ITALY
No.Name
15Jayden Hayward, FB
14Mattia Bellini, W
13Luca Morisi, C
12Carlo Canna, C
11Matteo Minozzi, W
10Tommaso Allan, FH
9Callum Braley, SH
1Andrea Lovotti, P
2Luca Bigi, H
3Giosue Zilocchi, P
4Alessandro Zanni, L
5Niccolo Cannone, L
6Jake Polledri, FL
7Sebastian Negri, FL
8Braam Steyn, N8
Replacements
16Federico Zani, R
17Danilo Fischetti, R
18Marco Riccioni, R
19Marco Lazzaroni, R
20Dean Budd, R
21Giovanni Licata, R
22Guglielmo Palazzani, R
23Giulio Bisegni, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
2:15 PM, February 22, 2020
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'Player substituted - Luca Bigi , Italy
81'Substitute on - Mattia Bellini , Italy
81'+20-17 End of second half
80'Stay tuned for a full report and the latest rugby news.
80'And Scotland end what was for a long time a pretty inevitable result. Credit where it is due, Stuart Hogg got the scoring underway with a terrific solo try, and the Scots finally managed to make the most of yet another attack at the opposing line.
80'Substitute on - Tommaso Allan , Italy
80'Player substituted - Matteo Minozzi , Italy
80'0-17 Conversion - Adam Hastings , Scotland
79'After a large period of slow rugby, Scotland score the try that will secure them victory, their first of this year's Championship. Adam Hastings just strolls into the vast open space in front of him.
79'0-15 Try - Adam Hastings , Scotland
74'Player substituted - Mattia Bellini , Italy
74'Substitute on - Giulio Bisegni , Italy
74'Substitute on - Luca Bigi , Italy
74'Player substituted - Tommaso Allan , Italy
72'Italy might not be launching much of a comeback bid, but they have done a good job of largely nullifying the Scottish attack in the past 10 minutes.
70'Yellow card - Federico Zani , Italy
68'Itlay are still in this game, and they know it. But they must do more to open up. Scotland are doing a good job of keeping them close by. TMO will look at a spear tackle from Scotland, advantage is being played.
68'Player substituted - Niccolo Cannone , Italy
68'Substitute on - Marco Lazzaroni , Italy
68'Substitute on - Byron McGuigan , Scotland
68'Player substituted - Sean Maitland , Scotland
68'Substitute on - Grant Gilchrist , Scotland
68'Player substituted - Scott Cummings , Scotland
65'The game has become far less open in the past few minutes, with the ball stuck a loggerhead tackling contest in midfield. Neither side has been able to get a good run against the other for a while.
61'Substitute on - Rory Hutchinson , Scotland
61'Player substituted - Chris Harris , Scotland
60'This match has taken a quick chill pill, its slowed down a fair bit.
60'Player substituted - Stuart McInally , Scotland
60'Substitute on - Fraser Brown , Scotland
60'Substitute on - Federico Zani , Italy
60'Player substituted - Luca Bigi , Italy
59'Player substituted - Callum Braley , Italy
59'Substitute on - Guglielmo Palazzani , Italy
59'Substitute on - Danilo Fischetti , Italy
59'Player substituted - Andrea Lovotti , Italy
57'An Italy mistake next to the sideline is capitalised upon by Scotland's Blair Kinghorn, who breaks forward. The ensuing move is subject to TMO after Kinghorn's pass looked to be forward. Italy managed to stop the three-on-two attack and good job they did, the TMO ruled the original pass to be OK.
55'Scotland make a flurry of changes. They need to freshen things up and slow this game down.
55'Scotland have just managed to thwart what could easily have been the try of the tournament. Jayden Hayward broke the Scottish line and zoomed in and out of defenders before offloading to Mattia Bellini who was heading for the other side of the pitch. The Italian wing dodged more than a few tackles, offloaded the ball once more before Scotland were able to draw a penalty shortly after. Wow! That would have been some try.
55'Substitute on - Matt Fagerson , Scotland
55'Player substituted - Magnus Bradbury , Scotland
55'Player substituted - Ali Price , Scotland
55'Substitute on - George Horne , Scotland
55'Player substituted - Zander Fagerson , Scotland
55'Substitute on - WP Nel , Scotland
55'Substitute on - Allan Dell , Scotland
55'Player substituted - Rory Sutherland , Scotland
54'Player substituted - Marco Riccioni , Italy
54'Substitute on - Giosue Zilocchi , Italy
50'Italy looked to build a quick attack but they put the ball down and Scotland break back the other way.
47'Scotland finally make good on all of the pressure at the line. After an age of taking small steps, careering into opposing forwards, Chris Harris finds some space and pushes over for a try..but Hastings misses his second conversion of the match.
47'0-10 Try - Chris Harris , Scotland
44'Substitute on - Giovanni Licata , Italy
44'Player substituted - Sebastian Negri , Italy
44'Player substituted - Alessandro Zanni , Italy
44'Substitute on - Dean Budd , Italy
42'Scotland fail to finalise another try-scoring opportunity, with two Italian defenders thwarting a final pass from a couple of yards out that would have certainly meant a try.
41'0-5 End of first half
40'We're back underway.
40'The first-half wasn't the most scintillating display of rugby in this Championship (aside from Hogg's try) but Scotland lead as the players head back in.
40'0-5 Start of second half
38'Italy fly-half Tommaso Allan had the chance to close the gap with a penalty kick from a fair way out but could only find the left post.
37'Italy have received a small flurry of penalties in recent minutes and are regaining a foothold in the game after Scotland dominated the middle passage of the first half.
33'Hastings looks to set up a move, collecting in space from Hogg's long pass, and the fly-half tries to chip over the Italian line but is beaten to the ball.
32'Stuart Hogg's superb solo try is the only thing separating the teams right now. But Scotland are pushing for their second score of the match.
31'Player substituted - Giosue Zilocchi , Italy
31'Substitute on - Marco Riccioni , Italy
29'And Scotland score again! It is a really nicely worked move as Hamish Watson speeds through two Italian defenders before handing off to Sam Johnson who passed to Ali Price to run in under the posts....but TMO rules out the try. Watson offload was forward.
26'It's been closely contested so far, with Italy just starting to open up before the Scotland score.
23'Stuart Hogg scores his first try of the Championship... although he should have had one in week one. It's also Scotland's first of the tournament. Hogg is unleashed into a vast open space in front of him and touches the ball down without pressure.
23'0-5 Try - Stuart Hogg , Scotland
21'Scotland win another penalty. Just as Italy were cooking up some pressure with an attacking kick to the Scotland corner, they are penalised for not releasing in the ruck.
18'Scotland achieve a nice spell of possession, moving the ball left in a more open display of rugby.
17'Hamish Watson launches a really good, powerful tackle and Scotland get a scrum on their 22 shortly after.
15'Italy are the ones putting on the pressure, camped out in Scotland's 22. A chip and run into the visitor's try area was caught by a Scotland defender but advantage had already been called.
13'Italy brroke down the field with great speed after winger Mattia Bellini performed a superb step-and-go. The home side raced down the pitch and looked like they were going to score before the ball spread to the left and the move broke down.
11'Conditions here couldn't be more different than Scotland faced in their last match against England. It's a nice sunny, clear day in Rome.
8'Italy collapsed the scrum for not binding so Scotland get another chance to get on the scoreboard..but Adam Hastings misses the penalty kick, sending the ball wide of the posts.
3'Scotland pile the pressure on Italy but, not for the first time this Championship, they fail to finish off a move at the opposition try line. Scottish forwards powered short runs into the Italian line, just inches out, but couldn't get the job done. After some poor handling, a scrum is called.
3'After a few attempts, Italy get a penalty after Scotland collapse the scrum.
3'It's been a tight and cagey start. Don't expect many fills in this one.
1'The bagpipes have been put away and the players a lined up to start...and we're underway!
1'You'll have to cast your mind back to 2015 for the last time that Italy beat Scotland, edging them 22-19. It's been all one-way traffic since then.
1'These two sides are propping up the Six Nations table in fifth and sixth place. Italy remain the only team yet to pick up a point in this year's Championship, with Scotland holding two bonus points for keeping there opening two losses closely contested.
1'Hello and welcome to ESPN's live coverage of today's Six Nations clash between Scotland and Italy. Kick-off is in 15 minutes.
1'0-0 Start of first half

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