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21st November 2009 10:26

Hugo Southwell v Tonga

Hugo Southwell: Starring role

Hugo Southwell staked a claim for a Test recall with a tryscoring performance in Scotland A's convincing 38-7 win over Tonga on Friday.

Southwell impressed in his first start at fly-half but he really shone after reverting to his usual full-back berth, scoring the fourth of five Scottish tries in front of 3,976 at Netherdale.

Edinburgh scrum-half Greig Laidlaw - promoted from the bench after Rory Lawson's elevation to the senior squad for Saturday's Test against Australia - got the ball rolling with an early touchdown.

That was converted by Jim Thompson, who added a second converted try to make it 14-0 at half-time.

A Thompson penalty and a well-worked Ben Cairns touchdown - also converted by Thompson - followed after the break before Southwell's fine score.

That was goaled by Colin Gregor, who also added the extras after a late effort from fellow substitute Mark Robertson before Tonga grabbed a consolation through Alipate Fatafehi, converted by Kurt Morath.

Comments

rocksolid says...

given that 99 percent of the Tongan team weren't release from there respective clubs i expected the Scots to do better than that, i guess NOT.

Posted 06:37 04th December 2009

ikaletahi says...

are you kidding? this is a team that is struggling to muster a team together because clubs refuse to release them. Scotland lose about as many games as tonga do! get real!

Posted 04:30 24th November 2009

fec04 says...

irb should do something to these type of team show no improvement at all in build up for 2011 world cup.

Posted 13:46 21st November 2009

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