“We cost ourselves the game" - Stuart Hogg

Scotland captain Stuart Hogg believes his side threw the game away after losing 20-17 to Wales in Cardiff.

The kicking expertise of Dan Biggar guided Wales to a 20-17 victory over Scotland.  Wayne Pivac's side dug deep to edge out Scotland, who were seeking back-to-back wins after beating England last week.

Commenting on the loss to Wales, Hogg said:

“We cost ourselves the game,"

“We pretty much chucked it away. When we give away a penalty or a knock on that’s one thing but we compounded error on error.

“That’s when we get frustrated. That’s not a true reflection of where we are at.

“We killed ourselves in the last 20 minutes.”

He added: “We were ahead because we showed the true reflection of what we are about. We were running onto the ball, getting in behind the defence, and changing the point of contact.

“We were pretty much doing the simple things well which was very effective for us. It got us field positions and points, but unfortunately we didn’t back it up.

“Test match rugby is all about competing for the small moments. Every single moment we get in the game we need to make sure we are winning these little margins to put us in the right areas but unfortunately we didn’t back it up today."