Scotland Rugby

Hosts are favourites to finish third in the standings while the Azzurri look to avoid yet another wooden spoon.

Scotland vs Italy prediction Rory Sutherland, WP Nel and Ben Healy are among those brought into the squad as replacements. Scotland vs Italy lineups As for Italy, the focus is on avoiding the wooden spoon, which they have picked up every year since 2015. How to watch Scotland vs Italy Gregor Townsend’s side trailed the Irish by just a point at half-time last week.

The Italians are 0-4 heading into their last match as they have lost to France, England, Ireland and Wales. They nearly picked up a big win in their first match ...

Minute-by-minute report: Scotland are aiming to seal a top-three finish against an improved but still winless Italian side. Join Daniel Gallan.

22 min: Scotland win the line-out but the maul doesn’t make yards. 25 min: Italy take a an age to put the ball in so Scotland have a free kick. So Scotland have the ball again on the Italian try line. Scotland go to the corner again. The counter ruck is good and Italy almost snatch it back but there’s a knock on so Scotland will have the scrum right beneath the Italian poles. 33 min: After a bit of kick tennis Scotland have it and Dempsey steps to create momentum down the left. Italy on the front foot in Scotland’s 22 and playing it narrow and direct. 35 min: The Italian line-out goes to the middle and is sent straight down as Scotland contest. Garbisi sends it back and Scotland have a penalty advantage on the half way line. 40+3 min: Scotland win the penalty. 43 min: The line-out is off the top and Tuipulotu runs hard to the line. 52 min: Ashman is off side so Italy have another penalty and kick to the corner.

Scotland's championship started with such promise as they continued their recent Calcutta Cup domination over England before ending their hoodoo against Wales ...

The Irish squad embrace, sharing great hugs and broad smiles in the ecstasy of Grand Slam triumph. It’s one of the most dominant Grand Slams in history, too - five sides beaten, all by a margin in double digits. “There was a bit of a pressure but every game you play for Ireland there is pressure. The gap that needs to be closed is still massive, of course, but it wasn’t the thumping many feared. We didn’t get it right in the first half but we stuck at it and eventually found a way. The first of the Ireland players take their medals, Bundee Aki carrying his littl’un, sharing the moment. [On Johnny Sexton] “It is a special achievement to win a Grand Slam and he has orchestrated it. Andy and Owen Farrell share a warm hug in the stands, son congratulating father after his own defeat before the Ireland head coach joins his squad on the pitch for the celebratory ceremonies. “Winning a Grand Slam is always special. Ireland’s injured squad members (and there are quite a few) make their way up to the stage. “Hopefully there are bigger fish to fry for Johnny with the World Cup but it is unbelievably fitting for him to have this moment. [Freddie Steward](/topic/freddie-steward) was sent off for a dangerous hit on Hugo Keenan despite bracing for impact and turning away from his opposite number, with contact appearing accidental.

In a change to 2022, this year each match will have a different referee overseeing the action with a total of eight nations represented in the selected match ...

[Murrayfield](/topic/murrayfield) Stadium, is at 12.30pm on Sunday, March 18. He was named "World Rugby Referee of the Year" at the 2018 World Rugby Awards. Australian referee, Angus Gardner, is the man in charge of the Scotland v Italy clash today. This would be only the second time they would have achieved this in a decade. As with the November tests and The Rugby Championship, the Guinness Whether decisions go your team’s way or not, there’s a good chance the referee will become a talking point of Saturday’s game.

Let's call it the late, late show. So easily, Italy could have pulled off a famous victory in Edinburgh, but somehow, some way, the Murrayfield crowd saw an ...

Instead, Price and pals decided to have a go. With a shoulder up, and then Italy going down, it was advantage Scotland. So easily, Italy could have pulled off a famous victory in Edinburgh, but somehow, some way, the Murrayfield crowd saw an end-to-end Scotland bonus point try with the 80 minutes up.

Scotland conclude their Six Nations campaign with a dramatic bonus-point win over Italy at Murrayfield to all but guarantee a third-place finish in the ...

"It was one hell of a game - they gave it everything, we gave it everything. The line-out started to malfunction (again) and Italy started to sense weakness. Hopefully we're third behind the two top teams in the world." Scotland lived in Italy's 22 for the rest of the half but toiled to take advantage. That last score by the Scots. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend on BBC One: "You've got to trust that the players will front up defensively, which is what they did. That last stand by the Italians. And he showed it again early in the new half. Van der Merwe calmed local nerves soon after with a sensational finish in the corner. A few minutes remained and a try would done for the hosts. The finish was something special. This was messy from the start.

Edinburgh Rugby's Blair Kinghorn will be eager to take his Six Nations Championship form into the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 after scoring a.

Stade Toulousain’s Thomas Ramos kicked 16 points from the tee. The fly-half completed his double three minutes into the second half to round off a period of Scotland pressure and added the extras to push Scotland 19-6 ahead. It then became the Kinghorn show for Scotland as the 26-year-old powered through two tacklers to score his first try in the 29th minute, which he also converted to give the hosts a 12-6 interval lead.

MURRAYFIELD was filled with emotion as a firefighter walked onto the pitch before Scotland's clash with Italy to pay tribute to fallen colleague Barry.

[Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/football/) [Scotland](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/topic/scotland-rugby-union-team/) won the match 26-14. [Six Nations](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/topic/six-nations/). [Firefighters across the UK](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10214889/firefighters-uk-minutes-silence-edinburgh-barry-martin/) held a minute's silence in his name and [hundreds attended the hero's funeral](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10238211/hero-firefighters-coffin-carried-on-fire-engine/) where his coffin was carried on the back of a fire engine. [fire chiefs could be subject to a legal case](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10372675/chiefs-death-fireman-edinburgh-jenners/) due to circumstances surrounding how the inferno was handled. [died in hospital after a horror blaze](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10129753/firefighter-barry-martin-dies-blaze-edinburgh-jenners/) ripped through the Jenners building in Edinburgh in January.