Scotland v Italy: Post Match Reaction | 6 Nations 2025
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Scotland vs Italy Six Nations 2025 Review: Key Events, Stats & Opinions
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Lineups:
Scotland: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (cc), 9 Ben White, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Jonny Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Gregor Brown, 20 Jack Dempsey, 21 George Horne, 22 Tom Jordan, 23 Kyle Rowe
Italy: 1. Danilo Fischetti, 2. Giacomo Nicotera, 3. Simone Ferrari, 4. Dino Lamb, 5. Federico Ruzza, 6. Sebastian Negri, 7. Michele Lamaro (c), 8. Lorenzo Cannone, 9. Martin Page-Relo, 10. Paolo Garbisi, 11. Monty Ioane, 12. Tommaso Menoncello, 13. Ignacio Brex, 14. Ange Capuozzo, 15. Tommaso Allan.
Replacements: 16. Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17. Luca Rizzoli, 18. Marco Riccioni, 19. Niccolo Cannone, 20. Manuel Zuliani, 21. Ross Vintcent, 22. Alessandro Garbisi, 23. Simone Gesi.
*Lineups from Planet Rugby
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Had my first look live at Italy, in a long thing and the thing that really struck me was how good they were at remaining in the game, considering the paucity of their possession.
"Paucity" ? Is that not in France 😉
Real mixed bad from Scotland - Jones, Kinghorn, Darge, White, Graham all excellent, Cherry really nailed the lineouts (so credit on that one, give a lot of people were doubting him!). But then the scrum was pretty woeful and Finn had a total mess of a game (to the extent I wouldn’t actually have minded TJ replacing him at 10).
Got the five points in the end, which is what matters, but the rest of the team will need to up their game considerably to have a chance against Ireland.
Italy looked very disjointed. Some good individual moments, but they are capable of a lot better.
Yeah Dave Cherry looked really fired up and took his chance to start really well
Finn Russell may not have been at his best but he still had some really good touches and his defence, which is very good, is often overlooked.
Your detail is phenomenal. Scotland has a lot to improve on.
Will Gregor put Russell on the bench and Tom Jordan at ten? Russell was Scotland's weak link in the Italy game.
Does he start Dempsey at eight and bring on Matt Ferguson?
Other than that I am finding it hard to see what else I would do.
Italy are no one’s mugs so despite too many penalties and general scruffy play to put 5 tries past them is decent. Tom Jordan needs to play 12 vs Ireland - more aggression better distribution.
I am surprised that you watched this one live, I was not expecting an update until later, assuming you would have recorded and watched later. "Scotland being Scotland "summed it up beautifully.
I have significant concerns re the Scotland scrum, we were second best to Italy. I normally defend Finn, but there were a couple of moments that were close to unforgivable.
On a positive note, we showed some resilience.
Yeah will definitely need to have things up a notch next week against Ireland. But definitely resilience to not crumble after the scores were levelled was pleasing
I am glad that the Italians did manage to score some good points.
Italy are good tbh but they didn’t offer much yesterday and were gifted points - they will smash wales
Stafford looked a little out of place, which is a shame cause he is a top player at Glasgow. Tom Jordan changed the game once he came on.
Huw might of got 3 tries, but my POTM was Ben White. His kicking and delivery was pretty much perfect today
The Italian support in Edinburgh was unreal, genuinely louder than us in Murrayfield at times
Glasgow has a very large former Italian community so there was always going to be good support for Italy.
Was disappointed with the murrayfield crow-season ticket holder and felt we were far too quiet today. Think it was a mix of things going so well to start and then nerves when it looked like we were throwing it away. But we need to bring more support vs Ireland next weekend.
@ yeah I agree I was maybe guilty of it myself tbh I got a bit nervy at 19-19 , feel like a win against Ireland is almost necessary for a win overall it’s gonna be huge
Edinburgh punter for you.
If this result was against Ireland or France you’d be buzzing with the composure from Scotland after conceding a 19-0 lead to go on and win. Will have to wait and see how good Italy are against other teams to see if it’s a good win or not
Yeah hopefully having this experience will put the lads in good stead mentally for next week - knowing the can respond to pressure
Ireland had a very good last quarter to grind out a win and they were praised highly. Scotland do the same and are damned with faint praise. It has ever been so. Last 6Ns Ireland vs Scotland was a close match. If Scotland can get the win it would be great but they will start as underdog in all the media.
We still concede too many silly penalties. We will need to cut that out against Ireland.
Yeah will need to be very sharp in that one to break that run
Been our issue for like 15 years, crazy we've not improved on that front
Gutted for McDowall, felt he bled points & position for us, hopefully better days to come from him. Darcy Graham mom for me, his impact in the last 2 tries was magnificent. Huw Jones has my man love. What a player.😂
Thanks for your summary. Long shift. What man!
Darcy out of position a few times in first half and was very quiet. Nowhere near mom 😂
Its the first game and fingers crossed we peak nearer the end of the tournament. Its about getting better and better game by game.
Have we grown up? No panic and stick to the game plan.
Next week will have the answer 🤞🏻
A frustrating game for Scotland but plenty of positives, came through a tricky spell and still one fairly strongly, you could argue the score line flatters Italy somewhat, but they take points when on offer. I think their first entry into the 22 was their intercept try, but did not really threaten otherwise, a couple of moments where they had numbers but didn’t execute. Defensively also we prevented Italy getting their dangerous back 3 to influence the game.
The defining factor in the outcome was the impact off the benches, I thought TJ probably the standout, made some good tackles and added a bit of composure. Big Shug Jones well worth his motm award, took his tries well but also made some important defensive contributions too, pleased for him as a few folk wondered how influential he could be without his partner in crime Sione!
Lots to fix for next week, but hopefully no further injuries!
Italians shows some fight
Which was good to see!
Well done to Scotland on the win
It felt like a perfect opening game for Scotland. Competetive enough that we had to play some good rugby, but we were still able to win it fairly comfortably (in the end) and give some younger lads a bit of an intro. Next week is definitely going to be more of a challenge!
Yeah that's probably it aye? I think this will do them better than if Italy hadn't shown up. Huw Jones spoke well after the game too about not getting carried away
@TwoCentsRugby it is early days for everyone. Based on this weekend I think the competition is actually fairly close. France and Ireland didn't look untouchable, England and Scotland definitely have a lot going for them, and though they are still underdogs, Italy proved that it really wouldn't take much for a team to trip up against them. Wales didn't look great, but I imagine a couple of games into the tournament they could find their feet.
100% agree mate, if we'd played scintillating rugby in the 1st game then I'd be more worried
Discipline, discipline, discipline... As always. Without the penalties it was a pumping 31-7. Well done on getting it back together, old Scotland would have panicked and collapsed. Italy were no mugs either, I think they should beat Wales pretty comfortably.
hard not to give POTM to the hatrick scorer but there was such a case for Darge had his fingerprints all over this game.
Italy had quite a few chances which they didn’t take so Scotland will be pleased, Italy will be disappointed not to get at least a bonus point.
Yeah man especially the way they started the game, they'll not be happy
So did Scotland. 3 times on the Italian line 😂
Scotland let Italy in the game. Italy didn't create that much outside of their dominant 15 minutes of the 2nd half.
Phew! That was a nervy one. Remind me what the definition of madness is. Yes we ended up with the tries but for the most part Italy looked reasonably comfortable taking it on through the forwards. Thought the Glasgow centres worked. You could just as easily put Tom Jordan at 12. They got it done in the end.😊
Do you dare to hope for next week? Or do we need to see how the Ireland/England game goes first?
@ I am watching the Ire v Eng as we speak. It is going to be difficult so you never know but the odds are with Ireland.
Italy are improving dramatically. Their fans unreal!! Re Scotland, great team but cant keep switching off...
Wales in big trouble next week
Too many basic errors from Scotland, Indiscipline remains a major issue - god knows what it takes for Scotland to keep calm and keep focus.Russell had his worst game in ages but I expect him to rectify that next week, if not we are in serious trouble.
However if you said at start that we got 5pts and Italy got none I would have taken that
If you think that about Scotland...what should I think about Italy? Ahahahah...waaay too many basic errors, comparing to Scotland, sadly...
Poor performance by Italy. We were dominated in the first half: two easy host tries in the first 8 minutes, no attacking game at all, destroyed on breakdowns. In the second half we received a gift and we gave it away few minutes later due to horrible defensive line positions. Also put under pressure on ups&unders by Kinghorn and Graham. Lot of work to do for Quesada and players.
Yeah the start in particular will frustrate Quesada
Good summary mate
The one thing that bothers me as a Scotland fan was that there was an opportunity to make a statement against Italy The opportunity was when we were 14-0 up.That's the time to turn the screw, pile on the points and make Ireland and France somewhat fearful about playing against this team. But we opened the door and welcomed Italy back, making it nip and tuck with 19-19. Yes, we showed strong resistance at the end defending for 15 mins without the ball and not conceding a try, however, it communicates this one undeniable fact about Scotland - there is a soft underbelly to this team.
Other teams will know that despite being on the back foot, all it takes is one penalty to swing the momentum. When the momentum accumulates, Scotland panic, and scramble BUT then squeeze it out. I am stunned how this Scotland team can't just kill a wounded animal when its limb is already missing. YES, we have talent. YES, we have potential. But we don't have the composure, reliance, or the experience to kill the game.
If we don't finish second, Townsend OUT.
I love Russell, but he cost us a try and made way too many mistakes, but hopefully that was a one off. Other than that though we played great. C’mon Scotland 🏴 ❤
Yeah I guess if there was a game to make those errors, maybe better this week than next 😅
Is it my imagination or does Finn play better when he is not captain (or even V/captain)?
@@AuntieM27 I don’t know because last year he wasn’t making mistakes like he did today also he hasn’t been on great form for bath either
@@AuntieM27 plays better when not Captain imo.
Yep, he had a really bad game.
I really don’t know why GT made him captain. It never helps his performances! Though that’s no excuse for the sorts of mistakes he was making today - he’s the world most expensive rugby player: he should be delivering.
Hopefully it was just first game nerves…
Interesting from both sides tbh. Russell had a poor game but those outside him made up for it. Pack was on top but Schoeman and Fagerson under big pressure at scrum time. Same old stupid penalties well punished.
For Italy they couldn't get territory at all but were sharp and decisive enough to keep the scoreboard ticking. Stats wise Italy were dominated as much as Wales were last night but look what they did with what they had.
When it was 19 - 19 the game briefly hung in the balance and alerted my interest, but a minute later Scotland snuffed out any jeopardy there might have been
Yeah I think they did well not to crumble at that time - good bit of mental pressure
Yeah with two obstructions not seen by anyone. And to be clear, Scotland deserved to win fair and square, but this refrees match killers should stop to make this silly mistakes
gonna be interesting to see how Italy plays the other sides, I see them being a problem for other teams going forward.
Is shepherding no longer a penalty. On Scotland’s two last tries the ball carrier ran behind teammates to avoid being tackled.
If Scotland are to beat Ireland, the minimum is that they bring their A game for the entire 80 minutes and Ireland fail to bring theirs. On the balance of probability that is unfortunately unlikely, if not entirely impossible.
Garbage😂🤫
The award going through the 'gallagher' is just another example of the English bias you get in UK media coverage.
I'm sure she'll have an awkward de-brief on that one
It was anything but comfortable and at 19 - 19 it was decidedly uncomfortable .
5 tries to 1 sounds like a romp, so why wasn't it ?
Indiscipline and Fin Russell showing why he'll never be world class imho.
Cut out the pens Scotland FGS 😮
More importantly, did you stay up late or rise early for the match ?
So far my annual donation to Ladbrokes is safe, not for long though I suspect
I had to retrieve my betting slip from the bin and get out the Scotch Tape!!
Finn cannot be both Stand off & captain. He is much better concentrating on stand off. Kudos to him for stepping up when Sione got injured, but we will be a better side with a single Captain. Give it to Darge.
Italy chose not to attack and gave away each possession in the first 60', while Scotland was on an attacking rampage...bad strategy from Quesada.
Russell was at his over-rated worst today and our game was littered with the usual stupid mistakes at times. Failed to turn dominance into a scoreline that reflected what was happening on the pitch. But turning it around was a good response to the 19-19 score.
Thank heavens for Jones, Graham, Darge and Jordan. And credit to Italy for an impressive performance.
Hush Ur Weesh...he wasn't his normal genius but he wasn't poor. AND over rated? Do U even watch him at Bath, and at Racing before that? Clearly not
@@MrIncorr3ct He was poor lad - 3/5 from the boot, gave away several penalties, and what's more worrying is he got caught by the Italian defence a few times including the slo-mo intercept. We were like this when Hogg was captain and we refused to drop him despite his in-game brain farts at key moments. Townsend needs to bring in TJ to start next week so Finn has the kick up the backside he needs to sort himself out. Without a big change to the squad's mentality, we will never beat Ireland
Your talking garbage. Russell was poor today but has been excellent all year for Bath and Scotland 🤫🤡😂
rusty performance, would rather a hard match to start and finish in style than a walkover. Hope they nail it next week. I will be in the crowd for that one
I think it's a tragedy that it's possible for a game with 5 tries to 1 to become such a close thing at one point. England in the past used to win games with only penalties. It makes for turgid rugby IMO. If we want to watch great rugby then why not reward the teams scoring tries? Your stats back that up I'd say. 3 points for a penalty is way too many points to make for attractive rugby games. Also means if you get a ref who wants to be in the limelight they can influence the game very easily.
Italy weren't worth 19 points but fair play. Took their chances.
I have to say the refing of the breakdown was v poor. Jordan at 12 looked good and physically strong for the position
As skilful as Russell is he can be a liability with his forced passes and poor decisions
Italy will trouble England,France and Ireland. They will easily beat Wales. Scotland v. Ireland will be same old story. The jocks will flatter to deceive and Ireland will win by 20.Italy will surprise one of the big 3.