"21-0 to Italy, just 7 minutes gone"😮 | The greatest start ever? |

A look back at the 2007 encounter between Scotland and Italy where the Italians got off to a terrific start. Final score Scotland 17-37 Italy.
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[@jamesferguson4552]

True story - sat at this one in the North Stand, my brother went to get coffee, missed the first ten minutes, came back, sat down, and said 'what's wrong with the score board' 🤣

[@eliotbudd8140]

Brilliant 😂

[@progneeber]

I went to the bog and missed the first 2. Amir Khan once had a fight with breidis Prescott and he was knocked out in 34 seconds. I missed the whole fight because I was having a pish.

[@vincentvictoria5417]

😂

[@ezal9106]

poor guy 😂

[@raceva1982]

Haha i would have asked the same then googled the score 😅

[@massimonember7126]

That was the first ever rugby game my girlfriend watched on TV. After 7 minutes she told me: "I really wasn't expecting rugby been such an entertaining and captivating game!". Goes without saying that she soon learned what being an Italy's rugby supported usually is like... 😂

[@keithorbell8946]

Don’t knock the Azurri, they’ve had a great start to this year’s 6 Nations. I hope you beat Wales (definitely possible) and come away with more than the Wooden Spoon this year.

[@Ornette14]

Great prediction by the commentator: 'forward battle, war of attrition, little expansive rugby'

[@huepix]

I thought the same thing 😄😂😆😅😃🤣😀

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

0-21 in the first 7 minutes, 17-16 in the other 73! What a great year that was for Italy

[@johnh5515]

Explore

[@jamesbong4928]

What year was this?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

@@jamesbong4928 2007, Italy beat both Scotland and Wales that year

[@jamesbong4928]

@@saoirsedeltufo7436 Thank you. They were much improved last year too, so here's hoping...

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

@@jamesbong4928 Yeah wins against Wales and Scotland wouldn't be out of the question

[@Orion3741]

Three intercepts. Three tries. One hundred percent conversion. Well done, Italy.

[@huzcer]

3 Scottish Errors - standard Scotland - still at it more than 15 years later.

[@Mulletman4]

@@huzcer we haven’t lost to Italy in 8 years and we are ranked 6th in the world so we are doing ok

[@huzcer]

@@Mulletman4 Scotland haven't even got a single six nations championship since the turn of the century where every other country bar Italy obviously has at least 4 or more in the same timeframe including grand slams. Scotland have dire for over 20 years

[@JD_13]

@@huzcer always better than england, so there's that.

[@huzcer]

@@JD_13 in the last couple of years yes as England have gone on a slide but England did win 9 matches on the trot not so long ago against Scotland (up to 2017) and in fairness England have won actual titles such as 7 six nations titles including as recently as 2020 to Scotland's 0 and a world cup win and a world cup final last time out too.

[@Fongpaay]

Also worth watching the 2000 Bledisloe in Sydney. ABs were up 21-0 after 5 minutes, but amazingly, the scores were level at 24-24 with 10 minutes still left in the first half

[@mitchellking4988]

If only the wallabies could compete against the all blacks like that these days

[@dylanbaron__]

@@mitchellking4988 they did once last year, they were about to win until the you know what happened

[@donrobertson4940]

@@dylanbaron__ There's a new rule now. 60 seconds for a penalty kick. Just a bad time to decide to enforce the time wasting rules. The ABs got penalized for taking to long at a line out not so long ago. But it wasn't at such a critical time.

[@dylanbaron__]

@@donrobertson4940 overall I think the new rules are good. I’ve heard there’s new time rules around scrums and free kicks too

[@david10101961]

I remember it well. ABs won 39-35 after a try by Jonah Lomu in the dying stages. An exciting match where the lead changed hands a number of times during the second half.

[@archielong9523]

The Scottish commentary here is brilliant !

[@jeffm.3575]

We need a match like this in RWC 2023 with an underdog leading. Exciting for the game.

[@markwrenn8569]

A match that proves that old adage “Never be late for the kickoff”: Italy's first try was after 18 SECONDS!

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

It would be nice to see Italy not end up last this year, hopefully they can shake up the six nations to help the other nations take on Ireland and france

[@keeemon4451]

theyll probably finish 5th-4th. i see england and wales being really shit this year

[@keeemon4451]

@@portorportor8247 i think 2024 will be when england are back to normal but new coach + still having to choose between smith and farrell (i think its one or the other they didnt play well in a 10-12 combo) will cause some heavy growing pains

[@robertpollock2037]

Was at the the match - couldn’t believe how bad Scotland were

[@theoffsideflag5687]

@@keeemon4451 We’ve got Gatland, and England are unpredictable. Either could win the tournament.

[@dbjmk8083]

You basically get what you deserve in the Six Nations.

[@iangibson769]

The moment I remember from that game was later on, after a stoppage in play, Troncon (Italian #9) ruffled Cursiter's hair in a commiseratory way, as if saying 'don't get too down lad, we all have these games at some point...'

[@spicetrade8839]

Quel giorno ero in gita a Milano e ricordo in pullman al ritorno chiamai mio papà per sapere come era andata la partita.. mi disse che avevamo vinto 37 a 17 con 3 mete nei primi 20 minuti. Chiesi a voce alta se stesse scherzando attirando a me tutti gli sguardi dei passeggeri😊. Me lo ricordo come se fosse stato il mese scorso !

[@tonyfrost9006]

I watched england vs Italy in Rome. The Italian supporters were great and Rome was fantastic. Your team deserved this win, so did every italian supporter.

[@mazz9328]

Bellissimo. Io irlandese l'ho veramente goduto quella partita e anche quella contro Australia quest'anno!! Nutro ancora grandi speranze! Italia VAI!!

[@maxmagis9174]

E secondo me ti disse "nei primi 20 minuti" invece che nei primi 7 perché sapeva che altrimenti non gli avresti MAI creduto nemmeno sotto tortura.

[@grahamstuart4260]

A game never forgotten by Scots ( and Italian) fans…I still bear mental scars!!

[@timgebutler]

It's like the Elvis moment; i remember exactly where I was when this happened (luckily not at Murrayfield).

[@Oscarcat2212]

The Wallabies have been shit since the game became professional. Way too much money in the other 3 codes for Union to compete for the best athletes.

[@keithdoyle7423]

What was the final score and what year was that?

[@timgebutler]

@@keithdoyle7423 2007 (says so in the title) and final score was 17-37. It was Italy's first away win in the 6N. I remember thinking that if it wasn't for those first 7 minutes, Scotland would have won by 1 point; 17-16. Totally clutching at straws, I know.

[@FlyingHellFish99]

Scotland backline moves straight out of EA Rugby 06

[@GSIMorbt]

Puahahahahahahaha... Memories😍

[@graytoby1]

I've seen the under 8s at my Local club string together some better Moves than what the Scotch produced in their back line here

[@chrismithchrismith]

As an England supporter living in Scotland this was just pure comedy gold. Remember it well, LMFAO!

[@jr-fl6vq]

The last 5 out of 6 years has been pure comedy gold against England 😎

[@JD_13]

huhuhuhuhuh. And then we spanked you year after year.

[@Demun1649]

I thought the same about Twickenham, 2023, 52-10 wasn't it. THAT was a demonstration.

[@stuartmackenzie2429]

Was at Murrayfield with 2 first-timers for this, wonder if they ever went back? Scotland actually lost it twice, they'd got back to 24-17 with 20 minutes to go, the point at which Italian teams often folded. But instead Scotland folded, Italy won the last quarter 13-0.

[@josiewallace7968]

Scotland were the utter pits in those days, little wonder the stadium was barely half full. Players with no confidence in themselves and an SRU that just doesn't care...

[@MrRugbylane]

Happy memories!

[@Dj-mu6rm]

Really interesting to see the differences in the game from only 16 years ago. Little things like where the ref stands at the line out, to huge rule changes like taking it back into the 22.

[@Matt_Alaric]

Looking back it seems to flow so much more smoothly and not need the ref to be blowing his whistle every 2 minutes.

[@Matt_Alaric]

@Jay M "Eh" right back at you. The game flowed better and with less interruptions back then, and most of the rule changes have been bad ones. They didn't "have to" make those changes, they chose to. No mix ups, try again.

[@simonwaters2332]

There are people calling for Italy to be kicked out of the 6 nations, but when you get to the level that the best teams play at, teams like Italy, Japan, Georgia Canada, the United States and the rest need all the elite level rugby they can get to improve. I look forward to the day when more than three or four teams could win the world cup.

[@alepian79]

Agree - and I don't know about Italy, but for sure if elegibility rules were just a little more serious than they are, we would at least have two Pacific nations contesting for silverware and a couple of European ones left behind.

[@TheRadFactor]

Italy had its chance and for a very long time. Argentina has improved by playing Southern Hemisphere. Japan kept buying players until it became reasonably competitive. Even Polisian nations have formed a team now. Italy always wooden spooner or almost one. Georgia has shown enough consistency to deserve a spot and improve as you suggested, but replacing Italy.

[@naewsqrg]

@@TheRadFactor Italy is 4-1 against Georgia in all competitions, though. And against Japan they are 7-2. It's just their level: a perennial third place in Rugby World Cup pools.

[@stevenfrench4244]

the only time a Scotsman is generous ....when giving away points.....

[@MegaKlickme]

I know it's not six nations, but you should check out the 2004 super rugby final. Brumbies score 5 tries against the crusaders in less than 20 minutes.

[@FattyMatty426]

Just watched the highlights after your recommendation. That Brumbies team was stacked with talent. Cheers

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Who?

[@franzfanz]

@@FattyMatty426 I think that they were basically the Wallabies at that point, and not a shit Wallabies team either, a really good Wallabies side. They were a real threat to the ABs then and not just an occasional bump in the road.

[@steadybot]

@@grahamnancledra7036 act brumbies mate have a look

[@markwrenn8569]

Blimey: the Crusaders are just about the best team in Super Rugby historically. That must have been a brilliant game!

[@bigcourts292]

That 9 to 12 axis for Scotland was on fire 😂

[@LaserionBlack]

Reminds me of 2000 Tri nations match between the ABs and the Wallabies. 24-7 in the first 10 minutes to NZ, 4 tries scored within that period.

[@TheRadFactor]

That was and still is the best rugby game ever.

[@Shenderson3003]

Oh man I do NOT miss this era of Scottish rugby lmao

[@Demun1649]

Just about 8-10 years ago Italy did the same thing with a Scotland that tried to get long passes across the front of field, and were at least 12 points down in two minutes. Italy are great with intercepts.

[@jonnybaynham1689]

I mean 1 chargedown and 2x interceptions. It was the last time Scotland tried backs moves for a good number of years and relied on Dan Parks...

[@barryholt488]

That's a great analysis!

[@arserobinson7118]

The game that stopped a woeful Wales getting the Wooden spoon. Thanks Italy. LOL.

[@WeaselKing1000]

Ah, the days when if one of the other five nations was going to lose to Italy...you could put some pretty safe money on which one it would be.

[@cringycook9597]

Jeez that was some brutal passing from Scotland but excellent finishing from Italy

[@nellasavana746]

che bell'Italia!!

[@malcolm9650]

I was at this game with my Dad rest his soul and we couldn't believe it, left the stadium early

[@guig16]

Sorry for your loss, but why leave the game early lol

[@malcolm9650]

@@guig16 cheers mate🤝🏻. As Scotland fans we had enough😂😂

[@guig16]

@@malcolm9650 lmao but you spent money on those tickets 😂

[@malcolm9650]

@@guig16 pure waste of money but at least we beat the queues for trains etc and didn't have to stand in the cold😂😂

[@guig16]

@@malcolm9650 that's fair haha

[@pacman2369]

Wow! Amazing. Good on ya lads! 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️

[@Stoo61]

I looked up complacency in the dictionary and it brought me here.

[@Matonecw80]

Great start by Italy! Wow 💪🏾 nearly as good as the All Blacks v Wallabies in 2000. The ABs scored 3 tries in 5mins. Epic game too

[@owenfarmer4197]

AB V Wallaby completely different two well matched teams, this is supposedly a top tier team v a second or third tier team. That said scoring 3 tries in five minutes in any game is pretty good

[@gumnutgear]

I'd say this game was the worst start ever by Scotland rather than best start ever by Italy. ABs had a great start in 2000 by scoring their own tries not just cleaning up mistakes

[@Matonecw80]

@@gumnutgear you’re absolutely right with everything you said.

[@gordon1545]

Scotland had just beaten Wales in the previous match so weren't in bad form, making this start even more bizarre. Odd to see Murrayfield with empty seats too.

[@bikerd72]

Back then the Italy match wouldn't be sold out; even France wouldn't be. Think many just weren't prepared to watch the defeat live at Murray field and instead just stayed at " the hampton" 😉

[@paulcoffield2102]

This was actually quite full for Murrayfield back then. The national team were that bad.

[@LeeCaithness]

Mind watching that game in the my clubhouse (Orkney) a lot of four letter words in the clubhouse that day.

[@LafayetTheAwesomeOne]

Quegli indimenticabili 420 secondi... Those unforgettable 420 seconds...

[@davidspendlove5900]

Remember this well.

[@marcporte]

l'Italie va sûrement nous surprendre cette année. Ils progressent et sont sur la bonne voie 👍

[@galimbertino4939]

Merci frérot, mais je le croyrais quand je le verrai, en attendant j'espère silencieusement, sans trop la ramener...

[@gontrandjojo9747]

Pas vraiment. Ils ont parfois des années moins pires que d'autres, mais depuis 30 ans il n'y a eu aucun progrès. C'est pas parce qu'ils ont arraché une victoire à la dernière minute contre les Gallois qu'ils progressent... faut pas oublier que cette victoire met fin à la plus longue série de défaites de l'histoire du tournoi...

[@olliemartinelli4034]

@@gontrandjojo9747 Une victoire après une série incessante de défaits c'est du progrès non? Ça peut sembler une peu triste ou stupide comme chose mais selon moi une victoire c'est assez pour pousser les italiens vers une mentalité renouvelée et de retrouver au moins la croyance qu'ils peuvent être une équipe compétitive.

[@gontrandjojo9747]

@@olliemartinelli4034 C'est pas du progrès quand tu penses qu'il y a 20 ans il avaient pas besoin d'attendre 7 années et 37 matchs pour arracher une victoire (à 1 point). C'est pas pour te contredire mais dans les années 2000 et la première moitié des années 2010 l'Italie parvenait à gagner un match presque tous les ans. L'Italie n'était pas autant à la ramasse quand elle a rejoint le tournoi et depuis quelques années le fossé s'est creusé... Je dirais plutôt qu'il y a eu une franche régression, au mieux ils vont revenir à leur niveau d'avant, c'est-à-dire en-dessous des autres mais sans être le punching ball où le seul objectif pour leur adversaire c'est de prendre le point du bonus offensif. De là à être compétitif, l'Italie ne l'a jamais été mais ces dernières années l'enjeu pour les adversaires était uniquement de faire leurs quatre essais et d'empocher 5 points. Quand je parle de progrès je parle sur le long terme, pas de faire mieux que les dernières années (c'est-à-dire ne pas finir le tournoi avec 0 point au classement).

[@sNoodinet]

@@gontrandjojo9747 le progrès est là, ils ont une jeune génération capable de tenir tête à la France et à l'Irlande, ils sortent vite le ballon, c'est fluide. Manque juste un banc compétitif, et un brin de chance, exemple Campagnaro qui a disparu des radars alors qu'il était potentiellement un star player au centre. Lui aurait stoppé les Ahki Fickou etc. Ils ont corrigé leurs tirs au but, la touche marche, la mêlée est potable. Bref manque vraiment un banc

[@johntaylor4084]

One of the worst grounds I have had the misadventure to visit . Your view of the whole pitch is restricted so anything happening on the side-lines is hidden from you and as soon as the game starts to heat up, spectators stand-up and you cannot see out to the halfway line despite being 6-1

[@LimerickWarrior1]

Should be an investigation into the betting trends. Just look at the the third try.

[@GrimDarkness1972]

I was travelling that day so I asked my father to record the game on the VCR. When I arrived home he told me he forgot to start the recording on time but only missed the first ten minutes. 🤬🤬🤬😂😂😂

[@C414AC]

NZ were 21-0 up against the Wallabies after only 5 minutes in 2000! Just FYI Australia actually came back to lead, including during injury time. Jonah Lomu then scores to win for NZ in front of a world record 109,000 people. But yeah nice video 😂

[@npd6225]

Rugby 101 - establish going forward before going wide. 😅

[@monuvention9022]

Just like the first of three tests in Australia a decade-or-so ago, where the Wallabies didn't pay Wales "the respect" we "deserve"d - and they only just got away with it that night.

[@christopherwelford8401]

As an Englishmen, that is a heart warming 7 mins. 😄😄😄

[@davidhoward4715]

A real sportsman loves his own team, doesn't hate other teams.

[@neilboulton9813]

@David Howard - I am afraid then there are literally thousands of Celtic so called rugby Union fans who spectacularly fail that test every single Six Nations.

[@pattayarealist8530]

@@davidhoward4715 tell that to Scottish fans of ANY sport.

[@mema0005]

But how dare they insult our beloved Scotland. How dare they!

[@josiewallace7968]

​@@neilboulton9813maybe if England gave us more respect

[@donnymurdo3374]

World class phill.

[@JTM1809]

The Italians are Catholics, yet it was the protestant Scots doing all the Hail Marys 🤣

[@TryonixGaming]

Check All blacks vs Wallabies 2000. What a crazy start that was too

[@monuvention9022]

Many have mentioned this. I never watched that game live, but saw clips of the start - and climax. There was a (possibly) dodgy breakdown before the All Blacks forced a turnover. The rest was history, I guess...

[@nathanmark1118]

All Blacks Aussie 2000. Best game of all time ABs scored 3 tries in 5

[@Violinlesson-Venice]

Uno dei momenti più esaltanti del rugby azzurro!

[@Myke...]

seriously the scot strip looks like a club. Tired of them using alternative strip when there is no clash!

[@sandywilkie564]

I watched and to this day, I blame the strip. What were Scotland thinking?

[@bigmoncrief6071]

The strip...and the English obviously.

[@markfinlay422]

Why has this come up on my feed? Amazing! Anyway I took my young son to this match and was so so so happy to watch these three tries go in right in front of us. Yes we are English and we support anyone playing the sweaties.

[@kevinrombouts3027]

ALL BLacks vs Australia 1999, AB's up 21-0 after 7 mins. Practically all square by half time. Greatest game ever.

[@LadyAnuB]

Andrew Cotter's announcing this game? I expect Olive and Mabel to be running on the field. 😂

[@neildiamondo6445]

I remember it well. Scotland kept putting ball in touch with penalties going for 7 points. When in fact if Parlterson went for 3 every penaltiy we had. I think we would have won

[@AHeroAlmost]

The Scottish scrum half had a few minutes to forget 😬

[@GJ.538]

Return Leg might be a bit difficult

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Unless you are Scottish who doesn’t really want the underdog to win

[@champan250]

Block punt recovered for TD and then two pick sixes

[@bluestuable]

hadden should have subbed Cusiter & Godman after the 3rd try.

[@johnandre2962]

Always wonderful to see the jocks get a pounding.

[@Brommear]

24 November 1951: Murrayfield was also quiet as Scotland lost 44-0 to the Springboks.

[@JTM1809]

Scotland losing to South Africa isn’t shocking. Scotland leaking 3 points per minute against Italy is.

[@Brommear]

@@JTM1809 Only if you're Scottish.

[@JTM1809]

@@Brommear Which I’m not, so a moot point. My counterargument stands.

[@Brommear]

@@JTM1809 I was commenting on the commentators saying that Murrafield had never been that quiet. You are barking up another tree.

[@JTM1809]

@@Brommear Says the guy, who brought a completely non sequitur point regarding a 1950’s Scotland-SA game into a debate about a 2007 Scotland-Italy game. You’d be the designated expert on “barking up another tree” here, mate.

[@JimJamRazzMaTaz]

There's nothing more depressing than having nothing better to do on a weekend than watch Scotland vs Italy

[@Bolognabeef]

Not for us Italians lol

[@mastertrams]

Me, seeing the thumbnail: "21-0 with only 7 minutes gone!" Huh, that is a VERY good start to a football (soccer to avoid confusion) game. Watches video: Ohhhh, it's a rugby game. Still really impressive though.

[@dazzla84_ssfc]

An ample lesson in how NOT to play out from the back!

[@ramthian]

❤❤❤

[@asanulsterman1025]

It's time for Ulster to make it the 7 nations.

[@lysdexsick]

Wow. Impressive

[@douglasstewart3889]

Whenever people get in about Toonie, it might be worth pointing them here.

[@sumboi2321]

Most of his critics are glory hunters that didn’t go to Murrayfield when it was half full for internationals. Perspective is definitely needed

[@m.v420]

The 9 SCOT played for ITALY...

[@willcomrie2853]

Always rated Bergamasco, was a good player.

[@shanerooney7288]

0:10 *"it's gonna to be a war of attrition"* That didn't age well.

[@relics1454]

Yeah I didnt pay attention to the thumbnail or channel and thought it was talking about 21-0 in football

[@newton18311]

As an Englishman I would just like to say to Scotland, well done Italy.

[@JD_13]

ragin about the recent result aye?

[@paulcoffield2102]

The days when we had Phil Godman as a FH and Cusiter as SH. How bad were Scotland back then? Static ball receivers, no dynamism, stodgy up the jumper rugby.

[@lewisbeaton7839]

That must have been our worst team on paper.

[@robnichols9331]

Is that Sergio Parisse with hair?

[@karlosdeevs]

yes, he didn‘t shave it until 2014/15

[@ruffhus2916]

Que fueeeeerte !!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@urbanspaceman7183]

Thought it was football given the scores and the two teams playing.

[@johnilbehonest]

I'd say that was the scrum half's last ever Scots game ever.

[@Generative_Midi_]

21-0 to the All Blacks v John Eales' Wallabies at Sydney Stadium in front of 104,000 Aussies -- in six minutes. 24 - 0 after eight mins. J. Lomu for the finish. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYS8lYd8n7x7ndU

[@cam5736]

Wow the painful days for Scottish rugby there. The 9/10 axis not quite functioning that day

[@TheRadFactor]

Italian players be ilke "who is next to score"?

[@jmo8934]

I’d forgotten how many crappy players Scotland had back then. Italy also had some good ones. Chris Patterson probably the only decent player Scotland had then.

[@sand9374]

The lowest point in Scottish Rugby. Luckily we have been improving sightly 🤣

[@oliverhunter9495]

Frightening to think the talk is of Mike Blair being the next Scottish coach

[@oliverhunter9495]

@@jw6680 He was a shit player.

[@sumboi2321]

Mike Blair’s coaching Edinburgh and their attack is significantly better than what’s shown here. What’s your point in bringing him up?

[@oliverhunter9495]

@@sumboi2321 Because he is another mediocre Scottish coach, we’ve been there and done that. Also coaching Edinburgh in the league is not coaching Scotland to a World Cup. My point in bringing him up here is that this video highlights what a poor decision maker her was as a player.

[@actionjackson9385]

Hilarious 😂

[@seanbonella]

Scotland, you're not playing in Blue

[@ryanshavers2239]

How come the kick 5:30 wasn’t brought back? Italy had a ruck outside of the 22m and passed it back in.

[@downsy4567]

At the time, 2007, it was legal to pass back the ball into your own 22 to clear directly into touch. An ELV (experiment law variation) brought in around 2008 I think was adopted in 2008/9 that stopped this "pass back"

[@Max-eh3gj]

No wonder Scotland don’t wear that kit anymore.

[@pickledaardvark1532]

This is funnier that Nicola Sturgeon's covid home movies.

[@jackpirie7382]

Then 4 weeks on we beat England and Wales

[@CureMW2]

Can someone explain why they get a free kick (a chance to get even more points) after they've already scored? Just seems a bit like overkill

[@johnhanson5943]

Rabbits in the headlights.

[@ianpodmore9666]

Scotland should be deducted points for that monstrosity of a kit.

[@seanbonella]

watch the betting slips on the floor

[@MDBPUCK]

Ed io c'ero!

[@just-dl]

Hi, all...i'm still learning about the most awesome game in the world...that first try...my friend with the awesome hair blocked the kick and recovered it for the try. It wasn't called a knock on, which I assume is because it was kicked not thrown. am i close on that? thanks!

[@downsy4567]

If you block a lofted kick with your hands/arms and it travels forward, it's classified as a legal "charge down" and play can continue without sanction 👍

[@just-dl]

@@downsy4567 thank you! now that you say that, I've heard the phrase 'charge down,' but didn't connect it with being a rugby legalality! So, if it's a grubber kick, or a lateral pass knocked forward, an opposing player can't knock it down or forward, without penalty? Thanks for the assist!

[@downsy4567]

Yes, I think the law states "immediately" i.e. before it hits the ground, so once a grubber kick hits the pitch it can't be charged down.

[@just-dl]

@@downsy4567 and considering grubbers...that gives the boys precious little time to get a hand on it. Cool. Thank you much!

[@kingdaniel69]

What was the final score?

[@Alan_Clark]

Scotland 17 - Italy 37.

[@Hopalong99]

Why did the Scotland players all have a drink after the 1st try? Most of them hadn't even broken into a jog