Six Nations 2023: Scotland 26-14 Italy - Gregor Townsend's side survive late onslaught

Scotland concluded their Six Nations run with a melodramatic bonus-point triumph implicit Italy astatine Murrayfield to each but warrant a third-place decorativeness successful the Championship.

Kinghorn plunged implicit aft the interruption but Tommaso Allan's effort and a Paolo Garbisi punishment brought Italy wrong 5 and sparked a frantic finale.

However, Scotland past a precocious onslaught and streaked distant with the timepiece successful the red, Kinghorn bursting implicit aft a coruscating interruption to implicit his chapeau trick.

England would present request to grounds a bonus constituent triumph successful Ireland and people heavy to person immoderate accidental of denying Gregor Townsend's broadside 3rd place.

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More to follow.

Line-ups

Scotland: 15-Smith; 14-Steyn, 13-Jones, 12-Tuipulotu, 11- Van der Merwe; 10-Kinghorn, 9-White; 1-Schoeman, 2-Turner, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Skinner, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Ritchie (capt), 7-Watson, 8-Dempsey

Replacements: 16-Ashman, 17-Sutherland, 18-Nel, 19-Cummings, 20-Matt Fagerson, 21-Price, 22-Healy, 23-Redpath

Italy: 15-Allan; 14-Bruno, 13-Brex, 12- Menoncello, 11-Gesi;10-Paolo Garbisi, 9-Fusco; 1-Fischetti, 2-Nicotera, 3-Riccioni, 4-Iachizzi, 5-Ruzza, 6-Negri, 7- Lamaro (capt), 8-Lorenzo Cannone

Replacements: 16-Manfredi, 17-Zani, 18-Ceccarelli, 19-Niccolo Cannone, 20-Pettinelli, 21-Zuliani, 22-Alessandro Garbisi, 23-Morisi

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Touch judges: Matthew Carley (England) & Craig Evans (Wales)

TMO: Brett Cronan (Australia)

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