Scotland player ratings vs Australia: Who shone and who flopped at Murrayfield?
Rugby NewsSaturday, 25 November 2017 at 17:56
Scotland ended their autumn internationals series with a record thumping of 14-man Australia.
The Scots ran in eight tries, all but one coming after Wallabies prop Sekope Kepu was dismissed for a shoulder charge to the head of Hamish Watson.
Here are our player ratings:
Fullback: Sean Maitland - 8 out of 10
Scotland’s top carrier with 141 metres gained.
Winger: Tommy Seymour - 5
Will have nightmares about the dropped pass which was scooped up by Bernard Foley and fed to Tavita Kuridrani for Australia’s second try.
Centre: Huw Jones - 9
Made everything look easy, scoring two very good tries.
Centre: Peter Horne - 7
The team missed Alex Dunbar’s power and abrasiveness in defence at times, but he put in a decent display.
Winger: Byron McGuigan - 9
Couldn’t have gone much better, scoring two tries after a late call into the starting fifteen just before kick-off.
Fly-half: Finn Russell - 8
nother exceptional display from the fly-half as quick-thinking ran the legs off the Australians.
Scrum-half: Ali Price - 8
Great strength, determination and self-belief to scramble over from close range for his try just.
Prop: Darryl Marfo - 7
Hooker: Stuart McInally - 8
Now clearly Scotland’s best hooker after standing up to the Wallabies muscular pack. Also on the scoresheet.
Prop: Simon Berghan - 7
Lock: Grant Gilchrist - 8
A great tackle on Kurtley Beale just before the half hour mark saved McGuigan’s blushes after he had come off his wing but missed his man.
Lock: Jonny Gray - 8
Two tries in two games. He is still the hardest working second-row around when it comes to getting through the less glamorous stuff.
Flanker: John Barclay - 9
Surely the full-time Scotland skipper now?. Got the try he deserved near the end as he outshone the renowned Aussie back-row.
Flanker: Hamish Watson - 8
Number Eight: Ryan Wilson - 8
Lots of menace and aggression in the loose and ripped the ball out of Australian hands a few times.
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