Key events
Match report
Gregor Townsend weighs in
Sione Tuipulotu speaks
Player of the match, Quinn Tupaea
Full-time: Scotland 21-43 New Zealand
TRY! Scotland 21-43 New Zealand (Aumua, 68)
TRY! Scotland 21-36 New Zealand (B Barrett, 51)
Yellow card! Scotland (Tuipulotu, 51)
TRY! Scotland 21-29 New Zealand (Moorby, 49)
Second-half
Half-time: Scotland 21-24 New Zelaand
Ashman scores a hat-trick! Scotland 21-24 New Zealand (Ashman, 38)
Yellow card! New Zealand (Sititi, 33)
TRY! Scotland 14-24 New Zealand (B Barrett, 31)
TRY! Scotland 14-17 New Zealand (Ashman, 27)
Yellow card! New Zealand (Lakai, 24)
TRY! Scotland 7-17 New Zealand (Taylor, 20)
TRY! Scotland 7-12 New Zealand (de Groot, 16)
TRY! Scotland 7-5 New Zealand (Ashman , 8)
TRY! Scotland 0-5 New Zealand (Sititi, 4)
Kick off!
New Zealand team
Scotland team
Preamble
Match report
Daniel Gallan
Michael Aylwin watched on as Scotland’s wait for a win over the All Blacks ticks over to another year.
Catch up with us tomorrow as we bring you coverage of England’s tussle with Australia.
Gregor Townsend weighs in
It was disappointing. Though I was disappointed with the first half as well. We gave them too many opportunities. Our attack was great but we couldn’t get the ball in the second half. We had enough to build on in the first half, but didn’t do that.
If you can hold onto the ball in the modern game you can get points, but we couldn’t do that in the second half.
Sione Tuipulotu speaks
Disappointing, to be honest. We played all our rugby in the first half and were nowhere near accurate enough in the second. We couldn’t stick with them.
Our discipline wasn’t good enough. It started with me being ent to the bin. I take full responsibility.
We weren’t accurate enough. We had a lot of opportunities. It was disappointing not to score in the second half, especially as we know what we can do with ball in hand.
It’s a must win game against Australia next week. We’ll go again.
Player of the match, Quinn Tupaea
We’re very satisfied. It was a tough week for the group. We worked hard and got a good result at a very difficult place to play.
They had a lot of momentum in the first half. we played with 13 for a lot of the game. But we’re very pleased.
It’s been pleasing, we had a tough tour in Africa. We played aggressive rugby against Australia. We love keeping the ball on the park. Our defence can be tightened up.
Beauden [who scored his 50th try] is a great man to have in the group.
It’s very tight. Every point counts. It’s going to be a tough match against Wales, they’re a classy side.
A reminder on the results from across the Nations Championship:
Ireland 42-12 Argentina
Italy 7-66 South Africa
Scotland 21-43 New Zealand
So that’s 2-1 to the southern hemisphere so far, with three blowouts.
Still to come:
Wales v Japan
France v Fiji
England v Australia
Full-time: Scotland 21-43 New Zealand
In the end, that was a shellacking. It was a cracking first half, but the gulf between the teams told in the end.
Great game though.
80+1 min: They’re up to the NZ 22 after 16 phases. But they they lose it on the floor!
79 min: Another spill in contact from a Scot, another lovely kick from a Kiwi to pin them in the corner. Scotland win the line-out and a break from Darge has them back inside NZ’s half. One last chance to score for the first time in this half.
77 min: Scotland are showing heart as they try to run it back from their own 22. They make the odd line break but there’s always another tackler in white waiting. One tackle is high from Aumua so Scotland can kick long and out to touch for a line-out. A consolation score would at least give their fans something to cheer. They’ll need to go from halfway to do it.
75 min: McKenzie spots that Kinghorn has strayed off his left flank and lands a perfect kick over his head to pin Scotland down in their own 22. The home side will get the throw, but they are being toyed with now.
74 min: Holland pinches a Scotland line-out before Ratima hoists a high ball that Dobie spills, under no pressure. McKenzie has it soon after and steps and explodes upfield. There’s a call for a NZ knock-on which the referee gets wrong. It was actually a Scottish knock back. Without the whistle the Kiwis might have scored another following that break. Thankfully it won’t have an impact on the result. So NZ get the scrum and then the free0kick, which they tap and go down the right from halfway.
71 min: Scotland are doing their best but they’ve lost the fight. From distance they try to wriggle free but have no choice but to kick down town, into the corner of the Kiwi 22. NZ mop up and clear their lines. They’re simply managing things til the close now.
TRY! Scotland 21-43 New Zealand (Aumua, 68)
That is surely the game! Slick off the line-out, won with one hand by Vaai, the Kiwis get to work. Because he took that line-out so deep, it opens the space back towards the short side. Lakai runs on the angle and gathers at first receiver before popping a short pass for Aumua who dummies and runs through unopposed. The simple conversion takes this game beyond Scotland’s reach.
67 min: Another penalry against Scotland on the floor! They just can’t get a toehold back in this game. After swift work from the scrum, they lose their shape and have the ball pinched.
66 min: There’s a stoppage as Jordie needs some attention. At first viewing I thought he copped an illegally high blow from Kinghorn’s forearm, but he actually jsut ran straight into the shoulder of the Scottish fullback. How bizarre. He pretty much knocked himself out. So Jordie is off to think about his tackling technique as Scotland get ready to set a scrum inside NZ’s patch.
64 min: After bringing on a raft of forwards in one go, Scotland win a scrum penalty on halfway. That’s what a fresh front row can give you. What’s the Scottish equivalent of the Bomb Squad? No time to ponder. They win the resulting line-out and Tuipulotu, with fresh legs, runs it hard from midfield. But then J Barrett gets to the ruck before anyone and wins a vital penalty on the ground! Is there another midfielder in world rugby who is as potent on the ground? Outstanding work.
62 min: Just as New Zealand were building something ominous on Scotland’s 22, Holland dropped the ball. So Scotland run from deep with Russell leading the charge. But the men in navy look knackered so White hoofs it high. New Zealand don’t return the kick straight away but ran it hard. Eventually Ratima, on for Roigard, does box it, and it’s dropped by Darge on halfway. Russell is subbed off and he looks utterly dejected.
60 min: White dinks a box kick over the top. Steyn chases but spills it as he leaps. Momentum is a funny thing in this game. Whatever it is, it seems to be with New Zealand now.
59 min: Scotland appear frenetic now. They sense that this game might be slipping from them. Another stodgy passage ends with a spill, but it’s a Kiwi spill so Scotland get the scrum feed back in their own half. The scrum wheels but the ball is usable so on Scotland go from halfway.
55 min: From inside NZ’s patch, Steyn runs up and leaps to make a timely intercept. Now Scotland build inside the Kiwi 22. Ashman darts. Schoeman does likewise. They’re keeping it close. Schoeman again. Fagerson takes it beyond 10 phases. Five out. 13 phases and they keep it tight. Now they fling it wide from centre field to the left wing but it’s loopy and wild and it’s spilled! But was there a deliberate knock-on from Barrett who ran off his line? Ref says the Kiwi missed it. He does miss it! That big pass from Kinghorn, on for Row, found Steyn but Barrett did enough to distract him and compel the knock on. Had he caught it it would have been a simple try. Oh my word. What a passage of play.
53 min: Russell rakes a kick out on the full after some kick tennis. Things are threatening to unravel here for Scotland.
TRY! Scotland 21-36 New Zealand (B Barrett, 51)
Just so ruthless! They know that Scotland are a man short in midfield so, off the top of the line-out, they get it there quick fast. Roigard to McKenzie to Beauden who scythes through the hole and slides over. McKenzie slots the conversion and now there is a hefty gap between the sides.
Yellow card! Scotland (Tuipulotu, 51)
The skipper is off! That’s for repeated offences. Moments before White took out Taylor early and off the ball. Things are looking ominous for the home side now as Taylor gets ready to throw from five out.
TRY! Scotland 21-29 New Zealand (Moorby, 49)
So simple, so effective! The scrum is dominant. The pass from Roigard to McKenzie to the left is a little high, but D Mac manages to sort his hands and then fling the over the top pass to his left winger. Moorby catches and dives over to complete a brutal retort. However, the conversion is missed from out wide. What is that, four failed kicks at goal now?
48 min: This is taking an age. By the time the scrum is unleashed and the ball is out the back, NZ are running from close range. Scotland’s line holds, though Darge is off-side. That’s the pressure that NZ exert. They choose to scrum again. Marginally closer this time and almost bang in front of the poles.
45 min: Scotland have the throw deep inside their own patch. But they give it away. Not straight! That’s a rare mistake from the hero Ashman today. So NZ get a scrum feed about seven out. Scotland collapse it and Taylor chooses to scrum again. Big moment in the game.
43 min: Now it’s NZ’s turn to kick to the corner. This is after Scotland made a mess of their ball after the line-out. Down the line they went but the ball was loose and Jordan swooped to grab it on the floor. Then Beaden found Jordie who hoofed down town and soon enough there was a Scottish error to hand NZ a penalty. But the kick doesn’t find the corner so Scotland can set their defensive line outside their 22 and they even shove the Kiwis back from there. Quite sloppy from both sides to start this half.
41 min: Scotland get a penalty right from the restart as Schoeman is taken out illegally over the ball. Russell shunts it into NZ’s 22.
Second-half
We’re back! New Zealand start with Sititi still in the bin. If the first half is anything like the first we’re in for a treat.
Half-time: Scotland 21-24 New Zelaand
What an end to the half!
Scotland win a turnover after 10 ineffective NZ phases from the line-out. Russell wants to keep things going by finding touch for a line-out but misses. So NZ counter. then Scotland counter themselves. In a flash Jones is running upfield once more, my word, they couldn’t, could they? A grubber ahead from White who gathered the pass back infield from Jones. To the corner. Will a Scot get there? No! Moorby just by a whisker. And he kicks it out to bring a pulsating half to a close.
40 min: Loose from Scotland as they give away a soft obstruction penalty right after the kick-off. Hey Roigard considers going quick but instead the Kiwis will line-out five out just before the half break.
Ashman scores a hat-trick! Scotland 21-24 New Zealand (Ashman, 38)
A first half hat-trick against the All Blacks in front of your home fans! That is the stuff of dreams! Another line-out, another maul, this time they spin the defensive set right round to create the angle before getting the drive on. It’s then a formality as Ashman stays latched and dots down at the back. Russell converts to narrow the gap once more to three.
38 min: Russell unfurls a wonderful pass that finds Jones on the gallop through a gap in midfield after Steyn beat a few tacklers. Jones is motoring down town before he’s cut down. Then Scotland’s forwards catch up and get to work. Brown stoops to go himself under the poles but he’s whacked by two Kiwis and is held up! But there’s a penalty advantage so Russell kicks to the corner as Taylor gets a final warning.
