Six Nations: How the Scotland players rated against Italy - two stand-out players in victory
Blair Kinghorn rose to the challenge of replacing Finn Russell at stand-off as he scored a hat-trick of tries to help Scotland end their Guinness Six Nations campaign with a bonus-point 26-14 victory over spirited Italy.
The versatile Edinburgh back went over the line either side of half-time to add to an earlier touchdown by Duhan Van Der Merwe. And he then completed the scoring in the last moment of a hard-fought game as the Scots fended off an Azzurri fightback to ensure they ended the championship with three wins out of five for the first time since 2018.
We give each player in the Scotland XV a mark out of ten for their performance at BT Murrayfield.
1. Pierre Schoeman
Along with Jack Dempsey, made most carries - 13 - of any Scotland player. Lung-busting effort before making way for Rory Sutherland on 59 minutes. 7 Photo: Andrew Milligan
2. George Turner
Came close to a first-half try but wasn’t always on point at the lineout. 6 Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group
3. Zander Fagerson
Lasted an impressive 71 minutes before being replaced by WP Nel. Solid enough at scrum and had nine carries. 6 Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group / S
4. Sam Skinner
Big boots to fill in replacing the injured Richie Gray and emerged with credit. 6 Photo: Ross MacDonald - SNS Group / SRU