Scotland took on the Wallabies today at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland today at 19:15 SA Time. The strong defending Scotts won by a solitary point, 9 / 8. Matt Giteau had a shocker with the boot today. (See match summary)

Scotland claimed their first win over Australia in nearly three decades after a defence-inspired 9 / 8 victory in their one-off Test match at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Australia dominated possession throughout but the Scots, under new coach Andy Robinson, produced a world-class defensive performance to keep the Wallabies at bay.

Scotland were leading 6 / 3 in the latter stages of the match but a Chris Paterson drop goal in the 76th minute put them 9 / 3 ahead and within sight of a win.

Australia rallied, however, and after a thrilling final three minutes in which the Scots were forced to repel wave after wave of attacks on their try line, Matt Giteau eventually touched over.

Giteau had the chance to win it for the Wallabies but his conversion attempt 28 metres out to the left of the posts went wide.

 

Points:

Scotland: 2 Penalties Phil Godman, 1 Drop Goal Chris Paterson

Wallabies: 1 Penalty Matt Giteau, 1 Try Ryan Cross

 

Teams:

Scotland: 15 Rory Lamont, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Chris Cusiter (captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Kyle Traynor, 18 Jason White, 19 Richie Vernon, 20 Mike Blair, 21 Chris Paterson, 22 Nick De Luca.

Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Peter Hynes, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Quade Cooper, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Will Genia, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 George Smith, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 James Horwill, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Ryan Cross, 22 James O’Connor.

Date: Saturday, November 21
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 19.15 SA Time (17.15 GMT; 04.15 AEST, November 22)
Expected weather: Heavy rain. High of 10°C and a low of 8°C
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Jérôme Garces (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

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