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Scotland v Russia: Rugby World Cup 2019 – live! – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

Scotland v Russia: Rugby World Cup 2019 – live! – The Guardian, Theguardian.com


60 mins:At the seventh attempt, Hastings finally misses a conversion.

TRY! Scotland 47 – 0 Russia! And a hat-trick for George Horne!

59 mins:Ramil Gaisin kicks clear, but within moments Russia are falling apart again! Pete Horne starts the rampage, passing inside to Henry Pyrgos, and he draws the final defender before feeding Horne to administer the coup de grace!

Converted! Scotland 42 – 0 Russia!

57 mins:That was an extremely difficult conversion made to look completely straightforward by a player brimming with confidence. Adam Hastings has had an immaculate evening.

TRY! Scotland 40 – 0 Russia!

55 mins:Two kicks lead to a sixth try. Duncan Taylor with the first, which travels 40 m or so and rolls around a bit before being kicked away by Russia and into touch. Scotland take it quickly and Kinghorn prods through another kick which rolls conveniently down the right flank without ever quite making it into touch, and Tommy Seymour sprints onto it to touch down!

Converted! Scotland 35 – 0 Russia!

52 mins:Turns out Russia’s defense is extremely flimsy. Scotland have scored some far too straightforward tries today, and that was another.

TRY! Scotland 33 – 0 Russia!

51 mins:A fifth try! And a first from a forward, as Scotland drive forwards before George Turner spins out of the maul with the ball in his hands and sprints to the line!

49 mins:Scotland threaten again, only for Kinghorn to fluff the final offload.

48 mins:Graham is immediately removed from the fray, to bask in the glory of that fabulous run.

Converted! Scotland 28 – 0 Russia!

46 mins:A successful conversion from Hastings, wide on the left. It had been an inauspicious start to the second half, until Graham sent it blooming into brilliant life.

TRY! Scotland 26 – 0 Russia!

45 mins:It’s the try they wanted! And what a run from Darcy Graham! He catches a kick deep inside his own half, skips through any number of tiny slivers of space and finally presents George Horne wi th the final 10 meters of empty grass!

Darcy Graham of Scotland runs with the ball before passing it to George Horne of Scotland who goes on to score his team’s fourth try
Darcy Graham of Scotland runs with the ball before … Photograph : Adam Pretty / Getty Images

Scotland's George Horne scores their fourth try .
Before passing it to George Horne who goes over to score Scotlands fourth try. Photograph: Annegret Hilse / Reuters

Updated (at 4.) am EDT

41 mins:And they’re off!

The players are back out, and Blair Kinghorn preparing to get the game restarted.

If Scotland haven’t been perfect,they have at least made no significant missteps, and capitalized ruthlessly on their opponents’. Russia’s best chance was always to be strong defensively, maintaining that even if the Scots scored a single try, and capitalise on Scottish desperation when their four-try target started to look out of reach. Instead they conceded one try and then crumbled.

40 mins:The gong sounds, with Scotland five yards from the line.

39 mins:Scotland threaten again as the half nears its conclusion. They are just inside Russia’s 20 – yard line, and pushing hard.

37 mins:Hastings tries another chip-and-run. This time he collects it hard on the left flank, and his attempt to kick it onwards for Graham to run on to only sends it spinning into touch. Here’s a local weather update:

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35 mins:A slightly scrappy phase of play this. “Nice to see the changing rooms in the stadium,” says Rory Davies. “When living nearby, we rented the stadium to play a game against a local Brazilian team (a reenactment of the 2002 world cup game). When we had the meeting with the guy in charge, he asked which changing rooms we wanted to use. The regular, or the one that Beckham used. As it was a municipally owned stadium, everything was ridiculously cheap. I think we paid 200 yen (just over a pound) to rent the managers’ perspex “dugouts” and another 200 yen for co rner flags and nets. And yes, we chose the Beckham changing rooms. ”So is the one Russia used a Beckham changing room or a regular one? Scotland’s looks identical, for wht it’s worth.

32 mins:Russia have also managed to lose a couple of their lineouts already. Stanislav Selskii goes long with one but none of his team-mates know about it, the ball bounces into Scottish hands and they are threatening again.

31 mins:Fraser Brown comes off, with Magnus Bradbury coming on.

25 mins:Incredible scenes. Having looked robust for nearly 20 minutes Russia have just fallen apart, conceding two completely unnecessary tries to leave Scotland just one away from the treasured bonus, with nearly an hour to find it!

And again! And converted! Scotland 21 – 0 Russia!

Updated (at 4.) am EDT

17 mins:Fine work from Hastings, though that was depressingly easy from a Russian perspective. Scotland have only once had the ball within 10 yards of the line, and they managed to convert it into a try in short order.

TRY! And converted! Scotland 7-0 Russia!

14 mins:And it leads to the first try! The ball is worked to Adam Hastings, and his dummy throws three Russian players and allows him to skip past the wrongfooted Dmitriy Perov’s feeble final challenge and to the line!

Adam Hastings surges towards the line before scores Scotland’s first try.
Adam Hastings surges towards the line … Photograph: Adam Davy / PA

Scotland’s Adam Hastings scores their first try.
Before going over to score Scotland first try of the game. Photograph: Annegret Hilse / Reuters

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9 mins:There was hardly any kicking done by either team in the first five minutes, but hardly anything else in the last few.

7 mins:Darcy Graham runs down the left wing but the ball is pushed out of his grasp as the tackle comes in, bounces forwards and Russia take it.

Scotland’s Darcy Graham is tackled by Russia’s Vasily Artemyev, (left) and German Davydov.
Scotland’s Darcy Graham is tackled by Russia’s Vasily Artemyev, (left) and German Davydov. Photograph: Christophe Ena / AP

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4 mins:For all Russia’s possession they were only moving backwards , and eventually they kick and Scotland grab it. Now it’s blue shirts pushing.

3 mins:A strong start from Russia, who have kept hold of the ball through 14 phases so far.

2 min:One change to the published team sheets: the referee, Mathieu Raynal of France, is unwell so England’s Wayne Barnes, who was due to assist, has replaced him.

1 min:They’re off! Russia get the game started.

The anthems are sung.The local kid standing with Gordon Reid in mascot’s uniform does a game job of singing along with Flower of Scotland.

The teams are on their way out!Behind them, the fans in the posh seats clap half-interestedly, but on TV it certainly sounds like there’s a lot of noise in the stadium.

TV cameras have just brought usthe latest scenes from inside the dressing rooms. I can tell you they don’t look like this any more. Not long ago, however, they were probably the tidiest dressing rooms I have ever seen.

Russia's dressing room in Shizuoka
A general view inside the Russia dressing room prior to the 2019 World Cup game against Scotland at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa. Photograph: Francois Nel / World Rugby via Getty Images

Gregor Townsend has a chat:

Since the draw was made we’ve always had an eye on what selection we were going to make for this game, and players have known that their opportunity would come if they haven’t been involved in the first two games. The majority of this team played against Georgia a few weeks ago and played really well. We’ve got similar opposition tonight and we’re looking for a similar performance.

It’s definitely win or bust. A bonus point would help, make our job less difficult than it already is on Sunday, and I believe with this squad we can score four tries. But it might take a long while to break Russia down. We’ve just got to be relentless with our effort but also be patient with how we play.

Due to nobody telling me,I can’t tell you who won the toss. I can tell you that it has happened.

Captains John Barclay of Scotland and Vasily Artemyev of Russia
Captains John Barclay of Scotland and Vasily Artemyev of Russia attend the coin toss prior to their 2019 World Cup game. Photograph: Francois Nel – World Rugby / World Rugby via Getty Images

The early game has finished,with Argentina winning 47 – 17 in what was their fourth and final game of the pool stage. They become the second team to complete their four pool fixtures and the first to end their World Cup campaign.

Argentina’s fly-half Nicolas Sanchez poses for a selfie with a young fan after their final match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Argentina’s fly-half Nicolas Sanchez poses for a selfie with a young fan after their final match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Photograph: Odd Andersen / AFP via Getty Images

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Here’s some pre-match reading,courtesy of Andy Bull in Japan:

Argentina are currentlyromping to victory against the USA, with a little over 10 minutes to play. Lee Calvert has the latest:

Hello world!

A few days ago there was talk that this game might have to be abandoned because of Typhoon Hagibis, though Gordon Reid insisted the Scots would happily play through it – “We’re from Scotland. Rain. Hail. It doesn’t matter. We’ve coped with a lot more. ”Today, though, the forecast is for sunny skies and no more than a gentle breeze. But will Scotland be able to weather their own storm and emerge from an unexpectedly tempestuous Pool A into the sunlight uplands of the knock-out stages? To do so they need maximum points from their next two matches, here and against the hosts in Yokohama on Sunday. They go into this game with a massively changed team – only Darcy Graham remains from the XV that started the win over Samoa – having decided, not unreasonably, to train maximum firepower on Japan. Russia have been extremely consistent – they have conceded no fewer than 30 points in their three games thus far, and no more than 35 – and make nine changes to the team that lost to Ireland. By the looks of the latest weather forecast there will be plenty of plain sailing on the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of the Shizuoka Prefecture, but will Scotland enjoy similar conditions in the Shizuoka Stadium? Time will tell, and not much of it at that. Welcome!

Here’s Andy Bull’s match preview:

And here are today’s teams:

Scotland:15 – Blair Kinghorn, 14 – Tommy Seymour, 13 – Duncan Taylor, 12 – Pete Horne, 11 – Darcy Graham, 10 – Adam Hastings, 9-George Horne, 8-Ryan Wilson, 7-Fraser Brown, 6-John Barclay (captain), 5- Ben Toolis, 4-Scott Cummings, 3-Zander Fagerson, 2-George Turner, 1-Gordon Reid.
Replacements:16 – Stuart McInally, 17 – Simon Berghan, 18 – Willem Nel, 19 – Grant Gilchrist, 20 – Magnus Bradbury, 21 – Jamie Ritchie, 22 – Henry Pyrgos, 23 – Chris Harris.

Russia:15 – Vasily Artemyev, 14 – German Davydov, 13 – Vladimir Ostroushko, 12 – Dmitry Gerasimov, 11 – Vladislav Sozonov, 10 – Ramil Gaisin, 9-Dmitry Perov, 8-Nikita Vavilin, 7-Tagir Gadzhiev, 6-Vitaly Zhivatov, 5-Evgeny Elgin, 4-Andrey Ostrikov, 3-Kirill Gotovtsev, 2-Stanislav Selskii, 1-Valery Morozov.
Replacements:16 – Sergey Chernyshev, 17 – Azamat Bitiev, 18 -Vladimir Podrezov, 19 – Bogdan Fedotko, 20 – Andrey Garbuzov, 21 – Sergey Ianiushkin, 22 – Anton Sychev, 23 -Yury Kushnarev.

Referee:Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistants:Wayne Barnes (England), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO:Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Updated (at 5.) PM EDT

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