FT: Scotland 48- 7 Georgia - reaction after comfortable win for Scots

Summary

FT: Scotland 48-7 Georgia
Graham (2), Brown (2), Watson, McInally & Van der Merwe, Kinghorn score tries, Hastings with conversions (4)
Tabutsadze with Georgian response after TMO review
Warm-up match for Six Nations & Autumn Nations Cup

Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

Postpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 17-0 Georgia
More good defensive work from Scotland and Georgia's impetus is quickly snuffed out as they are guilty of not releasing.
Matt Fagerson now has to hobble off and Cornell du Preez is on a bit earlier than he might have been expecting.
Postpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 17-0 Georgia
Matt Fagerson is getting some strapping on his lower leg, allowing for a drinks break. When play resumes Scotland are penalised at a scrum and Georgia boot it up the park for a rare foray into the home half.
Postpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 17-0 Georgia
Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland
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Hastings isn't kicking well. That one was a long way off.
Try Scotland 17-0 Georgiapublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Hamish Watson
With a penalty advantage, feisty flanker Hamish Watson dives in at the corner after the ball is recycled well from a driving maul.
Adam Hastings is way off target with his kick at the posts this time.
Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 12-0 Georgia
Full-back Blair Kinghorn sets off on a gallop, ghosting past two or three tackles before he is grounded. Adam Hastings keeps the pressure up with a clever, low kick deep into enemy territory.
Postpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 12-0 Georgia
Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland
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It's a good set-up, they get guys in the right positions. Once it gets moving its very hard to stop legally and Brown gets the try.
Try Scotland 12-0 Georgiapublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Fraser Brown
A try for the captain as Scotland drive over from a line-out. Textbook stuff as the Georgian defence splits like a cheap pair of chinos.
Adam Hastings clips the outside of the post with the conversion attempt.
Postpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Adam Hastings pops a cute kick over the top but Chris Harris can't gather it, batting the ball forward. Did he have one eye on the covering defender there?
Postpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Scotland have some defending to do, but almost as soon as Georgia set foot in the home 22, they are pinged for an offence.
Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Seventeen minutes on the clock and we hear Peter Wright's first grumble about the referee. Is the BBC Scotland pundit slowing down? I guess it's only a friendly...
Postpublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Again, Scotland attack with pace and intent as Blair Kinghorn has a dart at the line but he's stopped in his tracks and the ball pops loose.
Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland
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Overall it's been pretty positive with just one or two bits of inaccuracy. The good thing for me is that Duhan Van der Merwe has been on the ball a bit.
Postpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Scotland building up a head of steam but a few wee errors halt progress as Hamish Watson is penalised for trying to crawl forward in possession after he'd been stopped by a shuddering tackle.
Postpublished at 19:43 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Georgia full-back Soso Matiashvili doesn't look too clever under a high ball as it slips from his grasp all to easily but Chris Harris can't snaffle the scraps cleanly and the visitors can breath a sigh of relief.
Postpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 7-0 Georgia
Georgia are all over the place here, with a kick from hand going straight into touch. Scotland are off on another attack from the resulting line-out.
Graham 'difficult to stop'published at 19:37 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Peter Wright
Former Scotland prop on BBC Radio Scotland
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He's got pace, a low centre of gravity and a lot of strength for a small guy. He's very difficult to stop.
Try Scotland 7-0 Georgiapublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Darcy Graham
Scotland don't waste any time getting into the opposition 22 and after a period of heavy pressure winger Darcy Graham wriggles through.
Two penalties in the build up, both tapped quickly.
Adam Hastings adds the extras from out wide.
Kick-offpublished at 19:32 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland 0-0 Georgia
A peep of the whistle from French referee Alexandre Ruiz and Blair Kinghorn gets the action started.
Everything points to a comfortable win for Scotland. Will it work out that way?
Georgians on song at anthem timepublished at 19:29 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland v Georgia (19:30)
The last time Georgia were at Murrayfield there was an embarrassing mix-up with the national anthems, with the tune piped out dating back to the Soviet era.
The visiting players look much happier this time, singing along with some passion.
Players can put marker down - Townsendpublished at 19:26 British Summer Time 23 October 2020
Scotland v Georgia (19:30)
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend is raring to go after such a long time without a game.
"We are looking forward to seeing them get stuck into this game," he tells BBC Scotland.
"We believe we've picked the strongest squad available to us with players are on form. We've given this group of players an opportunity to put a marker down and make it hard for us not to select them against Wales [in the Six Nations next week].
"We're not going to change too much around our game."