Wales survive Scotland’s second-half onslaught to set-up Grand Slam tilt against Ireland
Relive all the action from the Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
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Your support makes all the difference.Wales survived a second-half onslaught from Scotland to prevail 18-11 at Murrayfield and take one step closer towards the Six Nations Grand Slam.
Wales were cruising to a fourth win out of four when at half-time it led 15-6, a scoreline that flattered the Scots, who were coming off two bumbling losses to Ireland and France.
Then Scotland suddenly came alive to own the second half. Grant Gilchrist was held up over the line, then Darcy Graham finished a brilliant backs move, and Scotland trailed by only four with 22 minutes to go and their crowd roaring them on.
Scotland had virtually all of the possession in the half, was forcing penalties, and had Wales pinned down, but the Scots found their progress hindered by their own errors, a spill or poor pass or turnover. Wales' renowned defense also came to the fore, as it made 138 tackles in the second half after 66 in the first.
The match finished with Wales in the Scotland 22 for the first time since the end of the first half, and Gareth Anscombe kicking a second penalty.
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Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's Six Nations clash between Scotland and Wales, brought to you from Murrayfield.
Wales are looking to make it four wins from four and take another step towards a Grand Slam triumph, having already beaten France, Italy and England.
Scotland meanwhile are desperate for a victory to ignite their championship after back-to-back losses to Ireland and France, and they have Finn Russell back from concussion to start at fly-half along with WP Nel back in the front row.
The match is due to kick-off at 2:15pm, with our full build-up getting underway at 1:15pm.
Hello and welcome to Murrayfield where Warren Gatland's Wales are looking to edge one step closer to the Grand Slam. Here is our preview of today's game:
So here's a reminder of today's teams starting with Scotland:
15. Kinghorn; 14. Seymour, 13. Grigg, 12. P Horne, 11. Graham; 10. Russell, 9. Price; 1. Dell, 2. McInally (capt), 3. Nel, 4. Gilchrist, 5. J Gray, 6. Bradbury, 7. Ritchie, 8. Strauss.
Replacements: 16. Brown, 17. Reid, 18. Berghan, 19. Toolis, 20. Watson, 21. Laidlaw, 22. Hastings, 23. McGuigan.
And the travelling favourites Wales:
15. L Williams; 14. North, 13. J Davies, 12. Parkes, 11. Adams; 10. Anscombe, 9. G Davies; 1. R Evans, 2. Owens, 3. Francis, 4. Beard, 5. AW Jones (c), 6. Navidi, 7. Tipuric, 8. Moriarty.
Replacements: 16. Dee, 17. Smith, 18. Lewis, 19. Ball, 20. Wainwright, 21. A Davies, 22. Biggar, 23. Watkin.
Scotland have won over half (33) of their matches played against Wales on home soil (61).
Wales, however, have won 9 of the last 10 fixtures between the two teams.
We're less than 15 minutes away from kick-off.
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