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YOUNG SCOTS DEFEATED IN ITALY
Posted: 29/Dec/05
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Scotland under19 lost their first international of the season when they were defeated 15-5 by Italy under19 at the Tre Fontane ground in Rome this afternoon.
The Scots’ only points came from a try by lock Richard Vernon (Stewart’s-Melville FP) midway through the second-half.
Head coach Peter Wright reflected: “I thought we competed well against a pack that was much bigger than us. At vital times, however, we failed as a team to execute things in the danger zone, both in attack and defence.
“This result has to serve as a reality check to the players as we prepare towards the World Championship in Dubai in the spring.”
Wright felt it was a better performance by the Scots compared to what they had achieved the last time the two sides met and identified the first-half today – when the Scots had 75-80% of the game yet could not score – as critical.
“Overall we did not stick to our game-plan long enough. We tried too much to take them on physically when we were never going to beat them that way,” he added.
Scotland under 19: Colin Goudie (Stewart’s Melville FP); David McCall (Edinburgh Gunners & Stewart’s Melville FP), Alex Grove (Rugby School), Andrew Easson (Edinburgh Gunners & Stewart’s Melville FP), Calum Anderson (Peebles); Cameron Ferguson (Dundee HSFP) CAPTAIN, Jamie Hunter (Hillhead/Jordanhill); Alan Dymock (Dundee HSFP), Frazer Wilford (Bryanston School), Ross McCallum (Ardrossan Accies), Richard Vernon (Stewart’s Melville FP), Steven Turnbull (Edinburgh Gunners & Stirling County), David Lowrie (Hawick), David Lambart (Loughborough University), Daniel Levison (Dundee HSFP).
Substitutes (all used): Mark Peace (Northumbria University), Danny Thorburn (Haddington), Nick Hart (Watsonians), Frazer McCardell (Hartpury College), Murray Bringhurst (Watsonians), Ross Curle (Hillhead/Jordanhill), Scott Hendrie (Selkirk)
Scotland u19s remaining fixtures before the IRB Junior World Championship in Dubai are:
Scotland u19 v France u19 at Dalziel on Thursday 2 February (kick-off 7:30pm)
Wales u19 v Scotland u19 at Aberavon on Thursday 9 February (kick-off 7:30pm)
This article was posted on 30-Dec-2005, 15:03 by Hugh Barrow.
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