Scotland (20) 30 / 29 (20) Italy (Final Score)
Scotland and Italy did battle in the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria at 14:15 SA Time (13:15 BST, 12:15 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Scotland:
- Penalties – Greig Laidlaw (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Matt Scott (1), Sean Lamont (1), Alasdair Strokosch (1)
- Conversions – Greig Laidlaw (3)
Italy:
- Penalties – Alberto di Bernardo (5)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Leonardo Sarto (1), Penalty Try (1)
- Conversions – Alberto di Bernardo (2)
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Peter Murchie, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Greig Laidlaw (Captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Alasdair Strokosch, 6 David Denton, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Moray Low, 18 Jon Welsh, 19 Grant Gilchrist, 20 Robert Harley, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Tim Visser.
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Joshua Furno, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Leandro Cedaro, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Davide Giazzon, 1 Matias Aguero.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Alessandro Zanni, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Gonzalo Canale, 23 Luke McLean.
Date: Saturday 22 June 2013
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 14:15 SA Time (13:15 BST, 12:15 GMT)
Expected weather: Some great weather predicted for Pretoria, no rain.
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa), Cobus Wessels (South Africa)
TMO: Deon van Blommestein (South Africa)
Scotland 14 / 10 Italy
Come on the Scots! 🙂 🙂
26 @ The_Young_Turk:
Where’s your “Forza Italia”?
Scotts steal the Italy lineout
Scotland penalty, wayyyy offside
Scotland 17 / 10 Italy
Penalty advantage to Italy
Penalty given, offside by the Scotish flyhalf
That baldheaded Strokosch loosie of Scotland much less effective today, because he is watched better by the ref and not allowed to spoil at the rucks…
I picked Scotland by only 5 on Bru for this game
Scrum 5 for Italy… Azzurri looking strong, whereas the Scotts look like they played their final last week
Somehow, this match just doesn’t live up to the last one. I am really trying, have even opened 2 beers to drink at double speed hoping that as my brains slows down and my vision becomes blurry, it will seem as if the game is flowing faster.
Massive Italy scrum… penalty
Next one might be a penalty try
Another Italy scrum penalty
Penalty Try it is… well done Castro!
Scotland 17 / 17 Italy
The other reason for drinking so heavily is so that I can imagine that the HM we see on telly is just Divvy in disguise, and that the real HM, who is clever, shrewd, up to date, and with a decent game plan will appear suddenly, smash this dreadful impersonator into oblivion in a super hero like way, take centre stage, wave his magic wand and restore order to the Springbok team
Scotland inside the Italy 22
Penalty Scotland, in front, just inside the 22
Sorry had to leave comp for a bit as this match is so exciting, I may have wet myself.
See these two teams have decided to play for a draw.
Foza Italia!
Scotland 20 / 17 Italy
In off the post…lucky
Penalty advantage Italy… and penalty given. In front of the kicker.
Shot at goal
Distance is about 50m
Scotland 20 / 20 Italy
@ Just For Kicks:
You’ve got a farking powerful imagination to use words like “clever, shrewd, up to date and with a decent game plan” in regards to Meyer!
Time is up on the clock for the 1st half… hooter goes.
Lemoenetyd
@ The_Young_Turk:Its called Sheep Dip – but my mate promised me it was a whisky!!!!!!
@ Just For Kicks:
Never trust a Scotsman when it comes to drink…
@ grootblousmile:
Smiles, this new comp is not so bad – 3Gb ram and came out 4 years ago!
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