Women's Six Nations 2023: Scotland 22-34 Wales - visitors break Scottish hearts again

Wales erstwhile again broke Scottish hearts aft edging a breathless Edinburgh encounter.

Scotland showed plentifulness of combat with tries from Lana Skeldon, Coreen Grant and Chloe Rollie.

But their losing streak is present extended to 11 games, arsenic Wales observe 2 Six Nations wins from two.

It echoes their commencement to past year's run erstwhile they bushed the aforesaid opposition.

Wales talked astir "storming the castle" successful the build-up to the game, and it took conscionable 3 minutes for them to breach the Scottish defence.

A superb Keira Bevan interruption connected her 50th headdress sparked a Wales onslaught which saw Scotland concede a punishment for offside.

Wales kicked to touch, with Scotland expecting Wales' trademark drawback and drive, but the visitors opted for an unorthodox grooming gtound move.

Georgia Evans took the shot cleanly earlier offloading to subordinate of the lucifer Tuipulotu, who peeled astir the beforehand earlier bulldozing implicit the helping to observe her 2nd effort successful arsenic galore games.

Scotland enjoyed a spell of unit aft the restart and looked unsafe successful the wide channels, but Wales defended resolutely earlier uncovering themselves backmost successful the Scotland 22.

They won a scrum punishment and kicked for touch, this clip they chose to thrust for the line, with Sioned Harries crossing from adjacent range.

The conversion was being lined up erstwhile referee Maggie Cogger-Orr called play back, and aft a lengthy deliberation with tv lucifer authoritative Leo Colgan, Harries was deemed to beryllium offside.

Scotland past took vantage of mediocre Welsh discipline, with Helen Nelson kicking a punishment to get them connected the board.

Wales deed consecutive backmost from the restart, Kelsey Jones powering done 2 tackles earlier uncovering Elinor Snowsill who fed wrong to Harries who made bully yards earlier offloading to Bevan who was brought down abbreviated of the line.

Wales showed patience and different prop, this clip Pyrs, powered implicit to widen Wales' lead, with Bevan connected people from the tee.

But the visitors were soon backmost nether the cosh and tread a good enactment with their discipline, coughing up punishment aft punishment contempt being connected a warning.

Scotland decided to crook down different effort astatine posts, with their driving lineout mounting up Skeldon's try, her 3rd successful 3 consecutive games against Wales.

Rallied by the 3,000 location crowd, the Scots came adjacent to crossing again, Franscesca McGhie with a dazzling tally earlier being chopped down successful immoderate past ditch tackling.

Wales' luck yet ran retired with centre Kerin Lake shown a yellowish paper for offside. Scotland pushed for a effort earlier half-time, but could not find the overlap and Wales survived.

Sisilia Tuipulotu has scored successful 2 consecutive matches and won subordinate of the lucifer successful 2 consecutive matches

Wales started the 2nd fractional positively, a complaint down by Hannah Jones saw them bargain possession and usage their almighty forwards to spell done the phases earlier Pyrs crossed.

Bevan added the extras to springiness Wales a 2 people lead.

Scotland looked to onslaught backmost consecutive distant with Wales erstwhile again penalised, Snowsill with a precocious situation to acquisition the hosts a driving lineout.

Wales initially kept them out, but Scotland utilized their subordinate vantage and recovered a spread successful the defence with Grant coming disconnected her helping to transverse nether the posts to springiness Nelson an straight-forward conversion.

Momentum was soon backmost with Wales, their large shot carriers barnstorming their mode into Scotland's twenty-two, and thing could beryllium done to halt the earthy powerfulness of teen Tuipulotu erstwhile the enactment was successful her sight.

The crippled continued to bent successful the equilibrium arsenic some sides began to present their interaction players, and it was Scotland who came again, their breathtaking full-back Rollie showing lightning feet and velocity to get connected the extracurricular Lisa Neumann and measurement Courtney Keight.

Nelson's conversion drifted crossed the look of the posts arsenic Wales' retained their slender lead.

Wales came again successful the last 10 minutes and it was way 1 again, the forwards edging their mode to the try-line earlier Scotland conceded a penalty, which Snowsill decided to slot implicit to dependable the ship.

A frantic 5 minutes were expected to follow, but Wales showed bully crippled management, and it was replacement scrum-half Lewis who came to haunt the Scots again, crossing for Wales' 5th effort successful the dying minutes, conscionable similar she did successful Cardiff past year.

Scotland: C Rollie, C Grant, E Orr, M Smith, F McGhie, H Nelson, C Mattinson; L Bartlett, L Skeldon, C Belisle, L O'Donnell, L McMillan, R Malcolm, R McLachlan, E Gallagher.

Replacements: J Rettie, A Young, E Clarke, E Donaldson, E Sinclair, M McDonald, B Blacklock, L Musgrove.

Wales: C Keight; L Neumann, H Jones (capt), K Lake, C Williams-Morris; E Snowsill, K Bevan; G Pyrs, K Jones, S Tuipulotu, A Fleming, G Evans, B Lewis, A Callender, S Harries.

Replacements: C Phillips, C Hope, C Hale, N John, K Williams, F Lewis, R Wilkins, H Bluck.

Match officials

Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)

Assistants: Beatrice Benvenuti & Maria Pacifico (Italy)

TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)