Scotland v Portugal

Date:

Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Takehito Namekawa (Japan)

Attendance: 61,027

Scotland v Portugal Match Reports

Scotland scored nine tries as they beat Portugal 59-21 at Murrayfield. A fast and loose first half saw Will Hurd, Stafford McDowall, Darcy Graham and Josh Bayliss all cross for Scotland. The hosts were also awarded a penalty try when Duarte Torgal was sin-binned for collapsing a rolling maul. Luka Begic got a try back for Portugal at the very end of the half as the visitors trailed 33-7. After the break, Jamie Bhatti, Arron Reed (twice) and Jamie Dobie added four more tries for Scotland. Portugal didn't go down without a fight, though, as Samuel Marques and Raffaele Storti added second-half tries to keep the scoreboard respectable. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v Portugal - Match Highlights

Scotland v Portugal - Match Stats

Scotland (33) 59
Try: Hurd (4'), McDowall (12'), Penalty Try (27'), Graham (34'), Bayliss (38'), Bhatti (44'), Reed (59', 62'), Dobie (73')
Conversion: Hastings (12', 35', 39', 60', 63'), Jordan (74')

Portugal (7) 21
Try: Begic (40'+4), Marques (55'), Storti (67')
Conversion: Marques (40'+5, 56', 68')

Man of the match: Tom Jordan (Scotland)


Scotland v Portugal - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Jamie Bhatti
  • 2 Patrick Harrison
  • 3 Will Hurd
  • 4 Alex Craig
  • 5 Alex Samuel
  • 6 Luke Crosbie
  • 7 Ben Muncaster
  • 8 Josh Bayliss

Backs

  • 9 George Horne
  • 10 Adam Hastings
  • 11 Arron Reed
  • 12 Stafford McDowall (Captain)
  • 13 Rory Hutchinson
  • 14 Darcy Graham
  • 15 Tom Jordan

Replacements

  • 16 Johnny Matthews
  • 17 Rory Sutherland
  • 18 Elliot Millar Mills
  • 19 Ewan Johnson
  • 20 Freddy Douglas
  • 21 Jamie Dobie
  • 22 Matt Currie
  • 23 Kyle Rowe

Portugal Team

Forwards

  • 1 David Costa
  • 2 Luka Begic
  • 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira
  • 4 José Madeira
  • 5 Duarte Torgal
  • 6 André Cunha
  • 7 Nicolas Martins
  • 8 Frederico Couto

Backs

  • 9 Samuel Marques
  • 10 Domingos Cabral
  • 11 Lucas Martins
  • 12 Tomás Appleton (Captain)
  • 13 José Lima
  • 14 Raffaele Storti
  • 15 Simão Bento

Replacements

  • 16 Abel Cunha
  • 17 Pedro Vicente
  • 18 António Prim
  • 19 Antonin Andrade
  • 20 Vasco Baptista
  • 21 António Campos
  • 22 Hugo Aubry
  • 23 Manuel Cardoso Pinto