Scotland 61-0 Russia
Date:
Venue: Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Shizuoka
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Attendance: 44,123
Scotland v Russia Match Reports
A ruthless Scotland scored nine tries as they comprehensively beat Russia 61-0 in Shizuoka. Fly-half Adam Hastings grabbed a brace of early tries, whilst scrum-half George Horne scored a hat-trick, as Scotland made an emphatic statement ahead of their Pool A crunch match against Japan on Sunday. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Scotland set up Japan showdown with bonus-point win against Russia
- BBC: Scotland crush Russia to keep World Cup quarter-final hopes alive
- Guardian: Scotland run in nine tries to hammer Russia and keep World Cup hopes alive
- Daily Mail: George Horne grabs a hat-trick as Gregor Townsend's men secure bonus point by running in NINE tries to set up Pool A showdown with Japan
- Sky Sports: Bonus-point Rugby World Cup win sets up huge Test vs hosts Japan
- ESPN: Superb Scotland sweep aside Russia to set up decisive Japan clash
Scotland v Russia - Match Highlights
Scotland v Russia - Match Stats
Scotland: (21) 61
Try: Hastings (14', 18'), G Horne (22', 45', 59'), Turner (51'), Seymour (56'), Barclay (75'), McInally (78')
Conversion: Hastings (15', 20', 24', 46', 53', 57', 76', 79')
Russia: (0) 0
Man of the match: Adam Hastings (Scotland)
Scotland v Russia - Team Line-ups
Scotland Team
Forwards
- 1 Gordon Reid
- 2 George Turner
- 3 Zander Fagerson
- 4 Scott Cummings
- 5 Ben Toolis
- 6 John Barclay (Captain)
- 7 Fraser Brown
- 8 Ryan Wilson
Backs
- 9 George Horne
- 10 Adam Hastings
- 11 Darcy Graham
- 12 Pete Horne
- 13 Duncan Taylor
- 14 Tommy Seymour
- 15 Blair Kinghorn
Replacements
- 16 Stuart McInally
- 17 Simon Berghan
- 18 Willem Nel
- 19 Grant Gilchrist
- 20 Magnus Bradbury
- 21 Jamie Ritchie
- 22 Henry Pyrgos
- 23 Chris Harris
Russia Team
Forwards
- 1 Valery Morozov
- 2 Stanislav Selskii
- 3 Kirill Gotovtsev
- 4 Andrey Ostrikov
- 5 Evgeny Elgin
- 6 Vitaly Zhivatov
- 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
- 8 Nikita Vavilin
Backs
- 9 Dmitry Perov
- 10 Ramil Gaisin
- 11 Vladislav Sozonov
- 12 Dmitry Gerasimov
- 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
- 14 German Davydov
- 15 Vasily Artemyev (Captain)
Replacements
- 16 Sergey Chernyshev
- 17 Azamat Bitiev
- 18 Vladimir Podrezov
- 19 Bogdan Fedotko
- 20 Andrey Garbuzov
- 21 Sergey Ianiushkin
- 22 Anton Sychev
- 23 Yury Kushnarev