When Scotland almost beat the All Blacks - Full Game Replay

March 27, 2020
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Ultimate Rugby

A match remembered as being a close-affair as Scotland almost upset the World Champion All Blacks. The clash was always going to be a momentous occasion but the emotion was ratcheted up further before kick off as former Scotland lock Doddie Weir and his three sons brought out the match ball before kick-off, Murrayfield rising as one to greet the former Lion, who has motor neurone disease.

A closely fought game throughout with New Zealand leading by five points with just two minutes left to play, it was Hogg who broke away down the far side of the pitch and, as he raced for the corner, New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett came across with a late try-saving tackle to deny the Hawick man a historic try.

Relive the entire game:

Line Ups:

Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg; 14-Tommy Seymour, 13-Huw Jones, 12-Alex Dunbar, 11-Lee Jones; 10-Finn Russell, 9-Ali Price; 1-Darryl Marfo, 2-Stuart McInally, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Ben Toolis, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-John Barclay (captain), 7-Hamish Watson, 8-Cornell du Preez.

Replacements: 16-George Turner, 17-Jamie Bhatti, 18-Simon Berghan, 19-Grant Gilchrist, 20-Luke Hamilton, 21-Henry Pyrgos, 22-Pete Horne, 23-Byron McGuigan.

New Zealand: 15-Damian McKenzie; 14-Waisake Naholo, 13-Ryan Crotty, 12-Sonny Bill Williams, 11-Rieko Ioane; 10-Beauden Barrett, 9-Aaron Smith; 1-Kane Hames, 2-Codie Taylor, 3-Nepo Laulala, 4-Luke Romano, 5-Sam Whitelock, 6-Vaea Fifita, 7-Sam Cane, 8-Kieran Read (captain).

Replacements: 16-Nathan Harris, 17-Wyatt Crockett, 18-Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 19-Liam Squire, 20-Matt Todd, 21-TJ Perenara, 22-Lima Sopoaga, 23-Anton Lienert-Brown.

We have set up some quizzes if you fancy testing your rugby knowledge:

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