Awesome Italy smash Scots

Awesome Italy smash Scots

24 Feb 2007

Italy claimed their first away victory in Six Nations history by beating Scotland 37-17 at Murrayfield.

Incredibly, the visitors were ahead 21-0 after just seven minutes of the match.

From the restart, openside flank Mauro Bergamasco charged down flyhalf Phil Goodman’s attempted chip kick to score under the posts.

Two minutes later, scrumhalf Chris Cusiter gifted a short pass to flyhalf Andrea Scanavacca who made it 14-0. And as the crowd began to boo, the shell-shocked No 9 threw another interception pass, this time to grateful winger Kaine Robertson.

To their credit, the Scots clawed their way back through a Rob Dewey try and Chris Paterson penalty to trail 24-10 at the break.

Paterson made it a seven-point ball game on the hour mark when he burst through a gap on the blindside and ran 40m to score.

However, Italy quickly reapplied the pressure through a series of 5m scrums. Eventually, the Scottish pack went down illegally and Scanavacca’s penalty made it 27-17.

The flyhalf kicked another three-pointer, before scrumhalf Alexander Troncon was driven over to cap off an historic afternoon for Italian rugby.

Scotland – Tries: Rob Dewey, Chris Paterson. Conversions: Chris Paterson (2). Penalty: Paterson.
Italy – Tries: Mauro Bergamasco, Andrea Scanavacca, Kaine Robertson, Alexander Troncon. Conversions: Andrea Scanavacca (4). Penalties: Scanavacca (3).


18 Comments

  • 1.JockBok: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:28 pm

    24-17, C’mon Scoooootland….

    Oh, and 1st.

  • 2.JockBok: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:45 pm

    Oh fek, what a disaster. 37-17.

  • 3.wpforever: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:53 pm

    Bellissimo !

  • 4.spear_tackler: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:55 pm

    nice one italy. am not too surprised though. scotland had absolutely nothing to offer on attack in their last game. all they can do is swing the ball down the line to their wings who get smothered by the defence. Its even more boring and frustrating than crash and bash rugby! this week the tries slipped too.

  • 5.JockBok: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:55 pm

    kakisimo rather. What a shocker. The first few minutes was like watching the Stormers this morning. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

  • 6.japie_in_france: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:56 pm

    Sono molto contento. Bravi Raggazi! Forza Italia! Vado addesso e mangiare una pizza.

  • 7.Jinx: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 18:57 pm

    Forza Italia!!!

  • 8.spear_tackler: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 19:01 pm

    Italian rugby deserves respect. Can’t say the same for their soccer counterparts though! Type in rugby in youtube and watch the soccer vs rugby video (its like the third video to pop up I think) for a good laugh.

  • 9.greatest13gerber: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 19:02 pm

    damm good win by the Italians. Poor Scots, they were on a roll.

  • 10.Blackie: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 21:38 pm

    3 tries within 6min … must be a IRB record or something, tries was nothing special, one charge down and two intercept.

  • 11.evaCheetah: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 21:42 pm

    I am very happy, the Azzurri needed a game like this to get their tails up

  • 12.JockBok: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 21:55 pm

    I agree eva. I’m bloody unhappy but it is a great result for Italy and the 6N.

  • 13.chch: Reply to this comment
    24 Feb 2007, 23:02 pm

    Bad decision making by the Scots. they Could have Kicked 10 penaIties
    madness

  • 14.cane: Reply to this comment
    25 Feb 2007, 01:23 am

    Stodders,

    Sorry Bro. But it’s only a game.
    Actually I think you may have predicted the outcome on friday.

    Is this Italy’s best win ever?
    I think it could be.

  • 15.wls1: Reply to this comment
    25 Feb 2007, 09:44 am

    Nice one, this has been a long time comming.
    lets hope they have another in in them.

  • 16.Skim: Reply to this comment
    25 Feb 2007, 11:21 am

    Good stuff. I like that Italy is marching upwards, it can only be good for world rugby.

  • 17.rich: Reply to this comment
    25 Feb 2007, 15:52 pm

    Awesum Italy
    now ive heard everything

  • 18.Haydn Sais: Reply to this comment
    26 Feb 2007, 09:56 am

    Well done ITALY on your historic win !!!!!!!!!

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