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November 27, 2016

Scotland round off series with a win

Posted by Editor on November 27, 2016 11:25 AM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Stuart Hogg went over for two tries
Scotland ran in six tries as they rounded off their autumn series with a 43-16 win over Georgia at Rugby Park.

In their last match before kicking off their Six Nations campaign at home to Ireland in February, the Scots were keen to use the clash in Kilmarnock to build confidence.

Stuart Hogg went over for a brace on top of a penalty try and additional scores from Tommy Seymour, Sean Maitland and Hamish Watson. Impressive Georgia scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze scored two tries.

Speaking after the game Stuart Hogg said: "We believe we can win every single game.

"If you're going into it with a different mentality than that, you're obviously going to get beaten."

The Glasgow full-back believes Scotland learned from the 23-22 defeat to Australia in the first of the November fixtures, putting those lessons into practice in beating Argentina in similarly dramatic fashion a week later.

"You saw at times us going into zigzag patterns and milking penalties against Argentina," he said. "Ultimately that won us the game. We're a fairly young team throughout, so we're continuing to learn and work hard and hopefully we'll continue to improve as well.

"We believe in ourselves, we'll back the coaching team over the hill and back, and we're ready (for the Six Nations). I think we're in a very good place.

"We've got good depth in our team, everybody's competing for places which makes training a lot better. We're playing some fantastic rugby out there and when we get good set-piece ball, get on the front foot, we look dangerous.

"We'll keep grounded, keep working hard, and when the Six Nations comes along we'll fire into it."