The Scotland vs Wales player ratings as Wales edged out 14-man Scotland 25-24 at Murrayfield to maintain their 100% start to their Six Nations campaign.
Tries from Darcy Graham and captain Stuart Hogg had given Gregor Townsend’s side a comfortable 17-8 lead at the break.
But a frantic seven minutes saw a Scotland try ruled out and Zander Fagerson dismissed while the visitors went over twice to swing the momentum.
A Wyn Jones try was bookended by two from player of the match Louis Rees-Zammit, with the second proving to be the match-winning try.
Scotland fought to the end but their hopes were dashed in stoppage time as Hogg failed to hold onto Duhan van der Merwe’s desperate last charge.
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STATS ZONE
- Most tackles: Taulupe Faletau (Wales) – 17
- Most missed tackles: Aaron Wainwright (Wales) – 2
- Most carries: Matt Fagerson (Scotland) – 8
- Most metres: Stuart Hogg (Scotland) – 83
- Most defenders beaten: Stuart Hogg (Scotland) – 6
- Penalties conceded: Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) – 4
- Turnovers conceded: Nick Tompkins (Wales) – 2
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Scotland vs Wales player ratings:
Scotland: Stuart Hogg (capt) 8; Darcy Graham 7, Chris Harris 6, James Lang 6, Duhan van der Merwe 6; Finn Russell 6, Ali Price 7; Rory Sutherland 7, George Turner 5, Zander Fagerson 5; Scott Cummings 6, Jonny Gray 7; Blade Thomson 5, Hamish Watson 6, Matt Fagerson 7
Wales: Leigh Halfpenny 6; Louis Rees-Zammit 9, Owen Watkin 6, Nick Tompkins 5, Liam Williams 7; Dan Biggar 5, Gareth Davies 6; Wyn Jones 8, Ken Owens 6, Tomas Francis 6; Adam Beard 6, Alun Wyn Jones (capt) 6; Aaron Wainwright 5.5, Justin Tipuric 7, Taulupe Faletau 7
The 5 fastest rugby players in the 2021 Six Nations
5. STUART HOGG – SCOTLAND – 11.6 SECONDS (100M)
Hogg broke Glasgow’s club record by hitting a top speed of 36.8kmh (just under 23mph) in training. In contrast, the Greater Roadrunner bird can only hit 20mph, while, back in the human realm, the top speed ever clocked by Usain Bolt was 27.8mph in the Berlin World Championships of 2009 when he set the still-standing 100m record of 9.58 seconds.
DID YOU KNOW? His father, John, played as a championship winning full-back for Hawick before becoming a rugby referee and his brother, Graham, played for Scotland 7s in the IRB Sevens World Series as well as representing Scotland at three different age grades
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