Summary

  • Watson barges over from lineout to break deadlock

  • Hooper try disallowed & Alaalatoa yellow carded for contact with head of Matt Fagerson

  • Leota bursts through to give 14-man visitors lead before Scots respond with stunning Ashman finish

  • O'Connor and Russell trade penalties in tense closing stages

  • Scotland earn third successive win over Australia after two in 2017

  • Australia had won last five under former Glasgow coach Dave Rennie

  1. Can Russell find the spark for Scotland?published at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2021

    Scotland 12-13 Australia

    Can Finn Russell find some magic to get Scotland going?

    The star fly-half has been pretty quiet, but you always fancy he has something up his sleeve.

    -Image source, SNS
    Image caption,

    Finn Russell orchestrating

  2. Postpublished at 66 mins

    Scotland 12-13 Australia

    Props Jamie Bhatti and Oli Kebble are on now as Scotland freshen up the pack.

  3. Penalty Scotland 12-13 Australiapublished at 65 mins

    James O'Connor nudges over an easy one and the Australians are back in front.

  4. Postpublished at 63 mins

    Scotland 12-10 Australia

    Sam Skinner can't last long with all that bandaging and now Jamie Hodgson is on.

    Australia earn a penalty and will have a pop at the posts.

  5. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Scotland 12-10 Australia

    Sam Skinner is getting tape put over the tape that's already there. I'm not sure how the Scotland lock can even move his mummified leg now, but up he gets to soldier on.

  6. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Scotland 12-10 Australia

    Kyle Steyn, who scored four tries last week against Tonga, is on for Darcy Graham.

    A handy sub for the final 20 minutes, with the game stretched.

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    Try Scotland 12-10 Australiapublished at 59 mins

    Ewan Ashman

    The big hooker is over in the corner on his debut.

    Guess what? The TMO is having a peek.

    It's a brilliant finish any winger would be proud of as he dives in under severe pressure.

    Finn Russell can't split the posts from a tight angle.

  8. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    Scotland within striking range from the scrum. They have an advantage as Stuart Hogg is thwarted, so they'll go again.

  9. Game on!published at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2021

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    Andy Burke
    BBC Scotland rugby reporter at Murrayfield

    Now we have a Test match!

    Wallabies took the initiative after the break and were rewarded with that Rob Leota try, but Scotland's response has been impressive.

    These are big moments and the crowd is up. Can they breach this immense Australia defence?

  10. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    Duhan van der Merwe tries to get motoring but he's stopped in his tracks by a brilliant Nic White tackle. Australia are caught offside twice before the period of pressure is punctured as a sloppy pass from Stuart Hogg is intercepted.

    Scotland will go again with a scrum.

    Angus Bell is back as Allan Alaalatoa takes a bang to the head.

  11. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    The bounce of the ball favours Finn Russell as he drops a bomb in behind the Aussies. What can Scotland do here?

  12. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    Will Skelton takes over from fellow giant Rory Arnold for his first Australia cap in five years.

    It's getting a bit fractious out there, with all sorts of pushing and shoving going on.

  13. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    Huge roars as Sam Johnson slaloms forward to find Ali Price.

    Then loud groans as Matt Fagerson spills it in the collision.

  14. Postpublished at 46 mins

    Scotland 7-10 Australia

    The sin-binning is over and Angus Bell trots off too after his briefest of cameos.

    15 v 15 again.

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    Try Scotland 7-10 Australiapublished at 45 mins

    Rob Leota

    The 14 men move in front after an excellent carry from Izaia Perese and a great line from Rob Leota.

    James O'Connor adds the simple extras.

  16. Postpublished at 44 mins

    Scotland 7-3 Australia

    Ooft! Scott Johnson slams into Australia prop Taniela Tupou and the replacement is wobbly on his feet, so has to go off for a check. Angus Bell is on in his place.

  17. Postpublished at 43 mins

    Scotland 7-3 Australia

    A lovely dummy from Finn Russell gets a roar of approval from the crowd but his pass to Matt Fagerson is spilled, giving Australia the chance to attack, but they can't hold on to the ball either.

  18. Postpublished at 41 mins

    Scotland 7-3 Australia

    Here we go again. Australia still with 14 men for now.

  19. Will a game break out?published at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2021

    HT: Scotland 7-3 Australia

    Andy Burke
    BBC Scotland rugby reporter at Murrayfield

    With so much attacking talent on both sides, it's been a desperately frustrating first-half of scrums, dropped-balls and the referee's whistle. Surely the second half will be better?

    It's a fine line between trying things and forcing things and Scotland seem to be falling just on the wrong side of that at the moment.

    Australia have looked threatening but have shown a real lack of clinical edge in the red zone.

    Time to roll out the ultimate cliche for a game that's tight at the break - the next score is crucial!

  20. A physical battlepublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2021

    HT: Scotland 7-3 Australia

    We expected free-flowing running, but there's been a lot more grunt than guile so far.

    Lots of errors from both sides.

    -Image source, SNS
    Image caption,

    Matt Fagerson takes contact