Scotland 53-24 Australia
Date:
Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Attendance: 67,144
Scotland v Australia Match Reports
Last-minute call-up Byron McGuigan scored a try double as Scotland ran up a record 53-24 win over 14-man Australia at Murrayfield. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Scotland blitz 14-man Wallabies with record 53-24 win at BT Murrayfield
- BBC: Rampant Scotland secure record win over Australia
- Guardian: Byron McGuigan and Scotland hammer Australia after Sekope Kepu’s red
- Telegraph: Gregor Townsend's impressive hosts secure record win over 14-man visitors
- Daily Mail: Stuart Hogg replacement Byron McGuigan inspires record victory with try double
- Sky Sports: Scotland overwhelm 14-man Australia
- ESPN: Scotland make Wallabies pay for Kepu's moment of madness
- Sydney Morning Herald: Wallabies suffer worst ever loss to Scotland as Sekope Kepu is red carded
- New Zealand Herald: Scotland romp to stunning win over Australia at Murrayfield
- Scottish Rugby: Scotland v Australia match report
Scotland v Australia - Match Highlights
Scotland v Australia - Match Stats
Scotland: (17) 53
Try: McGuigan (16', 61'), Price (40'), Maitland (46'), Gray (49'), Jones (56'), Barclay (75'), McInally (80')
Conversion: Russell (18', 41', 50', 76', 81')
Penalty: Russell (15')
Australia: (12) 24
Try: Kuridrani (34', 37'), Beale (43'), Timani (69')
Conversion: Foley (35', 69')
Man of the Match: Byron McGuigan (Scotland)
Scotland v Australia - Team Line-ups
Scotland Team
Forwards
- 1 Darryl Marfo
- 2 Stuart McInally
- 3 Simon Berghan
- 4 Grant Gilchrist
- 5 Jonny Gray
- 6 John Barclay (Captain)
- 7 Hamish Watson
- 8 Ryan Wilson
Backs
- 9 Ali Price
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Byron McGuigan
- 12 Pete Horne
- 13 Huw Jones
- 14 Tommy Seymour
- 15 Sean Maitland
Replacements
- 16 Fraser Brown
- 17 Jamie Bhatti
- 18 Zander Fagerson
- 19 Ben Toolis
- 20 Cornell du Preez
- 21 Henry Pyrgos
- 22 Phil Burleigh
- 23 Ruaridh Jackson
Australia Team
Forwards
- 1 Scott Sio
- 2 Stephen Moore
- 3 Sekope Kepu
- 4 Rob Simmons
- 5 Blake Enever
- 6 Ben McCalman
- 7 Michael Hooper (Captain)
- 8 Sean McMahon
Backs
- 9 Will Genia
- 10 Bernard Foley
- 11 Reece Hodge
- 12 Samu Kerevi
- 13 Tevita Kuridrani
- 14 Marika Koroibete
- 15 Kurtley Beale
Replacements
- 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau
- 17 Tetera Faulkner
- 18 Taniela Tupou
- 19 Lukhan Tui
- 20 Lopeti Timani
- 21 Nick Phipps
- 22 Karmichael Hunt
- 23 Henry Speight