Scotland held off an Italian comeback mission at Murrayfield to start their Six Nations campaign with a 31-19 victory over Italy.
A Huw Jones hat-trick inspired head coach Gregor Townsend’s side to a win ahead of their match with Ireland next weekend. Townsend said: “Well, it’s positive that we started with a win, that we managed to score five tries, so you get maximum points. And to go through that test when we were leading for most of the game and then go 19-19 and come through it, that’s going to prepare us really well for the tests that are going to come.
“There’s going to be times where opposition get momentum, opposition get scores, and it didn’t affect the players’ belief in what they needed to do to get the win.”
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2. Lining up early
It was a lovely winter's day for some Six Nations action. | SNS Group / SRU
