Scotland's Huw Jones with the The Cuttitta Cup after scoring a hat-trick in the Six Nations win over Italy at Murrayfield. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)Scotland's Huw Jones with the The Cuttitta Cup after scoring a hat-trick in the Six Nations win over Italy at Murrayfield. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)
Scotland's Huw Jones with the The Cuttitta Cup after scoring a hat-trick in the Six Nations win over Italy at Murrayfield. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group) | SNS Group / SRU

Six Nations: How the Scotland players rated against Italy - two stand-out 9s, one eight, and the muted star

Scotland players given marks out of 10

A Huw Jones hat-trick inspired Scotland to a nervy 31-19 victory over Italy in their opening Six Nations match at Murrayfield.

Gregor Townsend’s side raced into a 14-0 advantage in the first 10 minutes and led 19-6 at the break through scores from Rory Darge, Jones and Ben White.

But Italy, who fought back from 22-10 down to defeat the Scots 31-29 in Rome last March, once again produced a spirited fightback, with the boot of Tommaso Allan and a breakaway try from Juan Ignacio Brex levelling things up at 19-19 heading into the final quarter.

However, the Scots held their nerve to claim an important bonus point victory as two further tries from Jones took the game away from the Azzurri just as they were starting to scent a first win at Murrayfield for 10 years.

Here is how the Scotland players rated out of 10 for their performance...

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