Reaction after Scotland crush Georgia in Tbilisi in World Cup warm-up

Summary

Toolis, Hutchinson (2), Graham & Cummings cross for Scotland
Asieshvili goes over for Georgia
Third match of Scotland's summer series
Scotland recorded one win and one loss against France
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Thumbs up for Scotspublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
FT: Georgia 10-44 Scotland
It's a thumbs up for Rory Hutchinson after his two tries, with Scotland getting five overall. It's a morale-boosting win on the road, their first for over a year, but the squad know they'll have to step up again in Japan.
Join us on Tuesday for the final announcement of the 31-man squad, and then Georgia come calling at Murrayfield on Friday night in Scotland's final match before opening their World Cup campaign against Ireland on 22 September.
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Rory Hutchinson grabbed two tries on his first Scotland start
Townsend pleased with 'focussed' Scotlandpublished at 19:31 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has been giving his thoughts to our reporter Andy Burke.
"It was a focussed performance with a lot of aggression. We chipped away at the scoreboard through penalties, and when the game opened up a little bit I thought some of our attack play and support play was excellent," he said.
"We knew we'd be tested in defence around the ruck area, our line-out maul and the scrum and while there's areas to improve there I felt that was a big step up. Our attack game got going, but I still think we could do things a bit better."
Reaction from Gregor Townsend coming up...published at 19:26 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Brown fit for selection?published at 19:22 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Fraser Brown
Glasgow and Scotland hooker on BBC Radio Scotland
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I've been back running and training with the team this week. I'm in good shape, this week meant I could get a couple of extra sessions in that travelling away wouldn't have allowed. I'm just at the mercy of the coaching staff for the next week.
Read the report...published at 19:15 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Our man Andy Burke has filed his hot take from the Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi. You can read his report here.
Feast on some of the tries...published at 19:11 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Ben Toolis rounded off a flowing attack for the opening try
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Rory Hutchinson slides over for his first Scotland score...
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Hutchinson got his second, and Scotland's third, shortly after...
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Darcy Graham latched on to Finn Russell's kick for the fourth
Japan conundrumpublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland
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I think Gregor Townsend will have picked the squad, apart from maybe the centres.
That was Scotland's last game before the squad is announced on Tuesday. Who's on the plane, who isn't? Give us your thoughts at #BBCSportScot.
'Lame' Georgia a let-downpublished at 19:05 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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'Scotland snuffed out Georgian passion'published at 19:01 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
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Colin Gregor
Former Scotland Sevens captain on BBC Radio Scotland
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Job done. The scoreline was comfortable - that came from the first 15 minutes when Scotland snuffed out the Georgian passion. They managed the game very well, they weren't under a massive amount of pressure at any point. By no means perfect, a couple of things to work on, but the way Scotland's away form has been - that in itself is an achievement, a monkey off the back. Scotland had everything to lose going over there.
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Fraser Brown
Glasgow and Scotland hooker on BBC Radio Scotland
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The one thing that would slightly concern me is every time Georgia got within 10 meters of the line Scotland conceded penalties. I think going forward - obviously it's a pretty comfortable win - but that's definitely a big area that you would look to address heading towards next week let alone the World Cup.
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I must confess, I missed Adam Hastings adding the conversion to Scott Cummings' try. Sorry Adam!
Full-time- Georgia 10-44 Scotlandpublished at 18:55 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
A first win on the road in 14 months for Scotland. A nice tonic ahead of the World Cup. Five tries to boot.
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Georgia 10-42 Scotland
Georgia are battering away, looking for a second try. It's slow stuff, though. A penalty cometh and they'll have a line-out 5m out.
Gulf clear to seepublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
Georgia 10-37 Scotland
Andy Burke
BBC Scotland rugby reporter at Dinamo Arena
The blood and thunder power game we expected from Georgia just hasn’t materialised. The spell which resulted in Kakha Asieshvili’s try was the one good passage of play, but they have largely been outplayed.
Scotland haven’t been perfect and the set-piece in particular still needs improvement, but a first win on the road in 14 months is a great confidence-builder ahead of the World Cup.
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Get Involved #bbcsportscotpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
Georgia 10-42 Scotland
Steve: Following from Greece with lots of people staring strangely at me as I follow text, keep it up.
Thanks Steve, finger cramping up in the closing stages but we should get it over the line.
Postpublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 31 August 2019
Georgia 10-42 Scotland
Fraser Brown
Glasgow and Scotland hooker on BBC Radio Scotland
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What you've seen in the last 20 minutes is the guys that have come off the bench have really increased the work rate. They've came on and made a real impact.
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Scotland's Rory Hutchinson (left) celebrates his second try
Try- Georgia 10-42 Scotlandpublished at 74 mins
Scott Cummings
The Glasgow lock gets his first Scotland try!
Scotland win the penalty, tap it, Jamie Bhatti trucks it up and Cummings smashes over off the back of it. The conversion is wayward, the first points missed from the boot tonight.
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Georgia 10-37 Scotland
Long story short, Scotland have Georgia pinned back on their own line. After a botched attack, a chip-kick from Adam Hastings behind his own try-line gets Scotland up the pitch.
Then a Georgian knock on gives Ali Price the opportunity to box-kick into the corner.
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Georgia 10-37 Scotland
Grant Gilchrist is pinged for taking the jumper in the air at the line-out. The Georgians have another further up the pitch now. Here they come...
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Georgia 10-37 Scotland
No action. Darcy Graham takes a boot to the head but it's deemed accidental. It did look innocuous to be fair, it wasn't a kick.
On we go, Georgian line-out.