Six Nations - Millennium Stadium, 12 February 2012, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
Wales (3) 27 - 13 (3) Scotland (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
22 0 - 3

Laidlaw knocks over the first points of the match with ease

29 3 - 3

Halfpenny draws the game level with a well struck penalty from nearly 40 metres out

41 8 - 3

After waves of pressure, Alex Cuthbert cuts the right line and goes across the Scottish line

43 10 - 3

Halfpenny adds the extras

45 13 - 3

Halfpenny nails the kick despite slipping over when he connected with the ball- Wales have the 10-point lead

48 13 - 6

Laidlaw draws Scotland back within seven points

50 18 - 6

Halfpenny takes advantage of Cuthbert's superb offload to go over for Wales - 12 point lead

52 20 - 6

Halfpenny converts with ease

55 25 - 6

Simple rugby from Wales as they go blind on the scrum and Halfpenny dives over in the corner - far far too easy for Wales

56 27 - 6

Halfpenny is untouchable at the moment - he's having a blinder

63 27 - 11

Greig Laidlaw goes over for Scotland and they finally have their try!

64 27 - 13

Laidlaw adds the extras from the tee

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Scotland
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Bennett - sub off
Owens - sub on
15 Hogg - sub on
Evans - sub off
18 Owens - sub off
Bennett - sub on
22 0 - 3 Laidlaw - penalty goal
29 Halfpenny - penalty goal 3 - 3
39 North - sub off
Hook - sub on
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Bennett - sub off
Owens - sub on		 start of second half
41 Cuthbert - try 8 - 3
43 Halfpenny - conversion 10 - 3
44 Strokosch - sub off
Barclay - sub on
45 Halfpenny - penalty goal 13 - 3 de Luca - yellow card
48 13 - 6 Laidlaw - penalty goal
Blair - sub on
Cusiter - sub off
50 Halfpenny - try 18 - 6
52 Halfpenny - conversion 20 - 6
53 RP Lamont - yellow card
55 Halfpenny - try 25 - 6
56 Halfpenny - conversion 27 - 6
57 Kalman - sub on
Cross - sub off
Kellock - sub on
Hamilton - sub off
63 27 - 11 Laidlaw - try
64 27 - 13 Laidlaw - conversion
71 Ford - sub off
Lawson - sub on
72 AR Jones - sub off
James - sub on
Powell - sub on
Lydiate - sub off
74 LD Williams - sub on
Reed - sub on
Phillips - sub off
RP Jones - sub off
77 Roberts - sub off
MS Williams - sub on
Jenkins - yellow card
80+1 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
81

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 14 points
Six Nations points Wales 2, Scotland 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 73189
 
Referee R Poite (France)
 
Wales Test debuts L Reed, AC Shingler
Scotland Test debuts SW Hogg, ED Kalman
 
Match notes match played indoors

Teams

Wales Scotland
Tries Cuthbert (41), Halfpenny (50, 55) Tries Laidlaw (63)
Cons Halfpenny (43, 52, 56) Cons Laidlaw (64)
Pens Halfpenny (29, 45) Pens Laidlaw (22, 48)
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Jonathan Davies
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
George North
10 FH
Rhys Priestland
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
77
2 H
Huw Bennett
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Ryan Jones (c)
5 L
Ian Evans
6 F
Dan Lydiate
7 F
Aaron Shingler
8 N8
Taulupe Faletau
    Replacements
16 H
Ken Owens
17 P
Paul James
18 L
Lou Reed
19 F
Andy Powell
20 SH
Lloyd Williams
21 W
James Hook
22 C
Scott Williams
    Team
15 FB
Rory Lamont
53
14 W
Lee Jones
13 C
Nick de Luca
45
12 C
Sean Lamont
11 W
Max Evans
10 FH
Greig Laidlaw
9 SH
Chris Cusiter
1 P
Allan Jacobsen
2 H
Ross Ford (c)
3 P
Geoff Cross
4 L
Richie Gray
5 L
Jim Hamilton
6 F
Alasdair Strokosch
7 F
Ross Rennie
8 N8
David Denton
    Replacements
16 H
Scott Lawson
17 P
Ed Kalman
18 L
Alastair Kellock
19 F
John Barclay
20 SH
Mike Blair
21
Duncan Weir
22 W
Stuart Hogg

Match stats

Wales   Scotland
3 Tries 1
3 from 3 Conversion goals 1 from 1
2 from 3 Penalty goals 2 from 3
83.3% Kick at goal success 75.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 20
140 Passes 220
106 Runs 182
475 Metres run with ball 572
Attacking
39% Possession 61%
41% Territory 59%
10 Clean breaks 10
13 Defenders beaten 15
11 Offloads 19
80 from 85 (94.1%) Rucks won 141 from 148 (95.3%)
1 from 1 (100.0%) Mauls won 1 from 1 (100.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
194/15 Tackles made/missed 108/13
92.8% Tackling success rate 89.3%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
10 won, 2 lost (83.3%) Lineouts on own throw 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 10
1/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 2/0 22 3/8/7 32 3 2 1 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Cuthbert 1/1 5 0/3/8 84 2 3 1 1 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Davies 0/0 0 2/6/10 63 1 1 1 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 0/3/9 71 2 1 0 1 13/2 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/2/4 40 0 2 0 2 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 0 14/26/10 51 1 1 1 0 9/2 1/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/1 0 4/63/5 18 0 1 1 1 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/3/4 7 0 0 1 1 12/4 0/0 1 1/0
H Bennett 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 0 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
L RP Jones 0/0 0 0/2/6 6 0 0 0 0 16/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Evans 0/0 0 0/3/8 10 0 0 0 2 14/1 4/0 2 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/2/4 13 0 0 0 0 13/1 0/0 1 0/0
F Shingler 0/0 0 0/3/10 10 1 1 3 1 12/0 3/0 1 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/3/9 29 0 1 1 0 22/1 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Owens 0/0 0 0/2/5 4 0 0 0 0 13/0 0/0 2 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Reed 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Powell 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) LD Williams 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Hook 0/1 0 3/6/4 17 0 0 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) MS Williams 0/0 0 0/0/1 18 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 1 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Scot stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB RP Lamont 0/0 0 3/1/9 104 1 3 1 1 6/0 0/0 1 1/0
W Jones 0/0 0 2/2/13 70 1 1 1 2 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C de Luca 0/0 0 0/11/10 20 1 0 2 1 7/1 0/0 2 1/0
C SF Lamont 0/0 0 0/10/20 58 1 0 4 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Evans 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Laidlaw 1/0 13 6/52/10 18 1 0 1 1 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Cusiter 0/0 0 5/61/2 3 0 0 1 1 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jacobsen 0/0 0 0/2/10 8 0 1 0 1 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
H Ford 0/0 0 0/1/13 20 0 0 0 1 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Cross 0/0 0 0/1/9 14 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 3 0/0
L Gray 0/0 0 0/6/14 37 1 2 1 0 8/0 4/0 0 0/0
L Hamilton 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Strokosch 0/0 0 0/5/4 1 0 0 0 0 3/2 0/0 2 0/0
F Rennie 0/0 0 0/11/16 37 2 2 4 1 17/3 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Denton 0/0 0 0/4/21 67 0 1 2 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Lawson 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Kalman 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Kellock 0/0 0 0/6/5 3 0 0 1 0 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
(F) Barclay 0/0 0 0/4/6 8 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Blair 0/0 0 2/37/4 20 0 0 1 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Hogg 0/0 0 2/2/10 82 2 2 0 3 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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