The Scots were off to a good start, this Saturday, February 13, to a second victory for their second match of the Six Nations Tournament – which had not happened to them since 1996. They finally lost on the wire against Wales (25 -24) after a tense end of the match.
A second victory in the 2021 edition (following three victories in the last three matches of the 2020 Six Nations Tournament) would have been an achievement, albeit on a smaller scale than their victory the previous week in England, the first since 1983.
The Scots, players ball in hand, led to 17-3 in the first period before seeing the Welsh come back at the start of the second period (17-15). It was at this time (at the 54e minute – that the match changed, the Scots having to play fourteen, after the expulsion of their pillar Zander Fagerson, guilty of a dangerous charge (he collided with his opposite, Wyn Jones, at the level of the face) .
The Welsh went ahead for the first time, before a try from Stuart Hogg gave hope to the Scots at the end of the match. Young Welsh winger Louis Rees-Zammit finally gave his partners a point lead by scoring his second try of the match.
He thus also offered to the XV of the leek his second victory of the 2021 edition of the Tournament after that acquired against Ireland on the first day. The Welsh thus settle in first place in the tournament standings, and only France can join them in the event of a victory on Sunday against Ireland. For its part, England reacted to its inaugural defeat by teaching Italy a lesson (41-18).
