:00:00. > :00:00.behind the Italian jumper and played him in the air, which is why that
:00:00. > :00:19.fence occurred. Language, apologies. What's happening? Nigel and myself
:00:20. > :00:24.saw, it's a penalty. Pascal Gauzere just saying penalty. Everyone keep
:00:25. > :00:39.calm. And carry on. Gilchrist had a good first half. He
:00:40. > :00:44.had fallen out of favour, wasn't even going to get picked of
:00:45. > :00:49.Edinburgh a few weeks ago, but he has carried well, defended well. He
:00:50. > :00:53.was going to be Vern Cotter's captain a couple of years ago, then
:00:54. > :01:02.he broke his arm, so he has been cursed a little bit. Toulon were
:01:03. > :01:05.making noises last year. And again, Italy with this line-out and a
:01:06. > :01:13.chance to start the second half well. Rock-solid to the middle
:01:14. > :01:16.again, Biaggi takes it down, and now towards the try line, Scotland
:01:17. > :01:26.desperately trying to defend, but they can't. Goes to ground, Italy
:01:27. > :01:33.two metres short. The forwards might carry themselves. And you can hear
:01:34. > :01:41.the Italian supporters towards the line, and just short. Italy
:01:42. > :01:46.desperately searching for something to lift them in the start of the
:01:47. > :01:52.second half, still just short, and carried in by Chistolini. Still they
:01:53. > :02:03.throw themselves at the Scottish line-out. Biagi. Gori flings it out
:02:04. > :02:10.wide, a chance for the backs, and the try for Italy is coming? Oh, he
:02:11. > :02:17.can't get it down, Esposito held up. They might still have the penalty
:02:18. > :02:24.advantage, but how did Italy Butcher that try scoring opportunity? What a
:02:25. > :02:28.tackle by Stuart Hogg. That almost sums up Italy so far, it was all
:02:29. > :02:31.forward power, but when it had to be a try, they didn't have the pace and
:02:32. > :02:39.accuracy in the past. Fair play to Stuart Hogg for holding it up. And
:02:40. > :02:51.he cradles the ball like a newborn child! Look at this. Esposito, dear
:02:52. > :03:01.oh dear. The workrate of Stuart Hogg to get to that tackle. It wasn't all
:03:02. > :03:09.Esposito's fault, he was given the ball at a poor angle. He has got a
:03:10. > :03:13.tough job Alberto, we know that, but I have to say, if you go back to the
:03:14. > :03:17.first ball, it was going so quickly, and when it went down, I thought a
:03:18. > :03:22.penalty try might be awarded, because we have seen it a lot
:03:23. > :03:27.recently, if you get momentum, you can see the end, a big loopy pass,
:03:28. > :03:41.and again, a good winner will finish that, but that was a good defence
:03:42. > :03:55.from Scotland to stop it. That is incredulity. England have taken a
:03:56. > :04:06.replacement, Dupre is is an. -- Du Preez is on. So, who will get the
:04:07. > :04:15.card for Scotland? The captain is being called forward. And it is John
:04:16. > :04:19.Barclay who is off for ten minutes, so Scotland are really up against it
:04:20. > :04:27.at the start of this second-half. While we are watching the replay is,
:04:28. > :04:32.Pascal Gauzere said to John Barclay, the next infringement will be a
:04:33. > :04:37.card. It is the cumulative effect of a number of penalties. Scotland is
:04:38. > :04:44.now really have to dig deep to defend this. You don't often see
:04:45. > :04:51.this setup, they know they have an advantage, it would appear. John
:04:52. > :05:00.Barclay is tackling the man when it is a maul, and you can't do that.
:05:01. > :05:04.I'm sure Scotland's didn't believe that they had this game won at
:05:05. > :05:08.half-time, but it has been a sluggish start to the second half. I
:05:09. > :05:13.was thinking to myself that if they get the first score of the second
:05:14. > :05:19.half, the game would be won. This will be a tough ten minutes, if
:05:20. > :05:22.Italy can get the try here, it really will be game on, with
:05:23. > :05:30.Scotland's captain of the ten minutes. This is taking the game
:05:31. > :05:38.back to 20 years ago, seeing the maul set up from the penalty. Great
:05:39. > :05:46.tactic from Italy. Luke McLean is going to send it into touch.
:05:47. > :05:51.I don't think Ryan Wilson recovered from that injury he got early on, I
:05:52. > :06:02.think he was carrying the whole time. If you have someone like Du
:06:03. > :06:06.Preez, he is impacting the game. If Italy are going to come back into
:06:07. > :06:12.this game, they have to score now, and penalty again, Scotland taking
:06:13. > :06:16.out the man in the air. And Marco Fuser has little wonder, only
:06:17. > :06:23.sideways and a little chip, the advantage is there. McLean gathered
:06:24. > :06:31.anyway for Italy. And they come back for that advantage, and Scotland are
:06:32. > :06:35.conceding a penalty after penalty. Gilchrist again, not allowed to play
:06:36. > :06:39.the man, the jumper in the air, and granted wrapping his arms around the
:06:40. > :06:43.Italian jumper and dragging him to ground. That is two penalties in the
:06:44. > :06:46.last five metres for the same offence, if you try at the first
:06:47. > :06:54.time and don't get away with it, you can't do it again, you just have to
:06:55. > :06:58.wait until the player gets down, and then you can play him. There is the
:06:59. > :07:05.contact, that is a clear penalty, you must learn from that and not
:07:06. > :07:14.give away a soft one here. Same again, taken down by Biagi this
:07:15. > :07:19.time. They finally have something, Italy, they are marching towards
:07:20. > :07:23.that line, he is back on his feet and still going, just inches short
:07:24. > :07:34.of the line. Gori looks, and the forwards will pick and go. Steyn is
:07:35. > :07:39.there. Set back once more for Italy. Scotland again in the defensive
:07:40. > :07:43.position of the try line. Gori is going to have it wide once more, and
:07:44. > :07:49.then Parisse, Scotland trying to hold them up through Scott. Gori
:07:50. > :07:55.again gives it out, and once more underneath the posts. Then wide it
:07:56. > :08:04.goes, the looping pass, and Esposito this time send it in, and he cannot
:08:05. > :08:09.score! The work of the Scottish forwards is phenomenal. You are now
:08:10. > :08:13.seeing what a team Scotland are, working hard for each other, getting
:08:14. > :08:18.up off the floor, to defend that close to the line is sensational.
:08:19. > :08:24.You can hear what the crowd think of that, and you can also see the
:08:25. > :08:28.bluntness of the Italian attack. Sometimes it is not the try scoring
:08:29. > :08:32.but gets the crowd up, it is the defensive effort as well. Huge
:08:33. > :08:37.effort, as Andy said, from the forwards. You can see it goes out
:08:38. > :08:42.wide again, as positive will think he is in for another one, and you
:08:43. > :08:47.could write a book on how not to score a try here from Italy. The two
:08:48. > :08:53.men just waiting inside for that ball as well, and then Padovani, and
:08:54. > :09:04.Hogg celebrates the resistance of that try as much as scoring his own.
:09:05. > :09:14.Changes being made now. I see Italy are bringing an van Schalkwyk. And
:09:15. > :09:20.Francesco Minto is an, he is a back row, so you can see him coming on,
:09:21. > :09:40.the Zebre player. So, Scotland still a man down, their
:09:41. > :09:47.cap Tim is off for another six and a half minutes. I'm sure Reid will be
:09:48. > :09:53.delighted on that influence coming through his left leg(!) the right
:09:54. > :10:09.decision from Dunbar. Pascal Gauzere asks for stability.
:10:10. > :10:26.And down it goes, and the pick-up and go by Du Preez, and just a yard
:10:27. > :10:33.or two bought. Scotland would like a few more yards, Hamish Watson tries
:10:34. > :10:41.to borrow his way out. But now the kickers wait.
:10:42. > :10:52.Hogg's big boot. That is deep inside the area, almost up to the ten
:10:53. > :10:57.metres line. The scrum stability that they got there, allowing Hogg
:10:58. > :11:14.to be able to put the kick as far as he did. Ali Price going off in
:11:15. > :11:19.favour of Henry Pyrgos. He has come in and answered a lot of questions.
:11:20. > :11:23.There is an alternative to Greg Laidlaw, Ali Price is the future,
:11:24. > :11:27.and once Greg comes back, I'm sure there will be competition for a year
:11:28. > :11:34.or so, Ali Price should be able to hold his head up very well, he has
:11:35. > :11:39.had a good championship. Taken down by brown stain
:11:40. > :11:56.-- taken down by Steyn for Italy. Scotland struggling, this is picked
:11:57. > :12:05.up by Esposito, and Esposito to Fagerson.
:12:06. > :12:12.Scotland are still a man down, Barclay off for another for half
:12:13. > :12:21.minutes. And Italy making good ground again. Canna almost ghosted
:12:22. > :12:30.his way through. Cornell du Preez nearly gave it through. The chip
:12:31. > :12:40.forward is fine says the referee, it was in play and then out it goes,
:12:41. > :12:47.that worked quite nicely for Tim Visser. Watching here, Dunbar
:12:48. > :12:51.getting back to his feet so quickly, being able to strip it. Canna has
:12:52. > :12:55.been injured in the end of that. This is the end of it to Tim Visser,
:12:56. > :13:01.the touch judge has got to take him down.
:13:02. > :13:16.Again, he has taken his opportunities well, Tim Visser,
:13:17. > :13:23.since the injury to Sean Maitland. Sean Maitland can't get back into
:13:24. > :13:29.the side because Visser has been so strong. This week, Scotland have got
:13:30. > :13:34.into the game, he has been carrying hard and working hard off his wing.
:13:35. > :13:41.They were exactly right to get him in the game and he looks really
:13:42. > :13:46.confident. Allan Dell coming on for Scotland. The leading try scorer at
:13:47. > :13:50.Twickenham last week. Gordon Reid has helped the Scottish scrum over
:13:51. > :13:54.the course of the Six Nations. It has been a roller-coaster for the
:13:55. > :13:59.scrum. They were in a terrible position against Ireland, and then
:14:00. > :14:03.France's struggle has got better. The tries that Italy cannot score,
:14:04. > :14:08.that was one that was a couple of poor passes, good defence again from
:14:09. > :14:13.Stuart Hogg. Just a catalogue of errors. You can see how much that
:14:14. > :14:18.could inspire the defending side when you hold them out. A real boost
:14:19. > :14:25.for Hogg Buswell, who if he has one part of his game that is sometimes
:14:26. > :14:31.criticised, that is his defence. And Scotland still with that line up at
:14:32. > :14:40.the end, Hamish Watson powers on, bouncing off bigger men. The 14 men
:14:41. > :14:54.of Scotland attack, and a penalty advantage. Benvenuti was offside.
:14:55. > :14:57.This sums up Italy's season, they have been really close to the line,
:14:58. > :15:03.they have put pressure, they have had the territory, they can't score.
:15:04. > :15:07.And the first opportunity they get in their own half, they give a silly
:15:08. > :15:12.penalty away. Look at the action areas in the second half, nothing in
:15:13. > :15:21.the Italian 22. A good kick now could change that. Tommy Seymour
:15:22. > :15:27.came in with the defence. I have not even seen him, we haven't mentioned
:15:28. > :15:30.him yet, and what a kick that was. That was a great kick, as Tim
:15:31. > :15:35.Swinson comes into the second row for Grant Gilchrist, Scotland will
:15:36. > :15:41.have a five metre line-out. Italy waiting for it already, here is
:15:42. > :15:45.Gilchrist. Well done, Grant Gilchrist, to come back in and play
:15:46. > :15:53.as well as he did, credit to him. A step into Richie Gray. Here is
:15:54. > :15:58.Scotland's first opportunity, no scoring in the first 17 minutes
:15:59. > :16:02.after the break, two minutes of the sin-bin of John Barclay remaining.
:16:03. > :16:08.Jonny Gray takes it down, and Scotland now trying to get forward.
:16:09. > :16:22.Going nowhere, soap Pyrgos looks at other options. It goes to Swinson,
:16:23. > :16:24.fresh on the field. And the pass was loose and the spill is there, and
:16:25. > :16:42.Italy now fancying a counter. As Scotland were so accurate and the
:16:43. > :16:50.first half, and to turn the ball over like that was disappointing.
:16:51. > :16:58.Violi, the replacement scrum-half, send it on.
:16:59. > :17:08.Fagerson again does well from a standing start. And Russell gives it
:17:09. > :17:14.height. Seymour bearing down on this one, Venditti as well. A fine
:17:15. > :17:29.challenge, says the referee, going for the ball. So, the Italian
:17:30. > :17:36.forwards, now through Dreesen van Schalkwyk, and Russell waiting for
:17:37. > :17:44.this. He steps his way around the giant Venditti with ease, and then
:17:45. > :17:52.gives it to Seymour. Venditti trying to pretend to get himself out of the
:17:53. > :17:59.way. Cornell du Preez. And Russell on to Watson.
:18:00. > :18:14.Scotland into the Italian half once again. And Scotland attacking with a
:18:15. > :18:20.bit more purpose now. After the next breakdown, Barclay will be on. Scott
:18:21. > :18:26.tries to step around his man. Russell just delays and then chips,
:18:27. > :18:40.and it hobbles into touch with his last bounce, and Scott Barclay will
:18:41. > :18:44.be back on. They showed a lot of character there, they managed well
:18:45. > :18:49.without him. Scotland have much more variety in the attack. Runners and
:18:50. > :18:59.different angles, different length of passes in. I can't see who the
:19:00. > :19:04.Italian man down on the far side is, receiving treatment into the final
:19:05. > :19:08.quarter of this match. It has been the lowest of low scoring third
:19:09. > :19:15.quarters, zero points. That is George Biagi. I was born in the same
:19:16. > :19:24.hospital as him. Does he say the same? A few days apart!
:19:25. > :19:29.I think this last quarter is very important for Scotland. The progress
:19:30. > :19:34.they have made, if they can finish that bonus point, they can get two
:19:35. > :19:37.tries in the last 20 minutes, I think that would finish the Six
:19:38. > :19:43.Nations in the right note, because if it just peters out, it would be a
:19:44. > :19:47.shame, because I think they deserve better, Vern Cotter deserves better
:19:48. > :19:52.than that in this last 20 minutes. There he is, beneath the stern and
:19:53. > :19:56.gruff exterior lies an equally stern and gruff interior! But he will be
:19:57. > :20:01.happy with the first half. John Humphrys in front, heading off to
:20:02. > :20:12.join the team at Glasgow, and Dave Rennie is the new coach in Glasgow.
:20:13. > :20:24.The former Chiefs coach. Parisse takes it down comfortably enough.
:20:25. > :20:27.That is a very recent touch line-up from Violi. Seeing the two tries in
:20:28. > :20:31.the first half, many fancy that Scotland would start to, as other
:20:32. > :20:34.sides have against Italy, cut loose in the second half. They haven't had
:20:35. > :20:39.the field position, this is the first attacking opportunity they
:20:40. > :20:42.have really had. They have made a number of changes, so the
:20:43. > :20:49.replacements coming on, they have to find their time. The line-out patted
:20:50. > :20:59.back by Cornell du Preez, and it goes on to Dunbar. Good ground made.
:21:00. > :21:06.Claire Barclay feeds it to Russell, a little chip for Hogg, how will it
:21:07. > :21:14.bounce? Tim Visser bearing down on it, and is it a try? Visser
:21:15. > :21:19.celebrates. We will examine it, but Tim Visser feels he has scored. But
:21:20. > :21:25.the decision will go to Marius Jonker. I think you go by the
:21:26. > :21:30.reaction of players, and he thinks he has got this. That is the key
:21:31. > :21:36.question, any reason that they cannot award the try? Has some
:21:37. > :21:42.offence taken place? I think we know the ball has been touched down.
:21:43. > :21:51.Whose hands did it come that? The crowd watching that, but you need to
:21:52. > :21:55.see a little bit earlier. Russell, definitely his hand is there or
:21:56. > :22:03.thereabouts as well. Visser got there. Behind the kicker. That is a
:22:04. > :22:17.smart kick from Stuart Hogg to turn the defence as he does. Try time. It
:22:18. > :22:24.does look like it went to it. The key point here is, who knocks this
:22:25. > :22:29.back? That is absolutely fine, to me. That's a try. It will be a try
:22:30. > :22:33.for Visser. WHISTLE
:22:34. > :22:38.CHEERING How deflating is that her Italy?
:22:39. > :22:41.They had all that fresh after 15 minutes, they couldn't score,
:22:42. > :22:49.Scotland get up the other end and score. Pascal Gauzere said try, and
:22:50. > :22:54.Tim Visser has another one, and Scotland have a third. It is
:22:55. > :22:57.becoming a theme, it used to be a thing that they couldn't do, finish
:22:58. > :23:01.opportunities, but so little of the play in the second half, but they
:23:02. > :23:07.have the try, and Russell with the conversion attempt.
:23:08. > :23:14.And again, he hits his mark, and Scotland 22-0 Italy with 18 minutes
:23:15. > :23:18.to go, and now they will go hunting for the fourth try. This has been
:23:19. > :23:23.Italy's problem throughout the whole Six Nations. They have had
:23:24. > :23:28.opportunities, they have not been able to score. You can see this
:23:29. > :23:35.great chip from Stuart Hogg, and great support work from Visser. When
:23:36. > :23:47.they get into their own half they concede so cheaply. Italy making
:23:48. > :23:55.changes now. On comes Panico for Lovotti.
:23:56. > :24:13.And is there another change as well? Lucas Browne -- Sperandio coming on
:24:14. > :24:14.for the back line. And in the bright sunshine now at Murrayfield, it is
:24:15. > :24:26.sent to touch. Little explosions of noise, and then
:24:27. > :24:32.it falls silent at Murrayfield again. Sperandio has come on for
:24:33. > :24:38.Canna, who has had a dreadful afternoon.
:24:39. > :24:42.Sperandio out on the wing, so they have shuffled another player into
:24:43. > :24:57.fly half, Italy. It might be McLean. There he is now.
:24:58. > :25:00.It was. So, it is sad to see Italy playing like this as well, because
:25:01. > :25:08.they have had a wretched time in this Six Nations, and so much
:25:09. > :25:12.chatter against them. They have a new coaching team that have come in,
:25:13. > :25:19.just putting systems in place, trying to bring through young
:25:20. > :25:22.players. It is a young -ish Italian side on the field, the fitness is
:25:23. > :25:27.not good enough and they have to work harder on their skills, and
:25:28. > :25:30.that is going to take time. Conor O'Shea has a really good coaching
:25:31. > :25:33.team with him. He will be frustrated with what happened in that first 15
:25:34. > :25:38.minutes of the second half, that they didn't score. You have seen
:25:39. > :25:43.enough from Italy, there is enough there, they just have to back
:25:44. > :25:49.themselves for the whole 80 minutes. So, ready to go again, looking for
:25:50. > :25:55.that bonus point try. Three tries against Ireland, three against
:25:56. > :25:59.England, a couple against France. But they would expect in the final
:26:00. > :26:08.16 minutes another try against Italy.
:26:09. > :26:15.As Andy was saying, we don't want the game to Peter out, and there is
:26:16. > :26:19.a wave going around Murrayfield, always a sign that the crowd is
:26:20. > :26:23.getting a little... Not bored of proceedings, but they want more from
:26:24. > :26:35.the Scotland side. Do you like Texaco and waves or not? It is a
:26:36. > :26:38.difficult one. -- Mexican waves. Everyone is enjoying themselves, no
:26:39. > :26:43.doubt about that. But they do want another try from Scotland. The
:26:44. > :26:53.Scottish scrum moving forward, and Italy in a bit of disarray now.
:26:54. > :26:57.Going back to the atmosphere here in Murrayfield, all three games
:26:58. > :26:59.Soledad, a good atmosphere around the place, and an expectation now
:27:00. > :27:05.that Scotland are going to play and they are going to score tries, and
:27:06. > :27:09.that has been proven again today. 14 tries so far in the Six Nations, and
:27:10. > :27:12.that is a fantastic return, because it isn't that long ago that Scotland
:27:13. > :27:18.didn't know where the try was going to come from. Fraser Brown will come
:27:19. > :27:21.on for Ross Ford, and Simon Berghan is going to come on at tight head.
:27:22. > :27:38.He will come on for Fagerson. 107 caps for Ross Ford now. And how
:27:39. > :27:45.hard has Fagerson worked? If he keeps going, he could easily get to
:27:46. > :27:48.107 caps. He has worked so hard, not just today but in the whole Six
:27:49. > :27:52.Nations, and he is being given a rest here today. Tight head is our
:27:53. > :28:01.scarce on the ground, good tight head is, in Scotland. Cornell du
:28:02. > :28:10.Preez is the link. Hamish Watson always does so well. And Scotland
:28:11. > :28:16.once more menacing the 22 Italy. Russell, the pass for Anbar, and
:28:17. > :28:24.Dunbar now barging his way up through Esposito. Scotland getting a
:28:25. > :28:34.bit of confidence. Pyrgos, and then Jonny Gray. Scotland making good
:28:35. > :28:38.ground now. Flat pass, says the referee, fine. Once more, Scotland
:28:39. > :28:43.to within five metres, and Tim Swinson is there. Still Scottish
:28:44. > :28:49.ball, Italy get an opportunity to set the defence. Out wide it goes, a
:28:50. > :28:54.little juggle, and Dunbar has to come from a bit further behind,
:28:55. > :29:00.gives the kick forward, and penalty is given for that collar high hit.
:29:01. > :29:03.There is a vibrancy about the attack, everyone is tuned into what
:29:04. > :29:08.they are trying to do, there is options all the time, good pace and
:29:09. > :29:15.running. Alex Dunbar has had a good game today, that is a high tackle by
:29:16. > :29:18.Biagi, it is accidental, but it is a penalty. Scotland are really
:29:19. > :29:23.desperate just get that fourth try, and I think will get it falls blue
:29:24. > :29:26.there is a real bounce about their carry, they have been carrying
:29:27. > :29:33.through the Italian defence, which has given them the speed of ball.
:29:34. > :29:39.So, Fraser Brown, newly on the field to this five metre line-out, and
:29:40. > :29:43.Jonny Gray takes it, then the Italian defence hits in hard, and
:29:44. > :29:45.rocks Scotland back. So now from about ten metres they will try to
:29:46. > :29:56.come again. Pyrgos is waiting, and he feeds
:29:57. > :30:01.Jonny Gray onto Hamish Watson. Watson held by McLean.
:30:02. > :30:16.Cornell du Preez takes it, and it goes on down, they were not
:30:17. > :30:22.expecting it. Lovely passage of play from Scotland. A wasted opportunity,
:30:23. > :30:28.and now Italy, McLean just shovels it on, but then it is spilled. They
:30:29. > :30:33.are still playing that advantage, so scrum to Italy. Hamish Watson has
:30:34. > :30:39.had a really good match today, and the Six Nations, he has really shone
:30:40. > :30:45.out. Look at that pass on there, not expecting it. Simon Berghan's
:30:46. > :30:50.knock-on, the Brazilian born player. Family from sterling.
:30:51. > :31:01.Going back to Zander Fagerson, everybody is desperate with the
:31:02. > :31:05.injury, but it's given a young play an opportunity and it's great to see
:31:06. > :31:14.how Fagerson has grown through the tournament. The dark days of Paris
:31:15. > :31:19.and Ireland, six scrum penalties, he's come a long way and they've
:31:20. > :31:23.collectively, long way. All players go through that. It's giving the
:31:24. > :31:27.young player and opportunity to see how he grows. He made a few mistakes
:31:28. > :31:32.in the first game, but see how he's learned. He's smart and he's really
:31:33. > :31:37.good around the field. The work he puts in, the tackles he puts in, his
:31:38. > :31:42.post-tackle work. He is exceptional and he will get better and better.
:31:43. > :31:46.Looking at losing streaks in this championship going back to the Five
:31:47. > :31:55.Nations. Italy would be on 12 if they lost this one. But look at
:31:56. > :32:04.France in the 1910s and 1920s. Seven in a row. When people say Italy
:32:05. > :32:08.should be relegated, France were dreadful for a couple of decades
:32:09. > :32:14.when they first entered the championship. Different days
:32:15. > :32:19.entirely, but I'm always a bit wary when people say they diminish the
:32:20. > :32:24.championship. I'm not an advocate of that. But I do advocate giving an
:32:25. > :32:29.opportunity to somebody like Georgia. Whoever is bottom of the
:32:30. > :32:38.Six Nations, a play-off against whoever is top of the second tier.
:32:39. > :32:46.Scotland with ten minutes to find their bonus point try. Rolling up
:32:47. > :33:08.towards the 22. Biagi thinking about tumbling over.
:33:09. > :33:18.Swinson got a hold of him. Barclay takes it in again. Hogg had to be
:33:19. > :33:29.quick. Scott keeps player live by coming infield. -- keeps play alive.
:33:30. > :33:34.Carried by Alan Bell. Swinson therefore Scotland and they are
:33:35. > :33:41.making ground now. Nobody there. Picked up by Russell. He tries to
:33:42. > :33:44.hand off one tackle and goes to ground. Eight phases and 15 metres
:33:45. > :34:02.from the Italian try line. Direct approach from the forwards.
:34:03. > :34:12.One small lifting the crowd noise. -- once more.
:34:13. > :34:22.Fraser Brown tries to free himself, but held by Minto. 14 phases. Eight
:34:23. > :34:32.metres from the line. Patient but slow play from Scotland now.
:34:33. > :34:41.A good hit by Luke McLean. Scotland looking for the breakthrough.
:34:42. > :34:52.Venditti gave Dunbar plenty of attention. A try for Tommy Seymour!
:34:53. > :34:56.Four for Scotland, bonus point for Scotland and Murrayfield erupts
:34:57. > :35:02.again. That's a brilliant team try. Patient build up play. They just
:35:03. > :35:06.waited for the extra numbers in attack and then they have the skills
:35:07. > :35:11.and the execution to go over for what looked like a simple try, but a
:35:12. > :35:18.lot of hard work went into that. Fantastic drive. That sums up the
:35:19. > :35:23.improvement Vern Cotter has made. The balance they've had, the ability
:35:24. > :35:28.to use the forwards and then to strike out wide as they did there
:35:29. > :35:35.with a great pass from the De to see more. They understand what they are
:35:36. > :35:40.doing and the play from the half-backs was exceptional. Padovani
:35:41. > :35:45.had no chance as Hogg committed him. Seymour, 16 tries in 36 caps. A
:35:46. > :35:59.bonus point try for Vern Cotter's Scotland. 27 points for Scotland and
:36:00. > :36:13.zero for Italy. A sorry day at Murrayfield for the Italians.
:36:14. > :36:24.Another one sales through. 29 points to Scotland and they are finishing
:36:25. > :36:29.on a high at Murrayfield in the sunshine. When all that was
:36:30. > :36:34.happening, Matt Scott went off injured. Duncan Weir has come on.
:36:35. > :36:43.More disruption in the backline for Scotland, but when you are 29-0 up,
:36:44. > :36:49.you can cope. Italy have brought on Federico Ruzza for his debut, a very
:36:50. > :36:54.talented young lock or back row player. A little knock-on at the
:36:55. > :37:07.restart. There is Duncan Weir. Duncan will run at ten, Finn at 12?
:37:08. > :37:14.Dunbar at 13? Russell to 12. Dunbar 13. This is an important set for
:37:15. > :37:20.Scotland. Important defensive set. If there's a big present they can to
:37:21. > :37:25.Vern Cotter, it's to give away no points in this match. 61 points last
:37:26. > :37:30.week, zero this week. That's what you call a reaction. That's what
:37:31. > :37:37.Matt Taylor would have been looking for. You might save the Italian
:37:38. > :37:51.attack is not quite as sharp as that of England! Penalty to Italy.
:37:52. > :38:02.We are all mulling over man of the match. Your thoughts on the Vern
:38:03. > :38:05.Cotter era as it draws to a close. He's leaving Scotland and a much
:38:06. > :38:11.better placed than he inherited so he's done a great job. The stadium
:38:12. > :38:15.is full, there is vibrancy about the place, Scotland are playing
:38:16. > :38:20.attacking rugby. There is a good age demographic. Normally a coach leaves
:38:21. > :38:26.at the end of a tenure, but he's leaving on a high and he deserves
:38:27. > :38:29.great credit. He's a quality man, quality rugby man who understands
:38:30. > :38:35.the key values of the game and that's what he's brought to
:38:36. > :38:39.Scotland. Scotland will be keen to avoid an Italian score. Italy look
:38:40. > :38:53.for the driving maul again. Great defence from Scotland in the
:38:54. > :38:58.maul. What I like about Vern Cotter is his relationship and partnership
:38:59. > :39:02.with his captain. The work is done with Greig Laidlaw. Greig Laidlaw
:39:03. > :39:07.has been able to translate the vision into their performances on
:39:08. > :39:12.the field. He's marshalled the team very well on the field and that
:39:13. > :39:18.coach captain relationship has been exceptional. We saw the smile across
:39:19. > :39:22.the face of Vern Cotter and a cheerful Greig Laidlaw as he's shown
:39:23. > :39:26.on the big screen. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
:39:27. > :39:41.He'll be back. Three minutes to go. Henry Pyrgos
:39:42. > :39:51.waiting to feed. Scotland, even from deep inside their own 22, looking
:39:52. > :39:59.for a bit more... Scotland will leap into second place in the table after
:40:00. > :40:03.this and may well finish there. They could still finish fourth. I'm
:40:04. > :40:20.quickly doing some maths, which is not my strong point.
:40:21. > :40:31.Duncan Weir with a decent thump away. More than decent. Very, very
:40:32. > :40:40.good kick from the stocky figure of Duncan Weir. Man of the match?
:40:41. > :40:44.There's been a lot of good performances for Scotland. Watson
:40:45. > :40:49.has done what he's done, Gray. For his control and the way he's
:40:50. > :40:54.controlled things for Scotland, he's scored a try, kicked almost
:40:55. > :40:56.impeccably, he's deserving. Finn Russell is my Six Nations man of the
:40:57. > :41:11.match. Met with a claim inside Murrayfield.
:41:12. > :41:20.Always the glamour boys! Ghiraldini hits his mark. Heading towards the
:41:21. > :41:21.final minute of this match. Italy again making some good ground in the
:41:22. > :41:37.maul. Parisse leads the breakaway. Ruzza
:41:38. > :41:48.with his hands on the ball, the youngster. Italy looking for
:41:49. > :41:57.something from this match. Federico Ruzza, 22 years old. Pfister with
:41:58. > :42:01.plenty of time, but he watches it into touch. -- Visser. The match
:42:02. > :42:09.will finish near Scotland's try line. A good decision if you're
:42:10. > :42:15.leading 29-0, but not if you're chasing. Italy have a long way to
:42:16. > :42:18.go. By and large are very, very good performance for Scotland. At times
:42:19. > :42:22.they've had to absorb a lot of pressure, but they've been clinical
:42:23. > :42:26.when they've needed to be. They've had about five chances and taken
:42:27. > :42:29.four tries and that tells you everything about the potency of
:42:30. > :42:34.their attack and their decision-making. A good performance
:42:35. > :42:39.for Scotland. He leads the Scottish Nationalists I'd in the talented
:42:40. > :42:41.hands of Gregor Townsend, and a good place as well. -- he leads the
:42:42. > :42:55.Scottish national side. Italy a bit deeper and then a
:42:56. > :43:01.knock-on. That will be it. A fitting but sad end to the championship for
:43:02. > :43:05.Italy. Scotland, three home games, three victories. Three wins in this
:43:06. > :43:10.championship for the first time in over ten years. Second place in the
:43:11. > :43:12.table for now. Fifth place in the world racking is. Vern Cotter takes
:43:13. > :43:27.his lead and progress has been made. The Scotland fans and players will
:43:28. > :43:30.say that's a bit more like it. Last week 's performance against England
:43:31. > :43:35.was the moralising and depressing after the progress that had been
:43:36. > :43:41.made, but Scotland finish with 147 points, beaten their all-time
:43:42. > :43:45.record, which was set last season. Tangible progress. Second in the
:43:46. > :43:50.table. A fitting way for Scotland to say goodbye to Vern Cotter and the
:43:51. > :43:54.legacy he is clearly left. Absolutely. The tries they scored,
:43:55. > :43:56.the calmness they showed in difficult conditions in the first
:43:57. > :44:04.half and coming away with a bonus point. Most importantly for the
:44:05. > :44:07.defence coach, Matt Taylor, after conceding 61 points last weekend,
:44:08. > :44:12.they kept the Italy scoreboard at zero. The crowd appreciated that
:44:13. > :44:16.attritional ten minutes when Scotland had to defend, summed up by
:44:17. > :44:23.that Stuart Hogg moment which was just pure strength from Scotland.
:44:24. > :44:29.John Barclay was yellow carded for persistent infringements. At that
:44:30. > :44:35.point Scotland were up 15-0. If it'll and -- if Italy had scored, it
:44:36. > :44:39.could have come back to 15-7 and it becomes a different ball game. The
:44:40. > :44:43.resilience, the work rate, the collective nurse was fantastic.
:44:44. > :44:50.Let's hear from the man of the match, Finn Russell.
:44:51. > :44:55.Big smiles. What above form month by the boys today, not only scoring the
:44:56. > :44:59.tries, but keeping the Italians from scoring. Great performance from the
:45:00. > :45:04.boys. We knew we had to try to get a bonus point to finish high in the
:45:05. > :45:09.table. Great to get a fourth try and to keep them to zero helps us for
:45:10. > :45:12.the points deficit. Another great performance from yourself and a
:45:13. > :45:18.great try. You are trying to get your hand on Tim Visser's ball as
:45:19. > :45:22.well. Hopefully he'll get me a drink tonight. In terms of this
:45:23. > :45:27.performance after last week, how important was it for self to in the
:45:28. > :45:31.team and to give and got a fitting farewell? We were really
:45:32. > :45:36.disappointed after last week. We knew how big this game would be.
:45:37. > :45:41.Vern Cotter's last game and the last time we would be together as a team,
:45:42. > :45:43.but great to win a bonus point. Congratulations, you are the man of
:45:44. > :45:54.the match. The last time delay failed to score
:45:55. > :46:02.in a match was 2004, that does feel the low point of a low spring. --
:46:03. > :46:07.the last time Italy failed to score. Yes, the second half, the key
:46:08. > :46:14.moment, failing to score after the yellow card. It is tough, tough day.
:46:15. > :46:18.So much to take from this, from the reign of Vern Cotter, at the moment
:46:19. > :46:22.Scotland are second in the table and that bonus point could be the
:46:23. > :46:29.difference. It is key and they did all they could, it is out of our
:46:30. > :46:32.hands. Their best performance in years, finishing second, potentially
:46:33. > :46:44.third, they have done fantastically well. Vern Cotter four play making
:46:45. > :46:49.his way towards Lee McKenzie, but we do have Johnny Barclay. What an
:46:50. > :46:55.incredible performance, you can see how much it means to everyone. Yes,
:46:56. > :47:00.we want to finish on a high especially after last week. We said
:47:01. > :47:07.three wins would be fantastic, after last week, we did wanted to give the
:47:08. > :49:43.coaching team a good sendoff. How tough was it to move on from last
:49:44. > :49:45.It is always a cracker, enjoy it. Goodbye.