Summary

  • England 28-9 Samoa (FT)

  • Wales 16-34 New Zealand (FT)

  • Ireland 26-23 Australia (FT)

  • Scotland 37-12 Tonga (FT)

  1. Scotland 14-12 Tongapublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Scotland v Tonga half-time stats
  2. Postpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Ross Ford tackles Tonga"s centre Hemani PaeaImage source, AFP

    Tonga, who have South African World Cup winning coach and one-time England coach possibility Jake White in their corner, are back out for the second half.

  3. Postpublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Chris Jones
    BBC Radio 5 live reporter

    The Welsh Choir
    Image caption,

    The Welsh Choir in full voice pre-match

    Vocal cords warming, pre-match butterflies emerging from their cocoons, just a couple of hours until kick-off.

  4. Postpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    A few over 15,000 have clicked through the turnstiles for this one by the way. An almost full Rugby Park works far better than an echoing Murrayfield.

  5. Postpublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Chris Paterson
    Former Scotland full-back on BBC One

    "Keeping possession is so key as the pitch is very small and narrow here at Rugby Park.

    "The good bits of play from Scotland have come from chip-kicks over the top and getting in behind the Tongan defence."

  6. Postpublished at 15:22 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Mike Blair
    Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC One

    "Tonga are living off the mistakes Scotland are making.

    "Scotland aren't going through the phases and that's keeping Tonga in the game."

  7. Half-time score summarypublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Stuart Hogg of Scotland scores a try against TongaImage source, Getty Images

    Scotland:

    Tries: Cowan, Hogg

    Cons: Laidlaw (2)

    Tonga:

    Pens: Fosita (4)

  8. Half-timepublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

  9. Postpublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Scotland are picking and choosing when to commit numbers to the breakdown and they steal back the ball as they go all arms to the pump.

  10. Postpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Andy Nicol
    Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC One

    "Both sides are defending very aggressively, their line speeds are good.

    "Nobody is getting a chance to relax, but it means your concentration has got to be spot on."

  11. Postpublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Tonga are getting their big boys rumbling around the fringes and in midfield, trying to put a dent in the Scotland defence.

    It isn't subtle, but it takes some stopping. The visitors are up around halfway as half-time looms.

  12. Postpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Andy Nicol
    Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC One

    "Defence, defence, defence by Scotland forced the mistake and you won't catch a player like Stuart Hogg in those circumstances.

    "Once he got hold of it, there was no stopping him."

  13. Converted Trypublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Scotland"s full back Stuart Hogg celebrates scoring his try with Scotland"s wing Tim VisserImage source, AFP

    Set up a foot race over any distance you choose and Stuart Hogg would be on the podium.

    The Scotland full-back pounces as Finn Russell goes high and dislodges the ball from Tongan hands around the Scotland 22. Hogg gets the legs pumping and strolls in under the sticks to give Greig Laidlaw a straightforward task with the conversion.

  14. Disallowed trypublished at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    More Scotland pressure as Sean Lamont touches down, but has his celebrations cut short as the touch judge rules that Greig Laidlaw, who was twitching in his starting blocks, strayed offside before charging down Latiume Fosita's kick.

  15. Postpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Scotland are almost in, but Tim Visser is just about snagged as he attempts to gather Grieg Laidlaw's cute box-kick chip.

  16. Penaltypublished at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Tonga"s fly half Latiume Fosita kicks a penaltyImage source, AFP

    Tonga's Nili Latu is back on the pitch after serving his own time in the sin bin and he makes an immediate impact, clamping down over the breakdown and resisting all attempts to shift him.

    Latiume Fosita's faultless place-kicking continues. Four from four and Tonga are building nicely.

  17. HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Half-time in Padua, where South Africa - showing four changes to the side who overcame England at Twickenham last weekend - lead Italy 8-6.

    Kelly Haimona converted two penalties for the hosts - the first and last scores of the half - with Pat Lambie kicking three points for the Springboks before Coenie Oosthuizen's try.

  18. Postpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Andy Nicol
    Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC One

    "The referee saw that tackle in real time and was happy with it.

    "The touch judge asked to look again at it and the possible sanctions. It probably looks worse in slow motion.

    "Alex Dunbar has to be careful there after he picks the player up, he needs to ensure he puts him down.

    "You cannot lift players off the ground these days unless you ensure they get down safely so Alex Dunbar gets 10 minutes in the sin bin for it."

  19. Sin-binpublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Alex Dunbar is the man under the microscope. The Scotland centre has lifted Vungakoto Lilo in the tackle and deposited the Tonga full-back back down to earth on his backside.

    For my money it never got past the horizontal and is deserving of a stern talking-to rather than a card.

    Referee JP Doyle is the man that matters though and he dishes out yellow. Scotland down to 14 men for the next 10 minutes.

  20. Postpublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2014

    Andy Burke
    BBC Scotland at Rugby Park

    "The fans here at Rugby Park are right on top of the pitch and with the atmosphere slightly less noisy than a packed Murrayfield, you can hear the thud of bone-meeting-bone when these big Tongan men go into the contact situations which they so relish. It's not always the most pleasant sound!"