Scotland v Wales, Six Nations 2023, live: score and latest updates ...

11 Feb 2023
Scotland v Wales

5:00PM

9 mins: Scotland 3-0 Wales

Wales are ticking though the phases again - they're in Scotland's half and making some ground before Schoeman makes a nuisance of himself and wrestles the ball clear of a Welshman for a well-won turnover. 

4:58PM

PENALTY FOR SCOTLAND: Scotland 3-0 Wales

The hosts go for the points and Finn Russell puts the ball in between the posts from in front. 

Wales have had all the possession and territory but it's Scotland who take the lead. 

4:56PM

6 mins: Scotland 0-0 Wales

That centre partnership that did so much damage against England has again found it's groove today. Tuipulotu plays a great, delayed pop pass to Jones and he breaks at pace and makes 40 yards or more. Wales ultimately give again a penalty and Scotland have a great chance to take an early lead. 

4:53PM

3 mins: Scotland 0-0 Wales

Wales first line out is one to forget as Ken Owens throw is not straight - not the way to start the game if you're a hooker. 

From the resulting Scotland scrum Wales win a free-kick. Bigger launches another up-and-under and there's a knock-on and it will be another Scotland scrum. A bit of a slow opening...

4:51PM

2 mins: Scotland 0-0 Wales

Wales with the early possession and pressure. The visitors are in the Scotland half and Biggar launches a garryowen and a mark is called.

4:48PM

1 min: Scotland 0-0 Wales

They're under way in Edinburgh - can Scotland maintain their momentum won with that great victory over England or will Wales once again prove to be a banana skin for Gregor Townsend's men? 

4:45PM

Two good national anthems coming our way

In a national anthem World Cup these two tunes would surely walk into the quarters - I would fancy one of them (probably Wales' 'Land of My Fathers') to make the final...

There are two rousing renditions and we're about to get under way. 

4:36PM

Out come the teams

The flame throwers are activated as the sides run on to the pitch and they line up for the anthems. 

4:24PM

Sam Warburton on Wales

If these young players do well, that's their shirt to hang on to for the next three or four weekends. I was that young player once and Warren walked up behind me and said, 'Prove to me you're No1 then.' These boys will be experiencing that now. This is their chance and I can't wait to see how they go on. 

I'm really excited about Dan Jenkins and Christ Tshiunza. Dan was captaining Exeter at 19, the youngest ever captain in the Gallagher Premiership and Christ is just a freak physically. Two young guys with amazing, amazing potential. Now they're in at the deep end at Murrayfield and I can't wait to see how they do.

They have to combat the forward carry off the nine. Get wider in defence and get back to what they're good at, collision and line speed. 

4:16PM

Doddie's friends rally to the cause Former Scotland captain Rob Wainwright arrives with the match ball after a team of rugby legends cycled 555 miles in 48 hours in a fundraising event for research into motor neurone disease Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA

4:08PM

Scotland rugby fans are out in force for Doddie Weir today

3:17PM

Your teams in black and white

Wales 15. Liam Williams, 14. Josh Adams, 13. George North, 12. Joe Hawkins, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Dan Biggar, 9. Tomos Williams, 1. Wyn Jones, 2. Ken Owens, captain, 3. Dillon Lewis, 4. Dafydd Jenkins, 5. Adam Beard, 6. Christ Tshiunza, 7. Tommy Reffell, 8. Jac Morgan

Replacements: 16. Scott Baldwin, 17. Rhys Carre, 18. Leon Brown, 19. Rhys Davies, 20. Taulupe Faletau, 21. Rhys Webb, 22. Rhys Patchell, 23. Alex Cuthbert

Scotland 15. Stuart Hogg, 14. Kyle Steyn, 13. Huw Jones, 12. Sione Tuipulotu, 11. Duhan van der Merwe, 10. Finn Russell, 9. Ben White, 8. Matt Fagerson, 7. Luke Crosbie, 6. Jamie Ritchie (capt.), 5. Grant Gilchrist, 4. Richie Gray, 3. Zander Fagerson, 2. George Turner, 1. Pierre Schoeman

Replacements  16. Fraser Brown, 17. Jamie Bhatti, 18. WP Nel, 19. Jonny Gray, 20. Jack Dempsey, 21. George Horne, 22. Blair Kinghorn, 23. Chris Harris 

3:15PM

James Corrigan reports from Murrayfield

Dan Biggar presented Gregor Townsend with his teamtalk – and not because the Wales fly-half criticised today's opponents. In declaring that Scotland keep recording great Six Nations results before failing to backing these up up, Biggar simply told the truth and laid down the challenge. Townsend, himself, has acknowledged this is the next step for a squad that promises so much whilst delivering very little in the silverware department. 

They have not won their opening two Championship fixtures for a staggering 27 years. And Wales have not lost their first two Six Nations games in 16 years. 

But Scotland are overwhelming 1-3 favourites for this one. Who is right? The bookies... or history?

3:12PM

Preview

By Rob Bagchi

Scotland have beaten Wales at Murrayfield only three times this Millennium and the last of those victories came six years ago under Vern Cotter when tries from Tommy Seymour and Tim Visser and the boot of Finn Russell completed a remarkable second-half turnaround. It has always been a happy hunting ground for Warren Gatland but he returns today looking for a 12th victory over the Scots (the defeats came while he was on Lions sabbaticals) acknowledging that they will be harder to beat than ever before. 

"We've had some close encounters," he said. "They're a tough side and are pretty confident in the way they want to play. They've got great balance in their team at the moment. They defend well and work hard for each other. They're pretty slick in attack, have continuity with players who have been there for a while."

Wales will run out trying to prove that their 34-10 defeat against Ireland was more of a hangover from the Wayne Pivac era than an ominous sign of where things are headed Gatland's second coming. 

Scotland, who won the Calcutta Cup 29-23 at Twickenham last Saturday, have been the kings of false dawns in the Championship, not winning their first two games for 26 successive Five and Six Nations and Gatland was keen to emphasise that it will be playing on their minds. 

"I definitely think they'll have spoken about that – they haven't won many opening games in the Six Nations," said Gatland. "That will be key for them in this tournament. It's all about momentum and they've created some great momentum from last week. They'll come in with a huge amount of confidence and it's a great challenge for us."

It's a challenge that will be taken up by a new-look pack with five changes, Gatland having jettisoned the old guard after the Ireland defeat.

Gregor Townsend, by contrast, makes only one change in the front row and says there is significant room for improvement after defeating England. 

"The performance probably gets looked at in a different light because we score four tries, and a couple of the tries are worldies, and we win at Twickenham,” Townsend said. “Obviously, it’s a brilliant achievement but we have our own standards and some of that first half wasn’t the way we expected it to be, so improving on last week is more important than backing up last week.

“There has been an edge to training just like there was last week," he said. "We’ve had physical sessions and the non-23 have trained really well which has helped. On Tuesday they replicated what we believe Wales [will do] on both sides of the ball. They put us under pressure and we had to adapt under that pressure during that session. We didn’t start that great but we improved. It all seems like they are focused on improving this week, which is all you can ask for from your group.”

Greg Wilcox is currently covering the stone cold classic at Aviva Stadium but will be here for the build-up and live coverage. 

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