Scotland 59-21 Portugal
Date: Saturday 16th November 2024
Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Takehito Namekawa (Japan)
Attendance: 61,027
Scotland v Portugal Match Reports
Scotland scored nine tries as they beat Portugal 59-21 at Murrayfield. A fast and loose first half saw Will Hurd, Stafford McDowall, Darcy Graham and Josh Bayliss all cross for Scotland. The hosts were also awarded a penalty try when Duarte Torgal was sin-binned for collapsing a rolling maul. Luka Begic got a try back for Portugal at the very end of the half as the visitors trailed 33-7. After the break, Jamie Bhatti, Arron Reed (twice) and Jamie Dobie added four more tries for Scotland. Portugal didn’t go down without a fight, though, as Samuel Marques and Raffaele Storti added second-half tries to keep the scoreboard respectable. A selection of match reports is listed below:
Scotland v Portugal – Match Stats
Scotland (33) 59
Try: Hurd (4′), McDowall (12′), Penalty Try (27′), Graham (34′), Bayliss (38′), Bhatti (44′), Reed (59′, 62′), Dobie (73′)
Conversion: Hastings (12′, 35′, 39′, 60′, 63′), Jordan (74′)
Portugal (7) 21
Try: Begic (40’+4), Marques (55′), Storti (67′)
Conversion: Marques (40’+5, 56′, 68′)
Man of the match: Tom Jordan (Scotland)
Scotland v Portugal – Team Line-ups
Scotland Team
Forwards
- 1 Jamie Bhatti
- 2 Patrick Harrison
- 3 Will Hurd
- 4 Alex Craig
- 5 Alex Samuel
- 6 Luke Crosbie
- 7 Ben Muncaster
- 8 Josh Bayliss
Backs
- 9 George Horne
- 10 Adam Hastings
- 11 Arron Reed
- 12 Stafford McDowall (Captain)
- 13 Rory Hutchinson
- 14 Darcy Graham
- 15 Tom Jordan
Replacements
- 16 Johnny Matthews
- 17 Rory Sutherland
- 18 Elliot Millar Mills
- 19 Ewan Johnson
- 20 Freddy Douglas
- 21 Jamie Dobie
- 22 Matt Currie
- 23 Kyle Rowe
Portugal Team
Forwards
- 1 David Costa
- 2 Luka Begic
- 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira
- 4 José Madeira
- 5 Duarte Torgal
- 6 André Cunha
- 7 Nicolas Martins
- 8 Frederico Couto
Backs
- 9 Samuel Marques
- 10 Domingos Cabral
- 11 Lucas Martins
- 12 Tomás Appleton (Captain)
- 13 José Lima
- 14 Raffaele Storti
- 15 Simão Bento
Replacements
- 16 Abel Cunha
- 17 Pedro Vicente
- 18 António Prim
- 19 Antonin Andrade
- 20 Vasco Baptista
- 21 António Campos
- 22 Hugo Aubry
- 23 Manuel Cardoso Pinto