from

:05:06. > :05:11.Fife. When did you first decide that Scotland was going to be on the

:05:12. > :05:15.horizon? Double international qualifications and they came over

:05:16. > :05:19.here with no guarantees and I wanted to get out of the comfort zone and

:05:20. > :05:24.try something different and Jake Roos and I thought it was good for

:05:25. > :05:28.my rugby and it has paid off, I have given a lot in a Scotland shirt. A

:05:29. > :05:32.strange six months to get as many caps as you did for Scotland and

:05:33. > :05:38.never run out at Murrayfield, how special moment was that? Very

:05:39. > :05:43.special, sends shivers up your spine. Pity we didn't get the result

:05:44. > :05:47.but a great experience. It will help myself as a rugby player.

:05:48. > :05:57.COMMENTATOR: Little bit of space and Hardie strings things up. Shield

:05:58. > :06:00.winner 2011, Super Rugby title 2015. How much did you know about the

:06:01. > :06:04.perception of Scottish rugby before you came here whether it be their

:06:05. > :06:07.defeats in the Six Nations or the criticism that they cannot finish

:06:08. > :06:14.off games, did any of that worry you? I cannot read too much into

:06:15. > :06:20.that, we are working on now and look forward to our game against Wales.

:06:21. > :06:23.We defied the odds against England, so hopefully we can change the

:06:24. > :06:32.moment. COMMENTATOR: Hardie looking for support to within ten metres.

:06:33. > :06:35.Six caps, two tries. In terms of Wales's performance against Ireland,

:06:36. > :06:39.what did you think? It was a really physical game, Ireland good on the

:06:40. > :06:45.breakdown, we are up for a big task this weekend. It will be a tough

:06:46. > :06:53.one. I think we have to do the basics well and the little things.

:06:54. > :06:54.If we go out there and express ourselves we will, with a good

:06:55. > :07:05.result. Great occasion here. There are one

:07:06. > :07:07.of the four number seven is effectively playing in

:07:08. > :07:15.In Bill McLaren's day there are blindside flanker is another sixes

:07:16. > :07:19.and sevens and the perceived wisdom is that these players are playing in

:07:20. > :07:22.a similar way. Filament traditionally the six is the bigger

:07:23. > :07:26.man who flies in the tight areas, the ball-carrier, looking to play

:07:27. > :07:30.the game on the front foot of the seven is normally smaller and

:07:31. > :07:35.quicker but these four players play club level at seven. It suggests an

:07:36. > :07:44.open and expansive game. I think the jury is out. Interesting to see how

:07:45. > :07:46.the battle goes today. The Northern Hemisphere tend to follow the

:07:47. > :07:53.southern hemisphere. That seemed to be the criteria that the All Black

:07:54. > :07:57.players were selected upon. Scotland and Wales, having the balance of

:07:58. > :07:59.these players a bit more open means it reflects the style of rugby they

:08:00. > :08:02.want to play. But Wales have it reflects the style of rugby they

:08:03. > :08:09.change that they can bring in Dan Lydiate. It is just about how your

:08:10. > :08:11.team wants to play. More facts and figures that don't make happy

:08:12. > :08:15.reading for the Scottish perspective. In terms of experience,

:08:16. > :08:19.Wales have all these players who have played 100 internationals and

:08:20. > :08:24.there is real inexperience in the Scotland team. Wells have an

:08:25. > :08:28.incredible record under Warren Gatland at the Six Nations. The

:08:29. > :08:32.players we have highlighted, these are players in positions and in

:08:33. > :08:36.eight that Scotland could form their team around for the next ten years.

:08:37. > :08:41.Not one of them have won a single game in the Six Nations. That is

:08:42. > :08:44.quick to change, of course it will but these guys know how to win, of

:08:45. > :08:48.the Obama part of Glasgow's victorious team in the Pro12 last

:08:49. > :08:51.season, they just have to get the monkey off their back and break

:08:52. > :08:57.their duck in the Six Nations. They have to face facts, created enough

:08:58. > :09:01.opportunities last week to win begin, they have shown in the World

:09:02. > :09:05.Cup began win games and scored tries but today they have to find out.

:09:06. > :09:10.Talk about experience. Nobody has more experience than Warren Gatland.

:09:11. > :09:15.The draw last week left many Welsh fans frustrated, just X days ago but

:09:16. > :09:18.in that period of time what positives have you been able to take

:09:19. > :09:24.from the Ireland match into this one? We scrummaged really well last

:09:25. > :09:30.week, poor first 20 minutes and we had to show some character to get in

:09:31. > :09:34.front and then conceded a late penalty, frustrated but created some

:09:35. > :09:40.chances. We have to finish off the chances we create. We have to give

:09:41. > :09:46.our wingers the opportunity. What about Dan Biggar, for Lazarus, as he

:09:47. > :09:52.has been called, is he 100% fit, do you have any concerns over him? The

:09:53. > :09:57.end result, looked like a high ankle sprain and bruise. He didn't take a

:09:58. > :10:00.full part at the beginning of the week but has trained well the last

:10:01. > :10:14.few days and looks like he is jumping around, the boys have made a

:10:15. > :10:18.few jokes about it. I the boys have been taking a few jibes at him but

:10:19. > :10:22.he has handled it well. Amid all the frustrations Wales had last week,

:10:23. > :10:29.the double standout performances, JB Robinson and Faletau, why was he so

:10:30. > :10:35.good last week? He has been phenomenal since he won his first

:10:36. > :10:42.cap, these are the statistics. Top of everything. Like all class

:10:43. > :10:47.players, he makes everything look so easy, I know it is a cliche. Great

:10:48. > :10:56.footballing skills and we talk about the four sevens, he brings real

:10:57. > :10:59.balance to the back row. Denton is blindside player, up there with the

:11:00. > :11:09.best in the world. The forwards from the backs, so many big names. So

:11:10. > :11:13.many big names in the Welsh back division, I do change the way they

:11:14. > :11:19.have played in the last few years? It takes them to get used to it, you

:11:20. > :11:25.are trying to shake it, Wales are attacking the 20 metre flank, they

:11:26. > :11:28.have set their shape really early, this gives you lots of options but

:11:29. > :11:38.you have to make the right decisions. The tight Irish pack,

:11:39. > :11:42.good passing, it gets to George North, tremble as to make a decision

:11:43. > :11:46.on which played to date but the space is still on the outside. Lots

:11:47. > :11:51.of options, make the right decisions you will score tries. George makes

:11:52. > :11:57.the wrong decision and giving themselves more opportunities they

:11:58. > :12:05.will get it right and scored tries. One key thing, Dan Biggar is in the

:12:06. > :12:09.Welsh starting line-up, that is a source of real expectation for

:12:10. > :12:13.Wales. It shows how important he is that they want him. One of his

:12:14. > :12:19.greatest strengths is ticking and retrieving the ball. He doesn't look

:12:20. > :12:24.100% but I think he is that important, they have got him back

:12:25. > :12:29.and credit to them. Warren Gatland this to experience, this is a long

:12:30. > :12:37.tournament, Rhys Priestland came on and played really well. There is no

:12:38. > :12:44.need to take that risk. They are playing red of heaven which has been

:12:45. > :12:48.the anthem of the Arms Park and during the course of our Six Nations

:12:49. > :12:52.coverage, getting some of the Giants of the game to recall their moments

:12:53. > :12:55.for our future game so today we thought we would go to the one and

:12:56. > :13:02.only peerless Gareth. There was something about the

:13:03. > :13:08.Scotland game that just made it different for me. The Celtic family.

:13:09. > :13:13.Looking for bragging rights. COMMENTATOR: Gareth Edwards. I got

:13:14. > :13:23.the captaincy against Scotland in 1968 will stop will be a day I will

:13:24. > :13:31.never forget. I thought, a short burst around the blindside, Morris

:13:32. > :13:40.would be inside me, I was not looking for the time ever I thought

:13:41. > :13:45.I'd better go in. COMMENTATOR: You will not see anything better than

:13:46. > :13:48.that. And winded myself and my mother could hardly watch it and had

:13:49. > :13:56.her hand in front of her face and she thought I had cut open my head.

:13:57. > :14:00.I face was covered in blood but it was the red shale of the dog track

:14:01. > :14:12.and to this day it made a wonderful richer. COMMENTATOR: Taken by Gareth

:14:13. > :14:14.Edwards. Five yards short. The Scots boys were particularly good, the

:14:15. > :14:18.friendships we made on the Lions tour is where special. Wonderful

:14:19. > :14:23.people and Celtic brothers. There he is, and I got the realm

:14:24. > :14:36.these days, there is his grandson. You think he could have gone in the

:14:37. > :14:42.hospitality box! He is the man of the people! It is strange, we are in

:14:43. > :14:46.Cardiff and Wales but the focus today in many ways is more on

:14:47. > :14:52.Scotland than on wheels and how they will break this rock. I must mention

:14:53. > :14:55.one of our production team, one of the passionate rugby fans you will

:14:56. > :14:58.ever know with the biggest years in history of the world and he has

:14:59. > :15:01.shaved it off today because he believes that will be the

:15:02. > :15:07.difference. Scottish fans of doing anything to try to break this cycle!

:15:08. > :15:11.That sums up Scottish rugby. The facial hair of a production manager!

:15:12. > :15:16.Ireland forward to see Scotland play today because they were not pleased

:15:17. > :15:19.with the performance last week, I want to see the high tempo game that

:15:20. > :15:23.Scotland should the World Cup because that is what brings out the

:15:24. > :15:27.best in the players. It was a slow game last week and they were not

:15:28. > :15:30.good at generating quick ball. This is the holy grail that Scotland are

:15:31. > :15:35.facing today, they need to get quick all to get their game going. Wales

:15:36. > :15:39.will try to stop that and that is the game within the game that will

:15:40. > :15:42.determine who wins this today. From a Welsh point of view it is

:15:43. > :15:49.fascinating, since Warren Gatland has been in charge, they are trying

:15:50. > :15:52.to expand their game and I think it will be a high-scoring game with

:15:53. > :15:58.lots of tries. Fascinating game in prospect. This time last week you

:15:59. > :16:01.were seeing at the meal last night, you change your mind at the last

:16:02. > :16:05.moment and went to Scotland, last night you said Wales. I'm sticking

:16:06. > :16:12.with Wales, the statistics, the ball-carriers. Scotland have got to

:16:13. > :16:16.look for a moment of magic. A moment of fortune and grab onto that. The

:16:17. > :16:23.players are not playing as well as they can. We saw. Of this Scotland

:16:24. > :16:26.Cadman Regli blog, he is such a key figure, not just in terms of

:16:27. > :16:31.goal-kicking but the speed of his service. When the game is slow, that

:16:32. > :16:36.is not where his friends are, when the game is Wick, Greg

:16:37. > :16:41.is not where his friends are, when good decisions, if he has to dictate

:16:42. > :16:47.it tempo, that is where he struggles -- we saw the Scotland captain, Greg

:16:48. > :16:53.Laidlaw. The pyrotechnics have started on the flames go up in the

:16:54. > :16:58.air. The Welsh and Scottish players take to the field. Wales strong

:16:59. > :17:07.odds-on favourites but this has a fantastic history for being

:17:08. > :17:15.open and free-flowing, if you are a neutral, you can expect maybe 50

:17:16. > :17:21.points. I will go a little bit against Andy, if I was Scotland and

:17:22. > :17:27.if you have two ree find your game, the off-loading is a risky way to do

:17:28. > :17:32.it, simplify your game. Click for some territory and look to get it to

:17:33. > :17:34.the 22. A lot for Chris Paterson and Jonathan Davies and Andrew Cotter to

:17:35. > :17:43.talk about. # O flower of Scotland #

:17:44. > :17:51.When will we see your like again # That fought and died for # Your wee

:17:52. > :18:00.bit hill and glen # And stood # Proud Edward's army #

:18:01. > :18:05.And sent him homeward # # Those days are passed now #

:18:06. > :18:28.And in the past they must remain # # And be the nation

:18:29. > :18:33.again # That stood against him # Proud Edward's army #

:18:34. > :18:40.And sent him homeward # Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl

:18:41. > :19:10.i mi # Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri # Ei gwrol ryfelwyr,

:19:11. > :20:34.gwladgarwyr tra mad # Dros ryddid CHEERING

:20:35. > :20:39.One of the finest sounds in sport. Providing incident and drama and

:20:40. > :20:44.hopefully some more lies in store today. Two sides looking to show

:20:45. > :20:45.some attacking prowess. Some of the line ups to last began, Wales the

:20:46. > :21:00.same 15. Faletau's carrying will be clear to

:21:01. > :21:13.see and Tipuric to do no less important work in the breakdown.

:21:14. > :21:19.The same pack for Scotland, quite dependent on the scrummaging

:21:20. > :21:24.abilities of the starting front row. Everywhere you look to the EU find

:21:25. > :21:31.openside flanker is. No great weight in the back for Scotland. There are

:21:32. > :21:40.no two changes in the backline, Duncan Taylor at inside centre. A

:21:41. > :21:48.very late switch with Sean Maitland out, so Sean Lamont comes in on the

:21:49. > :21:54.wing for his 102nd cap. On the bench, Wales might have more to call

:21:55. > :21:58.upon on reserve with Jenkins and Davidson and Lydiate. Ruaridh

:21:59. > :22:02.Jackson the late call-up in midfield for Scotland.

:22:03. > :22:14.There is Clancy, I hope we don't see Clancy.

:22:15. > :22:20.There is Clancy, I hope we don't see much of him today. Usually the

:22:21. > :22:24.referees play a small part in this fixture and we see a lot of tries.

:22:25. > :22:29.Dan Biggar, if you are a Scottish player, his left ankle has been

:22:30. > :22:33.suspect, it is an incredible recovery, you have to attack his

:22:34. > :22:41.left-hand shoulder and make sure he comes off his left foot, running

:22:42. > :22:46.inside, see if he is fit or not. That is a priority, run straight at

:22:47. > :22:50.him and straight over. He is here and Wales, no Grand Slam Triple

:22:51. > :22:55.Crown, but they believe the title can be theirs. Scotland in a hideous

:22:56. > :23:00.run in this fixture and this championship, straight down the

:23:01. > :23:05.middle, from Faletau onto Davidson. Lien Williams galloping up with the

:23:06. > :23:19.first attack. Perfect dark from Wales. Stoked defence coming in from

:23:20. > :23:27.Johnny Gray. The Welsh supporters cry as they have the ball now.

:23:28. > :23:30.Roberts. Just look at what is available down the blindside IDV 's.

:23:31. > :23:40.Eagleton Alun Wyn Jones -- blindside available down the blindside IDV 's.

:23:41. > :23:49.by Davies. Richard Graves goes on, Stuart Hogg. Can he get away? He

:23:50. > :23:54.cannot. Wales will be grateful it was Gareth Davies out there and not

:23:55. > :24:03.a big lumbering forward. Great tackle, lovely pass from in there.

:24:04. > :24:09.He has to make up for it, there is the knock-on. The Volvo spread to

:24:10. > :24:16.the left-hand side. This is a must tackle.

:24:17. > :24:31.From the line-out, Wales have it. Davies, now what a star he was at

:24:32. > :24:40.the World Cup. It is a free play for Wales, this. They will come back for

:24:41. > :24:43.the knock-on says George Clancy. The aerial battle is intriguing, Wales

:24:44. > :24:55.are so good at it. We have seen examples already. Charteris got on

:24:56. > :24:57.the end of that one. Very interesting, Warren Gatland said

:24:58. > :25:05.they were going to be a little more direct than last week. I think what

:25:06. > :25:18.he means is, he has to go forward. The defenders. -- they did not

:25:19. > :25:27.engage the defenders. It'll be interesting to see how much ball

:25:28. > :25:35.carrying they do and foremost. Doesn't want them shoulder to

:25:36. > :25:41.shoulder. Scotland do have a slight edge in weight. Fascinating contest

:25:42. > :25:51.in the front row. Samson Lee setting himself on the tight head for Wales.

:25:52. > :26:04.Straight enough. Good drive, great first scrum from Wales and they'll

:26:05. > :26:09.have the penalty. What a wonderful early sign that is for Wales and a

:26:10. > :26:21.worry for Scotland in the scrum. Considered pressure from Wales, set

:26:22. > :26:27.really low. Working together. George Clancy has a word with Gareth

:26:28. > :26:37.Davies. Well that's an ominous start for Scotland. What a kick as well.

:26:38. > :26:41.Great kick. A lot of games have been close, Scotland have just got to

:26:42. > :26:46.eradicate their mistakes. Against England, two missed tackles, England

:26:47. > :26:53.scored tries. A little splinter group breakaway. Whilst driving in

:26:54. > :26:57.again, and again they breakaway. Scotland trying to set the defence

:26:58. > :27:05.but Wales are marching to the line. Down it goes. Still be red jerseys

:27:06. > :27:17.are pouring in. Got to go wide now. Instead it is carried in by Roberts.

:27:18. > :27:23.Davies summons in the forward again. Fill it

:27:24. > :27:32./ the referee, Alun Wyn Jones couldn't quite hold on. -- forward

:27:33. > :27:36.says the referee. Puts his hand up and acknowledges the mistake. Well

:27:37. > :27:42.looked after initially by Wales. Opportunity to go wide. There is the

:27:43. > :27:47.knock-on. Doesn't make many mistakes but took his eye off the ball. From

:27:48. > :27:53.the initial catch in the line-out, when the ball came out, there was

:27:54. > :28:00.the opportunity, there was an opportunity, there were plenty of

:28:01. > :28:04.players on the outside. For Scotland's defence, they had good

:28:05. > :28:16.width, which allowed them to come up a bit quicker and shot off that

:28:17. > :28:21.opportunity to go to the outside. Scotland's ball but right underneath

:28:22. > :28:45.their own posts. Free kick Scotland get out of that

:28:46. > :28:51.scrum. Just the early engage. Rob Evans got it right the scrum before,

:28:52. > :28:58.but that time, as the referee George Clancy warned comic once shoulder to

:28:59. > :29:08.shoulder -- as the referee warned, he wants shoulder to shoulder. When

:29:09. > :29:11.he drops it, you can clear his lines.

:29:12. > :29:26.It is just the belief that they can win. If they cut out the errors they

:29:27. > :29:29.are always going to be in the game. Faletau just clutches it at the

:29:30. > :29:32.are always going to be in the game. back. It comes deeper to

:29:33. > :29:38.are always going to be in the game. Delicate chip over the top, how does

:29:39. > :29:45.it work? Way comes Davies now it's Gareth Davies all the way for the

:29:46. > :29:50.corner! What a try for Wales, what a child for Gareth Davies. It came

:29:51. > :30:01.from nothing, it came from chaos -- what a try for Gareth Davies.

:30:02. > :30:07.Question to be asked. They want to check if there was a knock-on in the

:30:08. > :30:12.play previously to this. I think as the ball has gone back... We will

:30:13. > :30:21.have to wait and see. But what a finish from the sky. I said as soon

:30:22. > :30:27.as he got the ball, he had a chance. This is the

:30:28. > :30:30.as he got the ball, he had a chance. Looking for a knock-on. Looks like

:30:31. > :30:38.Duncan Taylor got his hands to it first. That's Jamie Roberts going

:30:39. > :30:48.back, isn't it? I think that is a try. Comes off

:30:49. > :30:56.back, isn't it? I think that is a well, doesn't it? So it is play on.

:30:57. > :31:02.It is play on. What a finish thereafter. He is watching it on the

:31:03. > :31:09.big screen himself. The first thing is, are they onside? I

:31:10. > :31:13.big screen himself. The first thing just are. George Clancy has

:31:14. > :31:17.big screen himself. The first thing of things from that, it was the

:31:18. > :31:17.big screen himself. The first thing aerial battle he talked about. What

:31:18. > :31:23.pace Gareth Davies showed. aerial battle he talked about. What

:31:24. > :31:31.thing, look how many defenders are drawn,. Instead of the up and under,

:31:32. > :31:35.he chips. Good communication with Jamie Roberts, but this is a

:31:36. > :31:36.magnificent finish. Good communication, he chips the ball

:31:37. > :31:41.back, you knows communication, he chips the ball

:31:42. > :31:49.straight, he comes on the right foot. And then it is just a foot

:31:50. > :31:50.race. What a finish, what a try. Heading for the corner and giving

:31:51. > :32:08.Dan Biggar this conversion attempt. Sneaks inside the upright. Ideal

:32:09. > :32:11.start for Wales, they dominated. Ball Dan Biggar, wonderful

:32:12. > :32:19.conversion. It was his chip that set up the try.

:32:20. > :32:26.Finding the space, Gareth Davies first to react, and what a finish.

:32:27. > :32:33.It's an amazing finish. Five tries at the Rugby World Cup, and a try

:32:34. > :32:38.here for Gareth Davies. Again, why is a stand-off catching the ball,

:32:39. > :32:41.there? He's got an injured left ankle and he's catching the ball

:32:42. > :32:48.from the kick-off. You've got to put some on their instead of him. Davies

:32:49. > :32:54.sends it down the line. Hogg waiting. A little kick through

:32:55. > :33:01.doesn't quite come off. Now it might be there for James. It is all fine,

:33:02. > :33:09.says the referee. Liam Williams comes forward with it, and scoops it

:33:10. > :33:14.high. Russell galloping onto it, gives it to Stuart Hogg eventually.

:33:15. > :33:23.Find a little bit of space. Looking for support which comes from Ross

:33:24. > :33:35.Ford. Slows down. Slow ball, no choice. Beckett is too long by a

:33:36. > :33:43.matter of inches. Wales have to play it through Davies. It never mistake.

:33:44. > :33:49.Yes. Rather than having a line-out where the kick was taken, they will

:33:50. > :33:56.have a line-out, but it will be Scotland's ball. I think Jonathan

:33:57. > :34:09.Davies made his point clear as well. Wales starting so well. On that 8%

:34:10. > :34:18.they have had two breaks. So they have to try to keep possession, not

:34:19. > :34:19.kick it away, go through the phases. Gone full Braveheart with the blue

:34:20. > :34:36.world. Scotland trying to get something

:34:37. > :34:45.going with a driving maul. Bit of space here, and here comes Bennett.

:34:46. > :34:53.Looking for Hogg. Bit more speed about the attack now, Laidlaw

:34:54. > :34:59.threatening around the fringes. Richie Gray picks up. Scotland

:35:00. > :35:14.playing with a bit of sitcom here. Laidlaw gives it, this time to John

:35:15. > :35:19.Barclay. Hardie, and into the 22 come Scotland. Carried through by

:35:20. > :35:25.Jonny Gray again. Wider it goes, Dickinson this time.

:35:26. > :35:32.Scotland stringing the phases together. Into the 22 again. 11

:35:33. > :35:41.phases and counting, trying to get that ball back. Tipuric makes a

:35:42. > :35:52.nuisance of himself. Russell gives it to Jonny Gray again. Russell lays

:35:53. > :36:02.it to Alistair Dickinson. The loosehead prop is turned to turf.

:36:03. > :36:11.Needed to break the first tackle. And threw goes Laidlaw, making the

:36:12. > :36:16.menace of himself. Nel carries now. Jonny Gray. And Dickinson again.

:36:17. > :36:21.Advantage to Scotland as well, they are getting closer and closer

:36:22. > :36:27.through Denton. 17 phases for Scotland, great continuity,

:36:28. > :36:35.handling. Richie Gray. Laidlaw just flips it to Ross Ford. Heading

:36:36. > :36:41.towards 20 phases. Good clear out by Nel. Jonny Gray again, his brother

:36:42. > :36:46.lends a hand. Foster goes wide, little chip over the top, and it

:36:47. > :36:55.will be surely a trifle Scotland, and it is, for Tommy Seymour! Great

:36:56. > :37:00.play, great patients. Thought they had the overlap on the right-hand

:37:01. > :37:08.side, but the right decision. Lovely balance for Seymour to finish. You

:37:09. > :37:13.have to say in terms of being patient, build-up, everybody playing

:37:14. > :37:17.their part, it is a great try. Finn Russell looks up, you knows there is

:37:18. > :37:23.nobody in behind, Tommy Seymour finishes off after 21 phases. They

:37:24. > :37:26.attacked wide, and through the middle. Lovely chip to finish, and

:37:27. > :37:32.Tommy Seymour getting the touchdown. Lovely kick. Watch number 11, Tom

:37:33. > :37:41.James, he has creaked in a little bit and left the space behind. You

:37:42. > :37:51.had number nine on the inside of Tom James. Totally unorganised defence.

:37:52. > :37:58.Very difficult conversion for Greg Laidlaw. Two really sharp darts as

:37:59. > :38:11.well from this man. What a stunning, stunning kick from

:38:12. > :38:17.Greg Laidlaw. People have criticised him for not being a dangerous enough

:38:18. > :38:21.runner, but that's what he offers. This is the kick, what a lovely

:38:22. > :38:26.kick, well weighted, he scores. Through all of the recycling, you

:38:27. > :38:39.needed somebody to make the initial break. Great game so far. Both sides

:38:40. > :38:40.have been struggling to score tries of late but both scoring a try in

:38:41. > :38:52.the opening 40 minutes. Scotland gather it in safely at the

:38:53. > :38:58.restart. More energy about that last Scottish attack. Laidlaw sends it

:38:59. > :39:07.with some length, gathered in by Williams. In the Biggar. Up she goes

:39:08. > :39:17.again. Biggar wins beautifully and then lays it back. He was up against

:39:18. > :39:30.Laidlaw, there. And the penalty goes to Scotland. And Laidlaw slaps. He

:39:31. > :39:37.is winded, Dan Biggar. He had a free run through from his kick. Free

:39:38. > :39:53.access to the ball. Look how brave he is, eyes on the ball. Landing on

:39:54. > :39:58.the ball and on his side. Great aerial player, Dan Biggar. In terms

:39:59. > :40:04.of gathering high kicks it's always been one of his strengths. So brave.

:40:05. > :40:12.He is winded. The secret to that is not kicking the ball too high. If

:40:13. > :40:16.you go too high, you get under it before it lands. You need enough

:40:17. > :40:20.height to get into the right position but you want to arrive

:40:21. > :40:25.the same time. So brave. Biggar is OK, now. And Scotland will have the

:40:26. > :40:30.penalty and a chance to go OK, now. And Scotland will have the

:40:31. > :40:39.the right boot of Finn Russell. Very good kick. Great field position once

:40:40. > :40:44.again. Quite often he tries to bite off a huge amount. On that occasion

:40:45. > :40:48.it has come off. Look at the position Scotland have now. It makes

:40:49. > :40:53.such a huge difference. Especially kicking from the 40 metre line,

:40:54. > :40:56.aiming for the five metre line. When you watch Jonny Wilkinson practice,

:40:57. > :41:00.practice, practice, the precision of getting the five metre line, it just

:41:01. > :41:07.makes the mindset slightly different for the catch and drive. Couple of

:41:08. > :41:11.throws went astray last week. Safely into the hands of Richie Gray.

:41:12. > :41:17.Scotland trying to get the driving maul going. Laidlaw holding it

:41:18. > :41:25.again. Charteris did very well, there. Wales have the scrum. Well, I

:41:26. > :41:31.have to say, Charteris looked in a very unusual position, there are.

:41:32. > :41:33.Whether he was offside or not. Think he got the benefit of the doubt. He

:41:34. > :41:43.comes through the middle, which is he got the benefit of the doubt. He

:41:44. > :41:49.legal. Pretty fortunate, there are, should be a penalty for Scotland. He

:41:50. > :41:55.always does it. In his line-out work he is an absolute nuisance of

:41:56. > :42:05.opposition ball. Seen him charged down two already this afternoon. The

:42:06. > :42:14.first scrum in the game went the way of

:42:15. > :42:20.Good patience, just watch your shoulders, get them up. Some final

:42:21. > :42:25.instructions from George Clancy. shoulders, get them up. Some final

:42:26. > :42:28.They are two very good front rows, here. There is a man who knows a bit

:42:29. > :42:33.about it. Must here. There is a man who knows a bit

:42:34. > :42:39.Jonathan Humphreys to be sat on the Scotland bench inside the

:42:40. > :42:42.principality stadium. Looking at the statistics, territory and

:42:43. > :42:54.possession, Scotland have certainly evened it up in the last ten

:42:55. > :42:57.minutes. Scotland with the better scrum this time, pinged back. Dzeko

:42:58. > :43:01.in trouble, has to get the scrum this time, pinged back. Dzeko

:43:02. > :43:10.and does very well indeed. -- Biggar in trouble. That was a great kick as

:43:11. > :43:11.well. The Wales scrum is under pressure, they don't

:43:12. > :43:20.well. The Wales scrum is under next thing, the ball comes. The ball

:43:21. > :43:30.squirts out of the tunnel. Davies checks it back. Dan Biggar is in the

:43:31. > :43:34.war is already, but under pressure. You've got to make that tackle,

:43:35. > :43:44.haven't you? It was a great tackle. And a few words said to each other.

:43:45. > :43:49.Ooh, a little bit loose in the line-up. Wales have a chance to

:43:50. > :43:59.counter, now. But into touch it goes instead. Opportunity to keep that in

:44:00. > :44:04.hand? Yes, missed pass for no particular reason. They take the

:44:05. > :44:16.fall. These are the mistakes Scotland have got to cut out. Great

:44:17. > :44:19.read by Alun Wyn Jones. No real advantage from the line-out against

:44:20. > :44:21.read by Alun Wyn Jones. No real the throw. May be feeling the

:44:22. > :44:30.Early loss in the line-out. Looks pressure, any hooker Wood.

:44:31. > :44:38.Early loss in the line-out. Looks Jonny Gray, but George has something

:44:39. > :44:43.to say. Guys, you can't dummy jump before the ball comes in, that

:44:44. > :44:50.triggers them, OK? Don't get your feet off the ground. We will go

:44:51. > :44:58.again. So, that we are. Clear enough from George Clancy. No dummy

:44:59. > :45:09.jumping. In other words just chuck it in. Ford goes to Jonny Gray

:45:10. > :45:14.again, and Laidlaw. Tom James is therefore Wales, see wins that one.

:45:15. > :45:20.Great challenge by the winger. It goes over the head of Nel to

:45:21. > :45:29.Russell. Now over the head of North. And North, galumphing his way back.

:45:30. > :45:37.Down the line he goes. Horne with some clear grass in front of him.

:45:38. > :45:43.And now the chase is on. Finn Russell is getting back to Scotland.

:45:44. > :45:50.Tipuric himself is chasing it. Steps around the flanker. He sends it into

:45:51. > :45:55.touch, and an open game is what we have today. Yes, always an open

:45:56. > :46:01.game. Hogg has come to play, hasn't he? There's the dummy kick. Tipuric

:46:02. > :46:07.the loan chaser, and that's an easy step. It was Tipuric who picked up

:46:08. > :46:12.the ball. Must have run past three or four of his team-mates to get

:46:13. > :46:18.there. Very good play by Lamont. He was just shadowing Tipuric as he ran

:46:19. > :46:28.back. Roberts sets himself. He had Dan Biggar racing up on his shoulder

:46:29. > :46:36.looking for the short ball. Wales, first time in a while, a bit of ball

:46:37. > :46:45.looking for the short ball. Wales, to play with. Milking the penalty.

:46:46. > :46:55.Faletau. Carried in by his captain. The full-back arriving at some

:46:56. > :47:03.speed. Biggar gives it onto Roberts began. Finn Russell is a stout

:47:04. > :47:13.fellow at fly half. The pass is gathered in by Tipuric. Back to

:47:14. > :47:19.Biggar. That's a result of Scotland, that is, forcing them into the kick.

:47:20. > :47:22.Seymour good under the high ball against a pillar great counter

:47:23. > :47:25.rocking. And through the middle comes John Barclay!

:47:26. > :47:33.Hogg on the inside, white it goes, and Bennett into touch. And Hogg had

:47:34. > :47:38.come in, and now he flings his arms out wide. Berkeley didn't quite see

:47:39. > :47:42.or hear him. Scotland will be very happy. They forced Wales to kick

:47:43. > :47:48.because they could not break the defensive line. Again, Seymour, his

:47:49. > :47:56.second brilliant take in the air. The gap just opens up and Barkley is

:47:57. > :48:02.true. Hogg comes into out. That was a bit close. Great angle, should

:48:03. > :48:07.have kept the ball in hand -- Barclay is through. Seymour looking

:48:08. > :48:12.comfortable under the high ball today, as he has to be. I would give

:48:13. > :48:16.it to the other side now. Scotland have the penalty as well.

:48:17. > :48:21.Interference on the ground from Wales. After a very bright start by

:48:22. > :48:24.Wales, Scotland you might suggest are having the better of things.

:48:25. > :48:29.Been really impressed with Scotland in the last 15 minutes or so. The

:48:30. > :48:32.things they got wrong in that area battle last week and in the first

:48:33. > :48:39.couple of minutes here, have been fixed. Seymour is so strong and safe

:48:40. > :48:50.under that high ball. He is in, there. He says it's too late. So

:48:51. > :48:55.difficult at the breakdown. We saw a great counter ruck from Scotland

:48:56. > :49:00.just before that. Finn Russell has decided to put it in the corner, I

:49:01. > :49:06.think that is a good decision. It was certainly kick a ball, but

:49:07. > :49:11.decided to go for touch instead. Hardly any angle, he had to screw it

:49:12. > :49:16.off the outside of the boot. Hogg has been receiving attention. Still

:49:17. > :49:23.looking a little uncomfortable. Jonny Gray takes it down for

:49:24. > :49:27.Scotland and it's held at the back by Hardie. John Hardie and Scotland

:49:28. > :49:35.drive forward. Laidlaw is shouting instructions, urging on the big grey

:49:36. > :49:39.horses of the pack. Scotland try to make more ground. This will have to

:49:40. > :49:46.go up soon. Think they've got to go to ground. Could be Wales turnover.

:49:47. > :49:50.Yes it is. That's the second time, the catch and drive from the

:49:51. > :49:54.line-out. The scrum-half has got to read that position very quickly and

:49:55. > :49:59.say, this is not going anywhere, let's get some pace into the

:50:00. > :50:02.movement. It's all very well when the ball is at the back and you can

:50:03. > :50:08.see it and make that decision but if the ball is caught in the middle,

:50:09. > :50:12.very difficult. When you are in an attacking position you've got to

:50:13. > :50:18.keep the momentum going. You hit the deck and then you recycle it. This

:50:19. > :50:24.is where they kind of lose the momentum. All the pressure now and

:50:25. > :50:28.all the territory is with Scotland. They can't afford business takes

:50:29. > :50:37.that don't turn the pressure into points. -- card for these mistakes.

:50:38. > :50:43.It's been a hard opening 25 minutes in Thames of fitness. Another good

:50:44. > :50:50.scrum. What is the decision from George Clancy? Scotland feel they

:50:51. > :50:56.got the better of that. Richie Gray's face was a picture of the

:50:57. > :51:02.world and in disbelief. -- picture of bewilderment. Two packs really

:51:03. > :51:11.going at each other, doesn't always have to result in a penalty.

:51:12. > :51:26.Psychological welfare out there as well. After the first scrum the

:51:27. > :51:30.Scotland front five have really turned it around. Opposition ball,

:51:31. > :51:40.they should really go after Wales. There she goes again. George Clancy

:51:41. > :51:49.wants to get the ball out of the but they will have to do it again. It

:51:50. > :51:56.has totally turned around, you do feel Scotland have a fraction of an

:51:57. > :52:10.edge in the scrum. How many scrums have you been in, in your life?

:52:11. > :52:14.Personally me, none. Get it right. The pressure is now building on the

:52:15. > :52:26.referee as well, isn't it? Two scrums.

:52:27. > :52:35.Scotland setting early. All part of the psychological battle. You said

:52:36. > :52:37.getting ready, they were. There's getting ready and there's engaging

:52:38. > :52:40.early, that was the decision getting ready and there's engaging

:52:41. > :52:45.George Clancy, free kick and a leisurely chance to clear for Wales.

:52:46. > :52:47.George Clancy, free kick and a And the Biggar. Spiralling it

:52:48. > :52:53.through the air, and Seymour keeps it in well. Hogg now with clear

:52:54. > :52:58.ground in front of him, sends it up for Seymour to chase down. And

:52:59. > :53:03.Seymour wins it again. What a battle he is having. But then it is spilled

:53:04. > :53:04.Seymour wins it again. What a battle forward, and going down on it is

:53:05. > :53:12.Charteris. Left-hand side, forward on his own and second row.

:53:13. > :53:19.Seymour is up now. Groggily getting into position. Hogg comes forward to

:53:20. > :53:25.try to take it, he had to race there, clattering legs as he came

:53:26. > :53:32.in. Baldwin slid into him, think you could have injured him, the Welsh

:53:33. > :53:35.hooker. They both slowly get to their feet when they made contact.

:53:36. > :53:43.Hogg does not look comfortable at all. The full-back trying to get

:53:44. > :53:50.back in position but attacking with one man down at the moment. I do

:53:51. > :53:53.like Finn Russell but at the moment he is trying to force it. He's

:53:54. > :53:54.like Finn Russell but at the moment to call players either side of him.

:53:55. > :54:12.He doesn't have to do everything. Might you have to call it. You have

:54:13. > :54:16.to call inside runners, if the blitz defence is rushing up you need an

:54:17. > :54:26.inside option. That'll be a big blow for Scotland. Huge blow, as soon as

:54:27. > :54:31.the physio came on and it was instantly the signal that she is

:54:32. > :54:37.off. Don't have huge options on the bench. There is the take, they clash

:54:38. > :54:43.legs but he was carrying an injury before that. I don't think it was

:54:44. > :54:48.for that, I think it was for the injury before. Ruaridh Jackson

:54:49. > :54:59.coming on at full-back. Stuart Hogg Scotland's best broken

:55:00. > :55:25.field runner. He might then them as a second five.

:55:26. > :55:28.Tipuric taking it from Warburton. Scotland have the penalty. Just what

:55:29. > :55:49.they would have required. We will have a look at the penalty.

:55:50. > :56:09.Tipuric goes on high. The clear up has come too late, that

:56:10. > :56:16.is a penalty, not releasing the ball on the ground for the number seven

:56:17. > :56:25.to come in. The art of the openside and that is what Hardie offers.

:56:26. > :56:37.Holding his own body weight. This is right on his boundary. 45 metres out

:56:38. > :56:43.or so. Laidlaw has the distance of this one and the direction and

:56:44. > :56:47.Scotland meet after half an hour. And deservedly so. The initial seven

:56:48. > :56:51.minutes Wales were all over them, Scotland have dominated the

:56:52. > :56:57.possession since then, dominated territory and they have got their

:56:58. > :57:00.just rewards with the three points. Wales have been stung after that

:57:01. > :57:05.early try, most of the crowd in here, a few of those players thought

:57:06. > :57:10.it was going to be a day in the cave of Scotland responded very well.

:57:11. > :57:20.Comes back to Laidlaw, sends it long. Seymour is off on him. Russell

:57:21. > :57:27.looking for a quick one and just come all that. If they adopt a very

:57:28. > :57:33.good tactical kicking game and think, let's see if wheels can

:57:34. > :57:37.attack and score from distance because I think Wales have come here

:57:38. > :57:42.to try to smash over the top of them, Scotland now that they have

:57:43. > :57:47.not got a plan B, they are going to say, OK, if we are doing tackles you

:57:48. > :57:52.have to score wide and employ your plan the if you have got to because

:57:53. > :58:00.if they are in the Scotland 22, Wales will go over. How destructive

:58:01. > :58:05.visit when you lose a player who has been training with that backline all

:58:06. > :58:10.week. Ruaridh Jackson was with the squad this week and last week.

:58:11. > :58:21.Chance for Wales, comes forward. Rate running of the ball by Lien

:58:22. > :58:26.Williams. Brilliant tackle from Mark Bennett. The ball against the throw

:58:27. > :58:31.but he drifts and drift somewhat a brilliant tackle.

:58:32. > :58:42.Williams should have held onto that, maybe yards on the outside. Just

:58:43. > :58:48.trying to force it. This man feeling that things are formed, Richie Gray

:58:49. > :58:55.just gets his hands do, attention coming in from Charteris, two huge

:58:56. > :59:01.men. Wales complained. The ball was there just for Scotland. Who is

:59:02. > :59:03.there? Charteris, the ball has not gone to ground from the line-out, so

:59:04. > :59:13.you hand it over. Warren Gatland was seeing the

:59:14. > :59:18.players don't approve after going to France, but Charteris seems to be

:59:19. > :59:24.getting better and better. That is why he has had the nod over Davies

:59:25. > :59:36.because his work at the line-out, especially on an opposition throw.

:59:37. > :59:49.Wales just winning the battle of the turnover ball.

:59:50. > :00:11.Much better scrum from Wales and they are looking for the penalty.

:00:12. > :00:18.The scrum is back in Wales's favour. Not driving straight. Dickenson on

:00:19. > :00:27.the loosehead side. Has to be driving in on the angle. Not driving

:00:28. > :00:31.straight. It is amazing the turnaround within the same game and

:00:32. > :00:36.within the same ten minutes, if your focus and concentration isn't right.

:00:37. > :00:39.It has a massive effect. Two wonderful kickers. In the respective

:00:40. > :00:53.sides. Biggar begins his shuffling and his

:00:54. > :01:25.twitching, all part of the routine. Beautiful strike from Dan Biggar.

:01:26. > :01:32.All tied up here in Cardiff will stop 10-10 with five minutes to go

:01:33. > :01:37.in the first half. Wales disrupted the Scottish line, had a good scrum.

:01:38. > :01:40.So soon after Scotland's three points to go ahead, good striking

:01:41. > :01:47.back, good game management from Wales. Russell was the restart, some

:01:48. > :01:52.length on it. The thing rather quickly, North takes it and George

:01:53. > :01:58.North, here comes the muscle and power, looking for Faletau, but

:01:59. > :02:06.eventually out it goes and John Hardie, getting very excited. Good

:02:07. > :02:10.take. Good tackle by John Hardie, so money times the North having the

:02:11. > :02:17.power to burst through those tackles. It start to the match.

:02:18. > :02:35.Scotland's scrum. The knock-on was the first decision.

:02:36. > :02:47.Words of encouragement to the front rowers from George Clancy.

:02:48. > :02:54.He is telling them to keep the ball. He did in the hand, recycling and

:02:55. > :03:05.build the pressure. Don't kick it away. So much depends on how secure

:03:06. > :03:21.is at the back of the scrum and how it is. Sean Lamont standing inside

:03:22. > :03:30.the Russell. All depends on how stable this platform is.

:03:31. > :03:34.Wales will shove it down, George Clancy having a look. He wants

:03:35. > :03:45.Laidlaw to play it now. Russell gives it onto Gray the

:03:46. > :03:55.elder. Russell Russell gives it onto Gray the

:03:56. > :04:03.almost do, looking for support. Chance again. Jackson putting it

:04:04. > :04:10.back but nobody there. One-on-one, quick feet.

:04:11. > :04:22.Nel. The ball is back and a of confusion and Scotland claim they

:04:23. > :04:25.were held but James stands strong stop Taylor still complaining.

:04:26. > :04:32.were held but James stands strong obstruction, I think, he had a case

:04:33. > :04:34.for it. Samson Lee gets it back to Williams,

:04:35. > :04:39.for it. Samson Lee gets it back to 22, North, can he build up

:04:40. > :04:44.for it. Samson Lee gets it back to steam. Watched well. Final two

:04:45. > :04:53.minutes in the first half, very little between the two sides.

:04:54. > :05:04.the head of Denton are waiting for this one is Russell. Ruaridh Jackson

:05:05. > :05:12.overruns. Russell gets the ball away. Jonny Gray almost on his own

:05:13. > :05:18.in midfield. Scotland come into secure, Laidlaw looking for runners.

:05:19. > :05:32.Jamie Roberts of the line very quickly. Scotland come again through

:05:33. > :05:43.Sean Lamont. Laidlaw. Passing his uncle Roy in terms of caps. Lamont,

:05:44. > :05:49.a rather untidy pass out to Nel. Into the final minute. Defiant

:05:50. > :05:52.a rather untidy pass out to Nel. of Wales and

:05:53. > :05:56.a rather untidy pass out to Nel. Scotland and then very similar

:05:57. > :06:00.position to the last one, perhaps closer and a chance to meet at the

:06:01. > :06:05.break. Scotland are doing better than last week and respecting

:06:06. > :06:10.possession. The penalty came, putting the Welsh defence under

:06:11. > :06:17.pressure. Samson Lee, penalised, much better from Scotland. Running

:06:18. > :06:24.on again. The tackle is made, Samson Lee goes to ground. Stop it there.

:06:25. > :06:36.There he is, as clear as daylight. Samson Lee, carry on. He is not

:06:37. > :06:42.rolling away. That is the penalty. And have spotted Samson Lee

:06:43. > :06:47.otherwise! -- couldn't have spotted. He has had his struggles with

:06:48. > :06:54.injuries. Not everybody knows the game as well as you, Andrew!

:06:55. > :07:00.Laidlaw, into the red, last kick of the first half. Laidlaw's kick, the

:07:01. > :07:06.Scotland captain gives the visitors the lead at half-time and after the

:07:07. > :07:10.start that Wales made, you would not bet that was the result have painful

:07:11. > :07:15.than I think they deserve to be in fun, and the last half an hour they

:07:16. > :07:18.have dominated possession, dominated territory and turned all that

:07:19. > :07:19.pressure into points. They will be very happy with a 3-point lead at

:07:20. > :07:35.half-time. Intriguing match. All here skill and helter-skelter

:07:36. > :07:40.and a great entertainment. This is Seymour's try that squared things up

:07:41. > :07:43.for Scotland and as Jonathan and everybody else was seeing,

:07:44. > :07:55.deservedly leading by the narrowest margin at half-time. The sticks at a

:07:56. > :07:57.quarter of an hour -- the statistics after quarter of an hour would be

:07:58. > :08:11.very different to what they are now. 20 more tackles for Wales because

:08:12. > :08:16.Scotland had an awful run with the ball. Not often you see Scotland

:08:17. > :08:23.with an ascendancy of possession in matches.

:08:24. > :08:29.A bit of a Cheshire cat at the moment. Really good 40 minutes for

:08:30. > :08:33.Scotland, what I wanted to see, the off-loading game. Four off-loads and

:08:34. > :08:39.Greg Laidlaw is running with the ball. England coming off him, Tommy

:08:40. > :08:42.Seymour putting himself all over the place. That has been exactly the

:08:43. > :08:46.type of game that we wanted to see because that is what wins are the

:08:47. > :08:54.best in the players. We didn't see it last week. They got the quick

:08:55. > :08:59.ball. Allowed the ball to be freed up to allow the backline to come

:09:00. > :09:02.onto it, they have done well there and you see what a different team,

:09:03. > :09:07.any team is a different team when you have got quick ball. The most

:09:08. > :09:12.disappointing part from Wales. The two Scottish boys have got the upper

:09:13. > :09:19.hand in the first-half recycling of all, has been fantastic. A

:09:20. > :09:24.fascinating forward battle. One side is on top and then the other. Wales

:09:25. > :09:28.are stopping this Scottish ball. Charteris has been fantastic and the

:09:29. > :09:34.full credit to Scotland, they deserve to be in front. The

:09:35. > :09:40.willingness to carry the ball strongly into space to create the

:09:41. > :09:44.quick ball and Wales are trying their best as well, it is a

:09:45. > :09:48.compelling game of rugby. Compelling game but we spent much of the last

:09:49. > :09:55.35 Mets asking whether it was a try not. It was a try, given as a try

:09:56. > :10:02.legally, we will question is, great chip by Biggar will stop Roberts

:10:03. > :10:07.goes up. Davies is in front of the ball when it was kicked. If Duncan

:10:08. > :10:11.Taylor had touched that he would have been onside but Jamie Robinson

:10:12. > :10:14.knocks it back to him and he wasn't fun, a question about whether when

:10:15. > :10:20.forward, it had to because that is where he was not Davies was in front

:10:21. > :10:24.of the ball which puts him offside. Strictly were you said it is also,

:10:25. > :10:29.we were admiring the finish. Unbelievable finish. By the letter

:10:30. > :10:35.of the law it shouldn't have been allowed. We have the TMO to make the

:10:36. > :10:41.decisions right, they can look at this very closely because he was

:10:42. > :10:44.asked by Clancy, is it a try and you can see there was

:10:45. > :10:48.asked by Clancy, is it a try and you is the wrong decision and that is

:10:49. > :10:51.why I am more disappointed it has gone to the TMO and the system has

:10:52. > :10:57.broken down because he has made the wrong call. We have got 32 cameras

:10:58. > :11:00.on this match but this is the great thing, the more cameras you have,

:11:01. > :11:05.the more angles you have and the more ability to make the right

:11:06. > :11:09.decision, there can be no excuse of not having the right angle, we have

:11:10. > :11:12.the angle on everything. When it happens in the last five minutes

:11:13. > :11:15.that can affect the outcome of the result but that try might be the

:11:16. > :11:18.difference, we don't know what is good to happen, you have the

:11:19. > :11:25.technology, you have the process and the protocol. You must get the right

:11:26. > :11:30.decision. After 20 odd phases of play, Scotland scored a try. An

:11:31. > :11:35.outstanding team try. Everything Scotland in the last week that Greg

:11:36. > :11:40.Laidlaw, he is only able to do that because of quick ball, defence are

:11:41. > :11:46.now thinking, look at the Gap, he goes through it, he does get through

:11:47. > :11:49.and look now, the red jerseys having to go back, Scotland are coming

:11:50. > :11:52.forward and there is Dan Biggar, try to marshal the truth and get them

:11:53. > :11:55.out there because he knows there are numbers and a great debt of scanning

:11:56. > :12:02.from Russell, he sees where the gap is, beautifully weighted kick and

:12:03. > :12:07.Seymour gets it done, 21 phases and it is the execution of all the

:12:08. > :12:15.skill. The passing, the kicking, brilliant try. Everything they did

:12:16. > :12:21.against England. Today they have jumped over the trapdoor and got

:12:22. > :12:24.back to scoring tries. If you look at the Welsh defenders when Laidlaw

:12:25. > :12:29.has got the ball. They analyse Scotland to death. He has played

:12:30. > :12:36.heads up and got them on the front foot. This match over the years has

:12:37. > :12:42.produced some classic tries. Stuart Hogg might have been on the end of

:12:43. > :12:49.one of the great tries. He ran up the other side, the try from Jim

:12:50. > :12:53.Calder. He didn't get away. This quite hard, good kick, Scotland have

:12:54. > :12:57.done outstanding in the aerial battle. Tommy Seymour, having lost

:12:58. > :13:04.the initial one, good pressure coming in. Barkley gets its year and

:13:05. > :13:08.it opens up, look at the foot race, he is desperate for a blue shirt,

:13:09. > :13:12.look at Stuart Hogg, there is the line and John Barclay just seeds

:13:13. > :13:20.that from Stuart Hogg and he might go for the try. He put boot to ball

:13:21. > :13:30.and went into touch. Almost a great try. He has got to pass that ball,

:13:31. > :13:36.you have to keep that in hand, the Welsh defence can relax. George has

:13:37. > :13:43.got it covered. 50-50 against Tom James. We would love to see the

:13:44. > :13:51.contest to see if we good outset Tom James. You could see Hogg doing the

:13:52. > :13:54.Phil Bennett step. After a sensational, Arfield 's catch on the

:13:55. > :13:59.boundary, but such a key player to Scotland Jadhav attack. Slides in

:14:00. > :14:04.and catches it well, stands up, that was Match of the Day, he would be

:14:05. > :14:10.sent off! Never takes his eye off the ball but he clearly goes on and

:14:11. > :14:14.just catches him. His knee goes on to his head because he was pointing

:14:15. > :14:19.at his head. Big loss. Scotland yet invest their last week and today he

:14:20. > :14:22.has looked really good. She is exactly the type of player you

:14:23. > :14:25.has looked really good. She is open field runner and he has the

:14:26. > :14:28.pace to get through. What do you make of the Welsh back division? One

:14:29. > :14:33.pace to get through. What do you passage of play at the end when they

:14:34. > :14:39.pace to get through. What do you ship the ball 30 metres back. Could

:14:40. > :14:43.pressure. They haven't set the world alight will stop apart from the

:14:44. > :14:47.first ten minutes it has been Scotland and really surprising when

:14:48. > :14:51.Wales went for the first try, you think it could be a long afternoon.

:14:52. > :14:57.They haven't clicked again which is disappointing. Stark contrast to the

:14:58. > :15:01.game in Paris, along afternoon for the fans. Founder well for the

:15:02. > :15:12.French at the end. A very stodgy affair but Johnny

:15:13. > :15:16.Sexton was resolute in his goal-kicking. Ireland lead at

:15:17. > :15:25.half-time, as they had done last week, Wales came back to snatch a

:15:26. > :15:29.draw. With ten minutes to go France snatched the match through Maxi

:15:30. > :15:40.Medard. The full-back! He has scored and the

:15:41. > :15:48.conversion is easy and France take the lead.

:15:49. > :15:53.The conversion was made and that means that France are two from two

:15:54. > :16:01.and if they have grand slam aspirations they will have 2-1 the

:16:02. > :16:09.next couple. -- have two win the next couple. Plymouth

:16:10. > :16:11.next couple. -- have two win the Jones mastermind what he hopes

:16:12. > :16:20.Having been in the game in the well be a thrashing of

:16:21. > :16:26.Having been in the game in the well you have to enjoy the media.

:16:27. > :16:31.Having been in the game in the well English sport, sound bite king of

:16:32. > :16:36.the oval ball and has been talking to Sonia McLaughlin.

:16:37. > :16:46.In England particularly in the media, like try to do is do a good

:16:47. > :16:49.service. You have told England to go out and smack Italy, what are you

:16:50. > :16:55.try to achieve with language like that? Italy are going to give us a

:16:56. > :17:01.very tough game and it will be very, to angle hard at first but I want

:17:02. > :17:04.our players to go there with confidence, believing in themselves

:17:05. > :17:09.and backing the ability and one of the things that haven't done in the

:17:10. > :17:14.past is back their ability enough. Isn't it inflammatory to say to give

:17:15. > :17:21.Italy a good hiding? Isn't that what they want to do to us? It could be

:17:22. > :17:25.viewed as disrespectful in advance? Every game of rugby you want to do

:17:26. > :17:29.that, everything can come back and haunt you, if you were worried about

:17:30. > :17:32.that, you would never cross the street for a few of being run over.

:17:33. > :17:37.You have to have confidence in believing what you are doing and I

:17:38. > :17:42.want side to believe that we can be the most ominous team in Europe and

:17:43. > :17:44.we want to do things differently against Italy than we did against

:17:45. > :17:49.Scotland and worry about the game after that. Are you try to give the

:17:50. > :17:53.players on their toes? We always try to give the players on their toes.

:17:54. > :17:57.Anyone who is comfortable does not play to their potential, we want the

:17:58. > :18:02.team to have a little bit of edge. Why not blood some young guns

:18:03. > :18:10.against Italy? At the start and see what they can do. We have three the

:18:11. > :18:15.23, and many do you want? We look at the side of 23. Those guys have an

:18:16. > :18:24.enormous opportunity. It gets harder for England after Rome, so why not

:18:25. > :18:26.throw the men at the start what might you never throw something in

:18:27. > :18:31.the pool unless you know it can swim. For England favourites for the

:18:32. > :18:35.title? We win the game on Sunday and take it from there. Can find out

:18:36. > :19:15.what happens tomorrow. Couple of Irish fans expect to say

:19:16. > :19:22.how disappointed they were with Ireland at the performance in Paris.

:19:23. > :19:28.As far as the second half is concerned, now with leading at

:19:29. > :19:31.half-time and not winning at the end, so what do Scotland have to do

:19:32. > :19:35.in the second half? Exactly what they did in the first half, Clayton

:19:36. > :19:39.Geathers multiphase game going and try to get the football, we know

:19:40. > :19:44.that Wales will be in the changing room try to stop the quick ball, so

:19:45. > :19:47.that is the challenge. It is working so well, so go out and do it, keep

:19:48. > :19:52.playing and express yourself. Russell has made mistakes but also

:19:53. > :19:57.been trying things which is great. Stuart Hall could go off. Ruaridh

:19:58. > :20:01.Jackson is a good player. He knows what he's doing, another

:20:02. > :20:07.ball-carrier and ballplayer and much the same. Don't change it. A few

:20:08. > :20:14.choice words in the changing room from Warren Gatland and Shawn

:20:15. > :20:20.Williams. They look a yard off the Scottish guys in the breakdown. Set

:20:21. > :20:26.piece is very iffy-50. I expect them to go after Jackson with a high

:20:27. > :20:30.ball. Wales have got confused around the white game. They have to

:20:31. > :20:35.remember what they have got to do to get wide and that is winning the

:20:36. > :20:39.breakdown. Jimmy Roberts, George North, sucking in the Scottish

:20:40. > :20:46.defence. That will allow them to go wide. From the great American tennis

:20:47. > :20:50.now, when you Jimmy Connors for the first time in his life having lost

:20:51. > :20:55.the first 16 meetings, he walked into the press conference after the

:20:56. > :21:03.match and said, I told you, nobody beats me seven times -- 17 times in

:21:04. > :21:06.a row! I wonder if the Scots are thinking that nobody beats us

:21:07. > :21:12.maintains in a row. That is the objective and have given themselves

:21:13. > :21:16.a real chance. That will have been a good half-time team talk for Vern

:21:17. > :21:21.Cotter, and you go, do it again and let's get a win. Wales have got a

:21:22. > :21:27.lot of experience on the replacements bench, Jenkins and

:21:28. > :21:30.Lydia. Expect to see them on, from an entertainment perspective, let's

:21:31. > :21:36.all the second half is a replica of the first.

:21:37. > :21:42.One of the great fixtures of the game which has so often provided

:21:43. > :21:52.incident and tries and drama. We will see what lies in store today.

:21:53. > :21:59.The scrum-half scores! In will surely be a try for Scotland.

:22:00. > :22:11.Scotland have three more points. The Scotland captain gives the visitors

:22:12. > :22:14.the lead at half-time. The players are out for the second half of the

:22:15. > :22:24.Principality Stadium, don't forget our red button forum, give us any

:22:25. > :22:29.thoughts you have got. COMMENTATOR: What Martin said, it is a 23 man

:22:30. > :22:33.game and Scotland have used a replacement already, he is not on

:22:34. > :22:40.the bench, but could probably still do a job! Wales have got a good

:22:41. > :22:44.bench, slightly better bench than Scotland, we will see how goes.

:22:45. > :22:55.Tipuric is upended as he takes it down. Dan Biggar from just inside

:22:56. > :22:59.his own 22 sends it to Ruaridh Jackson. Stuart

:23:00. > :23:05.his own 22 sends it to Ruaridh minutes with an injury.

:23:06. > :23:22.That is a very good kick as well. Quickly taken by Wales. Biggar has a

:23:23. > :23:27.little bit of time to play with. Running onto this one is Seymour,

:23:28. > :23:32.try scorer for the visitors in the first half, chasing down his own

:23:33. > :23:42.kick. Winning the battle against the huge number eight. Lovely kick into

:23:43. > :23:52.the corner as well from Laidlaw. Tommy Seymour has certainly played

:23:53. > :23:59.his part. He has won everything in the air, he beats Faletau.

:24:00. > :24:07.Bit of a lack of communication. The right-winger is on the floor and the

:24:08. > :24:15.scrum-half kicks to the right side. Davies carried, there. Line-out won

:24:16. > :24:20.well by Wales. It gives Biggar the chance to clear. Jackson just watch

:24:21. > :24:24.it go. Little bit of a communication breakdown. It was a Catch-22, if he

:24:25. > :24:29.caught it, would his breakdown. It was a Catch-22, if he

:24:30. > :24:33.taken him into touch? I would have liked to have seen him catch that

:24:34. > :24:38.I'm really have a go to keep the momentum up. He was in two minds. At

:24:39. > :24:48.least it is the Scottish throne and they can restart with it. -- the

:24:49. > :24:54.Scottish throw. Looked like it might have gone forward from Laidlaw but

:24:55. > :25:07.worked well. Laid back by Denton and Russell. John Hardie take the

:25:08. > :25:11.poisoned gift. Have that one. Bit of uncertainty in the Scottish ranks.

:25:12. > :25:18.But no mistakes. Just kept hold of the ball. If you've got the ball you

:25:19. > :25:22.are in control of the game. Jonny Gray tumbles over and Scotland,

:25:23. > :25:27.again. Taylor sends it through, well directed kick beyond Williams. No

:25:28. > :25:34.chance to take the quick one here, Scotland keeping Wales pegged back.

:25:35. > :25:40.They need to plug that corner, two kicks already, that is the message

:25:41. > :25:44.from Vern Cotter, to keep turning Wales. Recovering from a bruising

:25:45. > :25:49.encounter last weekend. They can put them under pressure near the

:25:50. > :25:52.encounter last weekend. They can put And the line-out disrupted but

:25:53. > :26:02.encounter last weekend. They can put illegally so. Wales will have the

:26:03. > :26:08.free kick. Closing the gap is the infringement. Yeah, it's very

:26:09. > :26:15.difficult... Ooh, hang on. A free kick, not going for touch, just

:26:16. > :26:21.depth. There's a lot of aimless kicking in the Welsh team at the

:26:22. > :26:29.moment. Faletau now. Not scenes at running from Faletau today. Davies

:26:30. > :26:35.gives it to Biggar, and free kick is charged down, it comes the way of

:26:36. > :26:43.Scott Baldwin. Dan Biggar again. Not seeing much of a game plan here at

:26:44. > :26:48.the moment from Wales. Infield to Sean Lamont, not known for his

:26:49. > :26:52.kicking prowess. Between Williams and Biggar he goes. Little bit of

:26:53. > :27:01.rugby tennis at the moment. Again, and Biggar he goes. Little bit of

:27:02. > :27:03.think... Delayed and delayed. Wales and Biggar he goes. Little bit of

:27:04. > :27:06.have it now and have a chance, George North out into the open. He

:27:07. > :27:13.has got support outside. George North out into the open. He

:27:14. > :27:14.around. They come racing up looking for him, but Wales to the edges of

:27:15. > :27:24.the 22. Carried on by for him, but Wales to the edges of

:27:25. > :27:28.Charteris goes to ground and Wales come through, and Faletau tries to

:27:29. > :27:39.get the pass away but Seymour has it. Offside, number four. Advantage

:27:40. > :27:48.being played. He went for the miracle ball. Offside in a previous

:27:49. > :27:54.play. What a break, and initially by Davies. This tackle is made by a

:27:55. > :28:02.loosehead prop, Alasdair Dickinson. Fantastic tackle.

:28:03. > :28:08.He'll be happy to get his hands on the ball and season space ahead of

:28:09. > :28:13.him. Good counterattack. Wonderful tackle by Alasdair Dickinson. Quiet

:28:14. > :28:17.game so far from North. Scored a tackle by Alasdair Dickinson. Quiet

:28:18. > :28:21.years ago, but then tackle by Alasdair Dickinson. Quiet

:28:22. > :28:21.players scored in that fixture. George

:28:22. > :28:28.players scored in that fixture. his hands on the ball. Rare chance

:28:29. > :28:34.to show what he could do, there. You can see how important the kicking

:28:35. > :28:38.game is now, can't you? Scotland I just think, look, there you go, we

:28:39. > :28:43.are going to put you back in your own 22, show us what you've got.

:28:44. > :29:01.Surely soon to be 13-13. Biggar. So, Wales with the first points of

:29:02. > :29:13.this second half and we are level again inside the principality

:29:14. > :29:16.stadium. First points of the second half are always crucial. We saw a

:29:17. > :29:23.lot of kicking, it was almost who would blink first. First blood to

:29:24. > :29:36.Wales in the second half. The restart is high and long and Biggar

:29:37. > :29:41.takes it down again. Busy, busy man. Davies just looking at the options.

:29:42. > :29:50.Sends the box-kick over himself, into touch. Important that kick went

:29:51. > :30:00.out, from Wales's perspective. From a normal box-kick he would be the

:30:01. > :30:06.kick chase. If it was kept in, it would have been a target for

:30:07. > :30:12.Scotland to run it. So, Wales are making three substitutions, here.

:30:13. > :30:15.Couple of changes in the front row, and Luke Charteris is going off as

:30:16. > :30:26.well. Jenkins coming on, Bradley Davies. Ken Owens as well. Early in

:30:27. > :30:37.the second half to ring the changes. We have talked about these great

:30:38. > :30:40.replacements Wales have. Experience. Very good at turning ball over,

:30:41. > :30:47.Gethin Jenkins. Bradley Davies comes on fresh, now. Scotland's line-out

:30:48. > :31:00.is in trouble. Ken Owens gets an early touch. Up it goes from Davies.

:31:01. > :31:09.They are all on site. He's made up for the poor kick. Samson Lee, long

:31:10. > :31:19.held ambition to play scrum-half. Faletau.

:31:20. > :31:26.Davies to Biggar, along to Jonathan Davies. The kick is half charged

:31:27. > :31:29.down. Chance to play a bit of football coming forward, and Jackson

:31:30. > :31:34.now trying to get the ball wide, just couldn't quite get it there in

:31:35. > :31:41.time. Into the 22, the mark is called. Somewhere Stuart Hogg's lake

:31:42. > :31:53.is twitching in the stands. Jackson did very well. Gambled, went up for

:31:54. > :32:01.it. So many half charged down kicks. Gareth Davies getting some

:32:02. > :32:08.treatment. The game is so open. You've got to keep your

:32:09. > :32:11.concentration mighty high. Ruaridh Jackson nearly scuffs the roof with

:32:12. > :32:16.that kick, and down it comes to Williams. Kick charged down again.

:32:17. > :32:23.Richie Gray, hard to get the ball over him. He takes his man down.

:32:24. > :32:29.Scotland piling into that rock, looking for the turnover. Still with

:32:30. > :32:38.rails. Davies back on his feet and kicking, and Ruaridh Jackson comes

:32:39. > :32:42.forward, just into touch. Wales line-out. I would like to see that

:32:43. > :32:49.again. He's not convinced he stood on the touchline. We will soon find

:32:50. > :33:03.out. Yes, well done, assistant referee. He has made the right call.

:33:04. > :33:08.Wales line-out, which has gone well today. It goes well again, to

:33:09. > :33:20.Faletau. Plenty of success in the line-out, Wales. Slow ball again,

:33:21. > :33:29.isn't it? Very, very slow ball. Chip over from North, Laidlaw can pass it

:33:30. > :33:34.back. That's a meeting of two strong winners in Lamont and George North.

:33:35. > :33:48.WP Nel. Grinding that is slowly, here,

:33:49. > :33:54.taking their time. And Laidlaw send it down. Davies with a bit more time

:33:55. > :33:57.to feed Williams. Wide it goes now, and here come Wales through James

:33:58. > :34:05.and Robertson, on to Jonathan Davies. The left boot gives it away

:34:06. > :34:08.again. Not engaging in defence whatsoever. And the mistake from

:34:09. > :34:14.Liam Williams right in the centre of the field. Came from nowhere. Rare

:34:15. > :34:17.mistake from the gifted full-back. So much aimless kicking going on,

:34:18. > :34:24.someone needs to grab this game by the scruff of the neck. Here is the

:34:25. > :34:29.knock-on. Yes. You won't get a cleaner knock-on than that. Since

:34:30. > :34:33.half-time you are right, the kicking was so good and precise in the first

:34:34. > :34:38.half, but there have been so many charge downs and aimless kicks. As

:34:39. > :34:40.the game opens up like this, you have to remember that Wales played

:34:41. > :34:50.that bruising encounter six days ago. A lot of toing and froing,

:34:51. > :34:53.turnovers, hard yards covered. Scrum right in the centre of the field,

:34:54. > :35:17.just inside the 22. The ball is not coming back, there.

:35:18. > :35:24.Scotland have the free kick, though. What's the option here? Just take

:35:25. > :35:33.the scrum again, says great Laidlaw. It's a good attacking platform

:35:34. > :35:37.again. So much rests... Great Laidlaw asks George Clancy to

:35:38. > :35:43.clarify the decision. Such a great opportunity to attack from this

:35:44. > :35:47.platform. He can go left or right. The most crucial defender here is

:35:48. > :35:51.Gareth Davies for Wales, in the nine position, whether he goes right or

:35:52. > :36:06.left. Link in with a first offender on either side. -- the first

:36:07. > :36:15.defender. Next up is penalties, says George Clancy. Both down to early,

:36:16. > :36:34.now. Surely if they are both down too early, they are both on time.

:36:35. > :36:40.Solid scrum from Scotland. Down it goes, and a penalty to Scotland to

:36:41. > :36:53.loud applause from their captain, the scrum-half, shortly to be their

:36:54. > :37:01.kicker. Loosehead coming down. Loud huzzahs and smiles from everyone on

:37:02. > :37:16.the Scotland side. He goes down early. That's

:37:17. > :37:20.the Scotland side. He goes down the assistant referee. Think this is

:37:21. > :37:28.the easiest kick of the day. The last one faced by Dan Biggar to draw

:37:29. > :37:40.level was similar for Wales. Greig Laidlaw straight in front of the

:37:41. > :37:47.posts. So, Scotland in front again in Cardiff with 15 minutes played in

:37:48. > :37:52.this second half. Been a scrappy second half so far. We see Dan

:37:53. > :37:59.Biggar coming up to kick this, looks as though he's carrying that left

:38:00. > :38:06.ankle. Vern Cotter and Jonathan Humphreys will be the happier of the

:38:07. > :38:08.coaches at the moment, I assume. Keep a keen eye on Biggar. He sends

:38:09. > 2:50:48at the way of Denton, here. Laidlaw again sends it for lab wants

2:50:49 > 2:50:48to chase. Jonny Gray can't quite get away. Scotland fling their arms out

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Steal is good, says the referee, so in complaint. Incomes

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Steal is good, says the referee, so Scotland have turned it over. Again,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48turned over ball, you are thinking, why do

2:50:49 > 2:50:48turned over ball, you are thinking, sends it up now. Laidlaw under a bit

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of pressure. Russell's kick charged down. A war of charge downs and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48misplaced kicks at the moment. And penalty to Scotland. But there is a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48lack of shape from both sides in the second half. I can see what Scotland

2:50:49 > 2:50:48are trying to do, they are trying to play the game in the Wales half.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Somewhere near the 22 metre area. They are going to say, right, you

2:50:49 > 2:50:48haven't scored many tries, let's see what you can do from distance. They

2:50:49 > 2:50:48will be happy to sneak this with a couple of penalties and win it. But

2:50:49 > 2:50:48as Wales, if Scotland are going to kick, you have to counter attack.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Get behind the ball, and the backs going. Keep the ball,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48build possession, and then maybe get something in the opposition half.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48You can see what Scotland is trying to do. At the moment I'm not sure I

2:50:49 > 2:50:48see what Wales is trying to do. to do. At the moment I'm not sure I

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wales have not had ball to play with, they have pinched three or

2:50:49 > 2:50:48four of Scotland's line-outs. with, they have pinched three or

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland will try and get the ball moving, and away comes John

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland will try and get the ball sneaking down the blindside. Loses

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the ball, and Tom James out into the open, flying down the wing. Pinning

2:50:49 > 2:50:48back his ears come he's being hunted down. What covering defence. The

2:50:49 > 2:50:48ball is out, and it is anybody's now. Bradley Davies has it. Got to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48go wide. They are crying for it out wide for Wales. Gareth Davies moves

2:50:49 > 2:50:48it now, wide for Wales. Gareth Davies moves

2:50:49 > 2:50:48George North. North can't quite get his hands on it. And out it goes.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48What a chance, what a break, what a chase and covering tackle. I thought

2:50:49 > 2:50:48James was in, chase and covering tackle. I thought

2:50:49 > 2:50:48going to get him in the first 20 minutes but he kept that space

2:50:49 > 2:50:48between the chaser. Loses the ball, Hardie, and then he's away. Keep

2:50:49 > 2:50:48your eyes on the guy with the white boots, Duncan Taylor. He gets his

2:50:49 > 2:50:48angles right and he focuses on where he's going to catch on. And this is

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the kick. Here we are, is it a knock-on or not? Doesn't really

2:50:49 > 2:50:48matter, it is an attacking line-out. Again, Scotland make that error,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48which gives Wales this position. Ross Ford's line-out under real

2:50:49 > 2:50:48pressure. Fund walled by Laidlaw. -- fumbled. Five metre scrum to Wales.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48As you say, the line-out, they have managed to stop Wales scoring the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48try, you think, you hit the jump, managed to stop Wales scoring the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48you get the ball out and you kick it. Think I can see Stuart McAnally

2:50:49 > 2:50:48warming up. -- McInally warming up. What a difference 30 seconds make.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Says it all. He is an ex-international hooker. You've got

2:50:49 > 2:50:48to nail those. The throw was good in the previous line-out. The Peel

2:50:49 > 2:50:48round the front from Hardie was good, then the turnover came.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Incredible 30 seconds, swinging the momentum from Scotland's favour to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the favour of the Welsh. Greig Laidlaw has to knock it. This is

2:50:49 > 2:50:48where you have to open your legs, pick up your knees. Tommy Seymour

2:50:49 > 2:50:48can't make it, Duncan Taylor can. A player that has come on so much in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the last year at Saracens. Almost the first name on the team sheet,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Duncan Taylor. When you play in a team winning all the time, your

2:50:49 > 2:50:48confidence grows. What the position for Wales. Much noise inside this

2:50:49 > 2:50:48great stadium. Samson Lee pops up. And the decision

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is... Scrum again, George Clancy says. Standing off well, then it

2:50:49 > 2:50:48went to a complete shambles. Into the final quarter of this

2:50:49 > 2:50:48enthralling match. It's at moments like this, this scrum, this next

2:50:49 > 2:50:48passage of play, whole matches can hinge on this dark corners of the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48game. Nobody on the blindside therefore Wales. George North

2:50:49 > 2:50:48lurking behind the scrum. "Wales, Wales" Is the rallying cry again. No

2:50:49 > 2:50:48quarter given by the Scottish scrum, here, so Wales have to use it.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Davies gives it to Roberts, and Jamie Roberts held short for now.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Gareth Davies gives it wide. Scotland's defence struggling back.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Metres short, it goes out wide again. Great tackle, Nel flinging

2:50:49 > 2:50:48himself at the knees of Tipuric. Penalty, of side, Scotland. One or

2:50:49 > 2:50:48two heroic tackles from Scotland, initially a good scrum.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48. They are going for the scrum. A statement of intent from Wales,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48here. Straightforward three points but they are going for the scrum.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Round the corner, running hard. Low and hard. Good tackle. Very good

2:50:49 > 2:50:48tackle. That was the last action Tipuric, because he is off. Dan

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Lydiate is not a bad man to have in reserve. No. Think a lot of

2:50:49 > 2:50:48questions have been asked about whether the balance is right in the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48back row with two openside flanker is. Now they are at the classic

2:50:49 > 2:50:48combination they had for so long of Lydiate, Warburton and Faletau.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Crucial period of the match. Crucial for Wales. Turned down the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48opportunity of three points. Taylor is very wide defensively. See him

2:50:49 > 2:50:48there with the posts? Laidlaw may fill that gap. I know it's very loud

2:50:49 > 2:50:48but listen to Michael. It's going to be loud, there are 74,000 people

2:50:49 > 2:50:48here. It all adds to the tension of this moment.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48You will do anything to drive your pack on to greater heights. These

2:50:49 > 2:50:48are the moments for the stout hearts in the pack. What a position for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wales. Some of these players welcoming the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48breather. Some blood has been spotted. Think it's on Samson Lee.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48The players will not want him to be off for a blood replacement.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wales getting a bit of a nudge, Faletau looking. Scotland with a big

2:50:49 > 2:50:48shove on, now. Clancy having a long look, here, Wales still have it.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Faletau with his hands upon it. Wales still with an opportunity.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Bradley Davies goes on himself, into the arms of Jonny Gray. Crashing

2:50:49 > 2:50:48through come Wales, looking to open the gap to the line, they score! And

2:50:49 > 2:50:48its Jamie Roberts who gets down. Wales have the try, Wales have

2:50:49 > 2:50:48believed. Quarter of an hour to go, they are in front in Cardiff. You've

2:50:49 > 2:50:48got to keep Wales outside of the 22. Pressure, pressure, pressure. Great

2:50:49 > 2:50:48running onto the ball come a great effort from Jamie Roberts. Don't

2:50:49 > 2:50:48know if anybody have stopped that man from so close.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Here he comes, flat-out, two big collisions and he still makes the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48line. Brilliant run, on the blindside of Nel. Nel is watching,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48scanning. He runs the blindside shoulder. Tell you what, it was a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48great hit by the two Scottish players. Momentum took him over.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Defended so well, Scotland, but to no avail in the end. Roberts with

2:50:49 > 2:50:48that 17 and a half stone driving hard. The energy and commitment from

2:50:49 > 2:50:48both sides. Jamie Roberts shows what it means. Fresh legs have been

2:50:49 > 2:50:48brought on by Scotland. The last act for a lot of those Scottish players

2:50:49 > 2:50:48in defence, fruitless ultimately. McInally has come on, Gordon Reid is

2:50:49 > 2:50:48on at loosehead prop. Blair Cowan is on the John Barclay as well. So the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48final 14 minutes of this game, four points in it. Wales in front for the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48first time in a long while. Wales now attacking with some freedom to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jonathan Davies. Making good ground. George Clancy was whistle ready.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jonathan Davies. Making good ground. Carried in by Ken Owens.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jonathan Davies. Making good ground. about Wales now. Biggar gets that

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jonathan Davies. Making good ground. kick away. Ruaridh Jackson returns

2:50:49 > 2:50:48it well, kick away. Ruaridh Jackson returns

2:50:49 > 2:50:48has done very well indeed. Really good kick by Rory Jackson to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48has done very well indeed. Really his lines. --

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Stuart Hogg had already made 54 metres, that's how big a mess that

2:50:49 > 2:50:48man is. The Wales line-out fails. But a fumble from Nel, so Wales have

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the scrum. Not expecting it. But a fumble from Nel, so Wales have

2:50:49 > 2:50:48been such an important player for Scotland, Nel. That tackle on the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48line two or three minutes ago. A good player. What do you make of

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Hidalgo-Clyne? I think he's such a threat from scrum-half. Do you bring

2:50:49 > 2:50:48him on? He's a good try scorer. Do you replace your captain? More

2:50:49 > 2:50:48importantly your goalkicker, in a tight match, that's a call that has

2:50:49 > 2:50:48to be made. Finn Russell is a competent kicker, isn't he? I think

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Greig Laidlaw has competent kicker, isn't he? I think

2:50:49 > 2:50:48today. He has but sometimes you need to make changes

2:50:49 > 2:50:48today. He has but sometimes you need is a 23 man game. It has to be a 23

2:50:49 > 2:50:48man game which has been hard hat in, -- been

2:50:49 > 2:50:48man game which has been hard hat in, times. Alasdair Dickinson is off,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48replaced by Gordon Reid. Penalty to Wales in this scrum. That is a big,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48big call. He's got McInally leaning in, I think. That is a silly

2:50:49 > 2:50:48decision if that is the case. It now gives Wales fantastic field

2:50:49 > 2:50:48position. For Biggar to try and find a good touch. Wales will take their

2:50:49 > 2:50:48time getting to this line-out. Wales will want to keep their hands on the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48ball, try and strangle the game. Jonny Gray is making way. Simpson

2:50:49 > 2:50:48coming on in the second row. Finn Russell is off as well, Duncan Weir

2:50:49 > 2:50:48will be on. I find that a very difficult substitution because Finn

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Russell is the creative guy, isn't he? The creative stand-off. Nothing

2:50:49 > 2:50:48against Duncan Weir, but he is renowned as a kicker. Big call, I

2:50:49 > 2:50:48think. The Wales line-out safe and sound. Biggar takes it, Roberts

2:50:49 > 2:50:48piling himself in on the cannonball. Faletau. Good tackle first up.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Struggling as well. Gordon Reid now wide to Denton. This time he spills.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wales have the ball to play with again. Bradley Davies still playing

2:50:49 > 2:50:48advantage for that knock-on. A lengthy one for a knock-on. I quite

2:50:49 > 2:50:48like a long advantage, it is good for us spectators to watch. Good

2:50:49 > 2:50:48line initially, then under pressure. That man, Jamie Roberts. Richie Gray

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is down. Nel is feeling his calf as well. Doesn't look too good for prop

2:50:49 > 2:50:48forward. He's had a lot of calf problems.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48That is the last ten minutes when they have played most of the rugby

2:50:49 > 2:50:48in the Scottish half. They want to throw the ball into Lien Williams's

2:50:49 > 2:50:48hand. Those are the players. Seymour. -- Lien Williams.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wasn't the finest game in Paris earlier today and the weather had a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48large say in that. Huge man on for Wales. As against Reid and will be

2:50:49 > 2:50:48feeling the pressure. Wales with the attack again, North still going.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48George North, all the way for the try for George North. And we'll

2:50:49 > 2:50:48surely have it now. Still ten minutes to go but George North

2:50:49 > 2:50:48almost didn't have to use his great strength, unopposed. Flying in a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48wonderful line and another try for George North. He has been under

2:50:49 > 2:50:48pressure to score tries and he has done exceptionally well today. This

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is a simple drop-off, and missed tackle, two missed tackles the end

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of folding and not seeing the play. That is a brilliant finish, but

2:50:49 > 2:50:48defensively poor from Scotland. Just went too quickly, worried about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jamie Robinson, he was in the picture back to George North, good

2:50:49 > 2:50:48timing, inside Laidlaw and Hardie. Both chasing the ball and the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48crucial score at a crucial moment for Wales.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Regi again -- bigger Biggar again will

2:50:49 > 2:50:48through it goes on the stadium has come to life for the Welsh fans.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48George North's try and Wales with the turnaround. Difficult title for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48greatly Laidlaw to make. Shouldn't be sliding that hard, the ball has

2:50:49 > 2:50:48not moved across the field. Huge gap, fishing out too early, over

2:50:49 > 2:50:48reading the play. Very good finish. These of the try that will frustrate

2:50:49 > 2:50:48cultures. Do Scotland have the belief? Long way back now for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland, 11 points adrift. The book comes in. Side entry says George

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Clancy. You can score so soon after conceding points. They can try to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48shift the momentum back. The clock is against them, they have to go for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the try. They need two tries. We have seen some astonishing finishes

2:50:49 > 2:50:48in this stadium, not least excusable, a game that Chris Leydon,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland where ten point in front -- played in. Comes back untidily

2:50:49 > 2:50:48through Gray. Cowan. Going to scrabble his way over. Scotland

2:50:49 > 2:50:48looking for the pace of play that brought their try. Onto Cowan again.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Swinson. Q2 many mistakes creeping into the Scotland game for their

2:50:49 > 2:50:48liking. The concentration is dropping. Disappointing for WP Nel.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48That is the last two will stop you to get his hands on the ball will

2:50:49 > 2:50:48stop Davies has come on and put a lot of pressure, tackling high and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48try to put the ball in. Have a look at the tackles. Crucial statistics.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48George North has gone on the scoresheet, inside Laidlaw and Ben

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Cowan and Hardie slide, you don't slide across the field until it has

2:50:49 > 2:50:48moved across slide across the field until it has

2:50:49 > 2:50:48came back on the inside. Crucial time to score for Wales. Long break

2:50:49 > 2:50:48for treatment for a few players, it has been hard work here for both

2:50:49 > 2:50:48sides, fresh legs on the field. Front row almost entirely changed,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48only Nel remains. Davis to Biggar. Ruaridh Jackson

2:50:49 > 2:50:48sets off. Five this week between Faletau and Roberts. Still there for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland but time running out. Weir under pressure.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Laidlaw. Carried in by Seymour. Scarcely deserves to be

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Laidlaw. Carried in by Seymour. losing team. Roberts bumping Cowan.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48I don't know if you knows what way he is rolling over. Felix and a bit

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of bother, as you would be. he is rolling over. Felix and a bit

2:50:49 > 2:50:48malicious in that at all, just he is rolling over. Felix and a bit

2:50:49 > 2:50:48bravery from both parties. Jamie Robinson, similar to last week. Guys

2:50:49 > 2:50:48on the outside coming in from the Robinson, similar to last week. Guys

2:50:49 > 2:50:48blindside. Huge collision. Have that. His lines beat has been

2:50:49 > 2:50:48brilliant today. He has forced them back in and that just typifies his

2:50:49 > 2:50:48effort I wish you would get his head on the right side.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Blair Cowan is done for the day after that one, no chances taken

2:50:49 > 2:50:48after any thoughts of concussion he would have ten minutes off to finish

2:50:49 > 2:50:48things. Rhys He rose from the sick bed and made

2:50:49 > 2:50:48fly-half beside Dan Biggar. He rose from the sick bed and made

2:50:49 > 2:50:48everything well again. Kicking game, the aerial battle. He is so

2:50:49 > 2:50:48competent and so competitive and understands the game plan so well.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Another good game from Dan Biggar. Just over four minutes remaining.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48The task beyond Scotland now but it is there a ball. Wales will have it

2:50:49 > 2:50:48now. Scotland crumbling as Wales come again through North.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48The defensive work at McInally. The ball is out and Wales have got it.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48North is caught by McInally. He has been very industrious. Faletau. You

2:50:49 > 2:50:48get his way around Swinson. Back it comes to Priestland, first touch.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48get his way around Swinson. Back it kick. Manages to find Ruaridh

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jackson who is under pressure from Ken Owens. Penalty to Scotland.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Hidalgo-Clyne is about to come on for Laidlaw as Weir looks for touch

2:50:49 > 2:50:48from this penalty. Scotland's line-out. Man of the match time. It

2:50:49 > 2:50:48has been difficult, Seymour has had a very good game, Laidlaw has had a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48very good game, Faletau good for me this man, Jamie Roberts, his line

2:50:49 > 2:50:48speed has forced Scotland to play and said, they want to play

2:50:49 > 2:50:48attractive rugby, couple of big hits and then the try. Makes up for his

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Varsity match disappointment! Hidalgo-Clyne on. Replacement at

2:50:49 > 2:50:48scrum-half. As to swivel and give it onto Sean Lamont. Barkley thought he

2:50:49 > 2:50:48was off the day. You feel like Sullenberger in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48position to win this match. A couple of mistakes. Just given Wales that

2:50:49 > 2:50:48momentum. Wheels all on their feet. Payback. Not given any space for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland to attack will stop Hidalgo-Clyne gives it onto Barclay.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Tire figures on both sides. Ruaridh Jackson. Chance year. It is Taylor.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Tire figures on both sides. Ruaridh He will score for Scotland. They

2:50:49 > 2:50:48might not win the match but they have finished with a flourish.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland have another try and Duncan Taylor has his first for Scotland.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Good score, just when you said Wales on their feet. The ball on the back

2:50:49 > 2:50:48to Ruaridh Jackson comedy delays his powers, what a line by Duncan Taylor

2:50:49 > 2:50:48and the step off the left foot breaking through the tackle and a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48good score from Duncan Taylor. That is a great ball by Jackson. Just

2:50:49 > 2:50:48puts it through, he runs in. Delayed is a great ball by Jackson. Just

2:50:49 > 2:50:48pass, the timing of the run from Taylor. Scotland will have a chance

2:50:49 > 2:50:48from the restart. They will have one chance. I said Scotland might not

2:50:49 > 2:50:48win this game but as you have seen in this fixture, you never know.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Great all from Jackson, he just holds and holds. Great angle from

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Duncan Taylor, and scum will be unhappy with the missed tackle. That

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is a good finish. All about the restart, this is the last passage of

2:50:49 > 2:50:48play. They have to go long. The ball cannot go straight into touch, it

2:50:49 > 2:50:48has to touch the field of play. Got to go long. Priestland goes to that

2:50:49 > 2:50:48corner. Swinson from Scotland takes it down. Ugly pass from

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Hidalgo-Clyne. The scrum-half's mistake. The game is over, what a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48game we have seen, what a turnaround from Wales, they were under threat.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48A rare first win year, Scotland were looking for it. Wales have found

2:50:49 > 2:50:48their pace and skill and won the match. They got into the right

2:50:49 > 2:50:48positions and from there their power players stepped up and they scored

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the try is that they wanted. If Scotland would have cut out their

2:50:49 > 2:50:48errors. Play in the right areas, very difficult to stop the big

2:50:49 > 2:50:48ball-carriers. Bollinger assured again. That will frustrate the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48players on the coaching staff. Wales looked tired after 60 minutes.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Fantastic Six Nations encounter here. Wales move on to France. Their

2:50:49 > 2:50:48title challenge is very much alive. France coming off the back of two

2:50:49 > 2:50:48wins, coming here they have to play better, have to pick their game up

2:50:49 > 2:50:48again. For Scotland it is small consolation that there are signs

2:50:49 > 2:50:48again of life. There are encouraging signs. Wales are one of the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48favourites for this title. This stakes are one of the key things

2:50:49 > 2:50:48they have to iron out but the try scoring ability was much better. A

2:50:49 > 2:50:48try apiece in the first half when Gareth Davies got things going and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland lead at half-time 13-10, Wales turned it around in the middle

2:50:49 > 2:50:4815 minutes of the second half, the try from Jamie Roberts. Duncan

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Taylor with the League 1 for Scotland, 3-2, 20 7-23. Let's hear

2:50:49 > 2:50:48from the man of the match, Jamie Roberts.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Congratulations, man of the match, what a fantastic performance, if

2:50:49 > 2:50:48last bit was about the tackles, this one was about the try under revival,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48just listen to the crowd! Good game of rugby today, Scotland defended

2:50:49 > 2:50:48very well. They put us under a bit of pressure and we knew it we did

2:50:49 > 2:50:48keep the ball for a couple of phases, it would have been nice for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48James to score that. Win is a win, fair to Scotland. The guys are

2:50:49 > 2:50:48enjoying it, I win at home, the support is incredible. ? What was

2:50:49 > 2:50:48said at half-time because it was a bit of a scrappy second half but

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wales came out firing. Just to tighten up on the rock. Greg Laidlaw

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is a good running nine stop he is a dangerous player. Didn't get into

2:50:49 > 2:50:48position quick enough, we were on the fringes and we tidied it up

2:50:49 > 2:50:48second-half will stop wouldn't let them get on the front foot.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Congratulations, well done. Sam, how would you sum up Wales's performance

2:50:49 > 2:50:48today? We had to work hard. We knew Scotland were going to turn up, we

2:50:49 > 2:50:48saw how they played in the World Cup, last week as well and we knew

2:50:49 > 2:50:48it would be an immense challenge. Tough situation this year, it is

2:50:49 > 2:50:48wide-open in the first half wasn't great, didn't keep the ball in the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48attack, he to do better in defence and we sorted it out a bit. In terms

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of the Wales we are seeing in this competition, Freddie think you guys

2:50:49 > 2:50:48are if last week you had the frustrating drop seems like you find

2:50:49 > 2:50:48your feet as this match went on. We gradually get better as the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48tournament goes on. Little bit better last week, we came out the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48blocks pooling and really slow. Scotland played fantastically, and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48they deserved to be 0- two. Competitive side.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Some desolate figures in the Scottish huddle. Here's Greg

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Laidlaw. What do

2:50:49 > 2:50:48that you were beaten tonight? Doesn't get any easier, we are

2:50:49 > 2:50:48getting close and we are doing so many good things, a couple of soft

2:50:49 > 2:50:48moments and it really cost us. Shows we can score tries ourselves and now

2:50:49 > 2:50:48we just need to back ourselves. Unfortunately the past went awry and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48we gave them the game. Such a strong first-half, a scrappy second half,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Freddie think Wales won tonight? You always give credit to the opposition

2:50:49 > 2:50:48who win and where better in the day. -- where do you think Wales won

2:50:49 > 2:50:48tonight? We have to keep squeezing them and we got field position and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48then lost the line-out and giving death penalties away. Letting them

2:50:49 > 2:50:48off the hook. -- Daft penalties. We predict that the high-scoring match,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48we said there would be 50 points in it and there were.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48A game in stark contrast to the stodgy affair in France today.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48As the Millennium Stadium clears, 74,000 people at the bars and pubs

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of Cardiff city centre, an awful lot of them to talk about, not least, we

2:50:49 > 2:50:48ended our half-time chat by seeing, who knows, Davies's try in the first

2:50:49 > 2:50:48five minutes could be the difference in the side at the end and so it has

2:50:49 > 2:50:48turned out. Wales have got that game won and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland fought their way back, 5-point game and it was a very

2:50:49 > 2:50:48contentious decision. 5-point game and it was a very

2:50:49 > 2:50:48over this, as you can imagine. He is in front of the ball there when

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Jamie Robinson touches in front of the ball there when

2:50:49 > 2:50:48irrespective that in front of the ball there when

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Davies is never onside and that is why it shouldn't be a try. I agree.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48We will get a close-up of it. Jamie Roberts and Taylor go up, the first

2:50:49 > 2:50:48touch comes from Jamie Roberts on to Duncan Taylor's hand, has Jamie

2:50:49 > 2:50:48touches the ball, Davies is offside and that stance. Scotland were

2:50:49 > 2:50:48unlucky not to get that decision. It was a great finish but we will look

2:50:49 > 2:50:48back on this. It shouldn't have been allowed. Sometimes you don't get the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48breaks. You don't want to sound condescending, they were very brave.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48A bad decision on an incorrect decision made in the fifth minute

2:50:49 > 2:50:48can be every bit as influential as a bad decision made five minutes from

2:50:49 > 2:50:48time. Scotland are getting close, a lot of good play there today, they

2:50:49 > 2:50:48fell out of the game for 50 minutes in the second half and it took the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48game away, Wales, with their power players, they had a big influence in

2:50:49 > 2:50:4820 minutes, Scotland were powerless to stop that. Some great teams in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the world will struggle against North and Roberts when they get the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48power game going but they fought back with a try at the end. Would

2:50:49 > 2:50:48you fancy tackling Jamie Roberts from five yards out running at that

2:50:49 > 2:50:48angle? I missed him many times in training, they reverted to type in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the second half, early on they could go wide. Look at the angle, just out

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of shot. Tight at this stage of the game, not looking at what is coming

2:50:49 > 2:50:48from the outside. John Hardie has just picked him up onside, such a

2:50:49 > 2:50:48fantastic angle when you are so big and strong, he is virtually

2:50:49 > 2:50:48unstoppable from a few metres out. A key point in the game, I go back

2:50:49 > 2:50:48again, Wales had an opportunity for three points, they were brave

2:50:49 > 2:50:48enough, they had been in these situations, they have won games and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48a huge turning point. He was monumental last week in Dublin. And

2:50:49 > 2:50:48rightfully again today. Just a huge force for Wales. Jamie Robinson

2:50:49 > 2:50:48exceeds four inches and 17 stone 13. George North ending his try drought,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is this a brilliant piece of innovative running, or questions to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48be asked about the Scottish defence? Definitely questions to be asked,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48players get confidence from going on a break, this was early on in the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48second half, George North got on that and we didn't really see him in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the first half and maybe that just gave us bark to get him going, but

2:50:49 > 2:50:48this is the try, he comes back in, steps back in. Denton, that is his

2:50:49 > 2:50:48face, it is not a missed tackle Cowan has got to get that space, it

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is a system error. Any time anybody comes back in and Stetson is the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48person who has to take it, their responsibility is not to corner flag

2:50:49 > 2:50:48and get out, their responsibility is that space, it is a system error.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Brilliantly taken, but at no point is there a gap until the end when

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland run out of the line of defenders and he has just run round

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the edge. If you look back over the Scottish back row and defence, you

2:50:49 > 2:50:48would be distraught. One-on-one initially with Laidlaw. Where should

2:50:49 > 2:50:48they have been? The corner flag. Running towards the corner. Instead

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of giving your body square on. Might not be like George North, but you

2:50:49 > 2:50:48have to keep your channel. All three of them made a schoolboy error. I

2:50:49 > 2:50:48remember talking to you last weekend Martin and you said that off the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48back of the game in the Calcutta Cup last week you saw similarities were

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland are now to where Wales where a decade at the half ago when

2:50:49 > 2:50:48use of the couldn't win matches and you felt that once you had won one,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48others would follow, how do you break the cycle? We sure that as

2:50:49 > 2:50:48this district of the guy who won games 12 years ago in a very similar

2:50:49 > 2:50:48spot. It took us until we had a Gavin Henson kicked in 2005 that

2:50:49 > 2:50:48kick-started the next ten years, Scotland need something like that. I

2:50:49 > 2:50:48thought when they were 16-13, somehow they have to be one of big

2:50:49 > 2:50:48teams because there are stacks of talent in that team. The talent is

2:50:49 > 2:50:48there, much better performance. Scotland had to get the win. Nine on

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the bounce in the Six Nations. If they play like that, they can do

2:50:49 > 2:50:48that. There was so much throughout the game, not just the end, but

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Duncan Taylor had a big game today, came in from the injury in midweek.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Ruaridh Jackson just good of awareness, good step, good

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Ruaridh Jackson just good of and he tackled well, against Jamie

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Roberts. He defended brilliantly. He has been playing really well for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Saracens all season and I was pleased for him. The first try in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the first half by Seymour was just a fantastic team effort, kind of which

2:50:49 > 2:50:48we didn't see that continuity of play last weekend. Definitely and it

2:50:49 > 2:50:48came because Laidlaw cited interesting the Welsh defence.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Football, concede you, Laidlaw said that, scanning at his options, he

2:50:49 > 2:50:48goes through the gap and gets it behind and after 20 phases, Dan

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Biggar trying to get the defence over, then Russell sees the space

2:50:49 > 2:50:48behind and Seymour gets it done and Taylor could have had a try there.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48That was a great team try. In all sports that is about having

2:50:49 > 2:50:48opportunities and converting opportunities.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48opportunities and converting doing that in the past but scoring

2:50:49 > 2:50:48two tries is a step forward. From a Welsh perspective, do you still look

2:50:49 > 2:50:48at the Welsh team and think, in footballing speak, shots on target,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48shots off target and still more shots off target. I think so, the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48team is very experienced, they have won Grand Slams, they know how to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48win begins, having developed, not so sure, they are tragically this wide

2:50:49 > 2:50:48game and it is not quite coming off and finally look good for 20

2:50:49 > 2:50:48minutes, they just go back to the big men. I think both teams have

2:50:49 > 2:50:48moved on, Scotland will have gained confidence they can score tries and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48I like the way Wales have gone from the wide game to realising at

2:50:49 > 2:50:48half-time after chat with the coach that they have to go tight. Clearly

2:50:49 > 2:50:48game where we are strong and where we can beat Scotland like we have

2:50:49 > 2:50:48done in the past. We can hear from the ultimate try scoring hero for

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Wales, George North. Liam Agnew scored plenty of tries in your

2:50:49 > 2:50:48career but this one would have felt sweet, a little bit of a wait in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48international rugby. It has been a while. Nice to get back in. The game

2:50:49 > 2:50:48is a great game. First-half, try to put it right, very turnover

2:50:49 > 2:50:48dominated and we came out strong and had 50 minutes of pressure, came

2:50:49 > 2:50:48back with the points we needed and sometimes you have to win ugly. Very

2:50:49 > 2:50:48different second half to first-half and the boys started eating switched

2:50:49 > 2:50:48out wide, but how much did you had to change a game and were you

2:50:49 > 2:50:48surprised at Scotland's performance? We knew Scotland

2:50:49 > 2:50:48surprised at Scotland's performance? dig deep and we started not as

2:50:49 > 2:50:48strongly as we wanted dig deep and we started not as

2:50:49 > 2:50:48going in, three dig deep and we started not as

2:50:49 > 2:50:48half-time. Some pressure and we came out strong second half. The boy

2:50:49 > 2:50:48showed good character to come out and win at the end. Wales

2:50:49 > 2:50:48traditionally get stronger as the competition goes on, is that what we

2:50:49 > 2:50:48are seeing? If you say so. The way we play today, we have confidence

2:50:49 > 2:50:48some things well with clarity. Keeping the pressure on the teams,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48not letting them out, the first have showing our turnovers was crazy. We

2:50:49 > 2:50:48had a lot of pressure in their half and it told with the results. George

2:50:49 > 2:50:48North scoring a try for Wales today to give them that emphatic victory.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Conceded final match of the second weekend tomorrow. -- you can see the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48final match. Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Martin Williams, Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48made a really good fight Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48show that international Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Dynamic players, Owens and Jenkins, Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48know-how at the Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48edge over Scotland. Point, with Williams says about

2:50:49 > 2:50:48to play the full 80 minutes. They didn't bring on the 20-year-old and

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Nel was struggling a few tents, tired, drop the ball a few times.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48A much better performance this weekend, but how does it feel? Does

2:50:49 > 2:50:48that loss get any easier? No. There will be information to take from

2:50:49 > 2:50:48that game that will make us a little bit grumpier and we will use that to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48push for our win. bit grumpier and we will use that to

2:50:49 > 2:50:48about this game, we can focus on the next one, the attitude was better.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48We will develop that attitude and take that on the field and produced

2:50:49 > 2:50:48play that can create points. To stop them scoring. Bad luck today, thank

2:50:49 > 2:50:48you. That face told a thousand stories.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48What can you say? Postol seven in the Six Nations but there are

2:50:49 > 2:50:48What can you say? Postol seven in positives, England defeat, Wales

2:50:49 > 2:50:48defeat, so much more to take from today's defeats. That is not great

2:50:49 > 2:50:48in itself, thought of a glorious defeat but enough to take for the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48next three games in the Six Nations not just the next two and Scotland

2:50:49 > 2:50:48can definitely get a win if they play like that and play for the full

2:50:49 > 2:50:4880 minutes, they cannot afford to drop off the 20 minutes like they

2:50:49 > 2:50:48did today. On upward curve, where are Wales? They get stronger as the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48competition goes on, another home game against France coming next.

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Haven't set the world alight. They will be happy to get the win under

2:50:49 > 2:50:48their belts and move on. Having seen the French game, what did you make

2:50:49 > 2:50:48of the respective merits of the teams? And still look very slow in

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the forward area. I would expect Wales to beat them. Should make the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48championship very interesting. England-Italy tomorrow runs off the

2:50:49 > 2:50:48second weekend of the Six Nations championship. For the moment,

2:50:49 > 2:50:48Scotland's rather miserable run continues, Jamie Roberts's try was

2:50:49 > 2:50:48just what the doctor ordered from Wales's perspective midway through

2:50:49 > 2:50:48the second half together with George North's try at the end it left Wales

2:50:49 > 2:50:48on cloud nine. From all of us here, good fight. -- goodbye.

2:50:49 > 2:50:49Walk, run, swim or cycle yourself proud.