Flyhalf Finn Russell contributed 19 points as Scotland ended a 10-year winless streak against Wales with a 29-13 victory in Edinburgh on Saturday.
What this result proves, is that Scotland’s 27-22 win over Ireland in the opening round of the Six Nations was no fluke.
In front of a boisterous crowd at Murrayfield, the hosts overturned a seven-point deficit without conceding any points in the second half, to end a decade-long wait for a win over the Welsh and move to second in the standings behind England.
Scotland outscored Wales two tries to one, but it was the seven from seven kicking performance of Russell that set the foundation for this shock result.
The flyhalf out-kicked Leigh Halfpenny with three penalty goals against two in the first half, but wing Liam Williams’ try was the difference at the break as Wales led 13-9.
It was one-way traffic thereafter, as a surging second-half performance sunk Wales. The Scots hit back with tries by wingers Tommy Seymour and Tim Visser, while Russell also kept the scoreboard ticking over with two more penalties to round off a remarkable individual and team performance.
Scotland – Tries: Tommy Seymour, Tim Visser. Conversions: Finn Russell (2). Penalties: Russell (5).
Wales – Try: Liam Williams. Conversion: Leigh Halfpenny. Penalties: Halfpenny (2).
Scotland – 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 John Hardie, 6 John Barclay (c), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Gordon Reid.
Subs: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Mark Bennett.
Wales – 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Sam Warburton, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Jake Ball, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Rob Evans.
Subs: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 Taulupe Faletau, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Jamie Roberts.
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