";s:4:"text";s:5019:" Looking at the ownership stats, some managers may have moved up their tables a bit...A try from captain Stuart Hogg helped Scotland to their first win in this year's Six Nations, while Italy's winless run has now hit 23 matches in the competition.Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has made three changes to the starting team to face Italy in Rome in the Six Nations on Saturday.Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has said that it has "been made clear" that fly-half Finn Russell can have a future with Scottish Rugby but only if he can "accept and adhere to the standards" of the team.Glasgow Warriors lock Jonny Gray has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations due to a hand injury.Storm Ciara had a big say in the Six Nations this week, and is sure to have blown a few Fantasy Rugby squads off course.Scotland fly-half Finn Russell has said that he has a strained relationship with head coach Gregor Townsend.Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images Ritchie tackled early should have been penalty try, so potential further 14 points.Scotland ran in three tries against Italy to earn their first win in six games in the Six Nations and ease the pressure on head coach Gregor Townsend.Captain Stuart Hogg's stunning solo effort in Rome was the Scots' first of the campaign and was added to after the break by centre Chris Harris and late on by fly-half Adam Hastings.Italy, searching for a first Six Nations win in 25 matches since beating Scotland in 2015, failed to breach a resolute defence and are rooted at the bottom of the table after three games.Scotland, though, can look forward to the visit of France on 8 March with renewed confidence, before ending their campaign against Wales in Cardiff six days later.Having won just one of their previous seven in the championship, this was a game Scotland had to win, not just for their morale but for Townsend, who would have come under ferocious pressure had this one gone south. It was not pretty - in fact it was gruesome - but it was effective.Hastings' challenging afternoon continued with a missed conversion and then a loose pass that handed Italy momentum. In 1971, the SRU appointed the first coach as "adviser to the captain". In 1951, the touring Springboks massacred Scotland 44–0 scoring nine tries, a then record defeat.The teams from 1955–63 were an improvement. Hogg (captain); Maitland, Harris, Johnson, Kinghorn; Hastings, Price; Sutherland, McInally, Z Fagerson, Toolis, Cummings, Ritchie, Watson, Bradbury.Brown, Dell, Nel, Gilchrist, M Fagerson, Horne, Hutchinson, McGuigan. Some clubs closed down, others amalgamated and carried on playing other local clubs and, sometimes, teams from the armed forces stationed in their various areas.Internationals resumed in the 1946–47 season, although these were not formally recognised and no caps were awarded to participating players.The period after World War Two was not a successful one for Scotland.
It is a reflection of the changing order of world rugby – at least outside the top six – that Japan against Scotland is no one’s idea of a gimme. Will Racihg 92 keep this ex international.I said I would take a win by 1 point and we won by 17, job done. Stay in touch with Scottish Rugby’s latest updates and news in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and the work we’re doing with our rugby clubs, supporters, sponsors and the Scottish Government to address the crisisExplore our online hub to read, watch, listen and learn with Scottish Rugby. Occasional wins were recorded against Wales, Ireland and France.On 1 March 1975, around 104,000 spectators watched Scotland defeat Wales 12–10 in a Five Nations match at Murrayfield. Just when it looked like the home team might get their breakthrough, Bradbury turned over ball and the danger passed.Just before the hour, Scotland should have put it to bed but Hogg went himself when he should have found Sean Maitland, who would have a fairly straightforward route to the line had the ball been put in his mitts.As a Test, it was massively flawed. Our role is to grow the game and inspire Scotland through rugby in line with our values of respect, leadership, achievement, engagement and enjoyment. The top 4 countries....then 2nd division Scotland, then 3rd division Italy.For all those wishing Finn back, remember he walked out on his team mates, this isn't just about GT, the players have now closed ranks on him, he needs to eat humble pie and apologise to both coach and players if he wants to come out of the wilderness, but something tells me he's too Billy big time for that. It was his 20th Test try and he has scarcely scored a better one. Scotland will breathe a mighty sigh of relief having won it, but they had better set aside a full day this week to pore over the errors they made, the chances they blew, the passes they forced, the kicks that went astray.Italy's woe carried on when Federico Zani, the substitute hooker, was binned for a dangerous tackle on Grant Gilchrist.