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Scotland 17-22 New Zealand: rugby union international – as it happened

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Scotland came close to famous victory over the All Blacks at Murrayfield but ultimately came up short

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Sat 18 Nov 2017 14.22 ESTFirst published on Sat 18 Nov 2017 11.30 EST
 Sonny Bill Williams drives forward with the ball during the test match between Scotland and New Zealand at Murrayfield.
Sonny Bill Williams drives forward with the ball during the test match between Scotland and New Zealand at Murrayfield. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
Sonny Bill Williams drives forward with the ball during the test match between Scotland and New Zealand at Murrayfield. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images

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Scotland really could have closed this one out and despite the positives for Gregor Townsend it is hard not see it as a rare chance which has slipped away – they will regret not putting a few more points on the board in the first half which might have set up an historic victory. Credit to the All Blacks for holding out – and scoring a sensational try – with 14 players for much of that climax. That’s all from me, thanks for reading.

Stuart Hogg accepts the man of the match award and says he’s “bloody disappointed” not to have claimed the win. His captain John Barclay says they’ve let a huge opportunity slip by.

Hogg walks away in tears, he’s devastated. “He’s a dangerous player, isn’t he?” Kieran Read says with a grin. “We’re lucky we have a quick player too in Beauden Barrett to catch him.”

Full-time: Scotland 17-22 New Zealand

And with that, the referee blows his whistle. A thrilling second half –Scotland came so close.

80 min Stuart Hogg makes a brilliant run, carving through the All Blacks’ defence and searing towards the corner but he’s hauled into touch with the try line just a few metres away! Agonising.

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79 min Scotland claim the restart and they will end this match searching for that try...

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78 min Russell adds the extra two to put Scotland within a converted try of an historic victory. Scotland 17-22 New Zealand.

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Try! Scotland 15-22 New Zealand (Jones)

77 min They are back in it! Scotland work it wide where Hogg plays a clever bouncing kick down the line. It’s caught by Seymour who passes to Huw Jones and the centre goes over in the corner.

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76 min Liam Squire makes a stunning dash through the Scottish defence but he can’t decide on a pass and eventually loses it at the breakdown, conceding a penalty for holding on.

74 min The All Blacks win a free-kick and of course they opt for a scrum, where not only do they have an advantage but they can eat up valuable time.

72 min Scotland are piling on the pressure, but the referee pauses things and hands them a scrum that I’m not sure they really wanted.

Sin-bin! (Crockett)

70 min Another fantastic response by Scotland who go searching for a try. They win a penalty after Wyatt Crockett cleans out the scrum-half before the ball was out of the ruck, and he’s off.

68 min Barrett adds two more points and the All Blacks have not the sin-binning of Sam Cane affect them. Scotland 10-22 New Zealand.

Try! Scotland 10-20 New Zealand (Barrett)

66 min This is a sublime try. It all starts from Sonny Bill Williams whose backhanded offload in the tackle is almost matched by the bursting run of Damian McKenzie. He charges through the Scottish defence and has Beauden Barrett on his outside to finish the move. So quick, so accurate. Breathtaking rugby by the All Blacks.

64 min After several little gains the ball is spilled by Scottish hands in the centre of pitch. Scrum New Zealand.

62 min Russell adds the two points, and suddenly Scotland are right in this with a one-man advantage for the next nine minutes. Scotland 10-15 New Zealand.

Try! Scotland 8-15 New Zealand (Gray)

61 min Scotland tap the next penalty and finally they break through, as Jonny Gray picks from the ruck and thumps through the tacklers and over the line.

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Sin-bin! (Cane)

60 min Jonny Gray gathers the lineout with a stretch and the Scottish pack drive. They send runners battering into the New Zealand defence, winning a penalty, and when it’s taken quickly Sam Cane concedes another penalty and is sent to the bin.

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58 min Suddenly the game comes alive. New Zealand make a break down the left wing and are surely in for a try but Finn Russell anticipates the final pass and intercepts brilliantly, chipping down field and forcing the All Blacks to scramble back. The crowd enjoyed that passage.

53 min Scotland again build some good momentum but it ends in a mistake when Pete Horne can’t quite grab an offload.

Try! Scotland 3-13 New Zealand (McKenzie)

51 min New Zealand follow a lineout with a drive from the pack before spreading the ball into the centre, where Damian McKenzie gets on the end of clever Williams grubber kick and touches down under the posts.

49 min The clock is stopped for an injury to Luke Hamilton, who looks to have damaged his ankle making a tackle.

47 min Scotland show some more of the excellent running rugby they delivered in the first half, building pressure in the All Blacks’ half, until Horne concedes a penalty for tackling a man at the breakdown.

Try! Scotland 3-8 New Zealand (Taylor)

44 min Rieko Ioane catches a high ball beautifully before offloading and the All Blacks stream forwards. Smith shimmies down the blindside before they shift it all the way across the line to the far side where Codie Taylor is waiting to surge over in the corner.

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42 min They power towards the try line but at the second breakdown Stuart McInally fails to release, under pressure from Sam Whitelock, and that’s a penalty.

41 min New Zealand were oddly lacking in intensity in that first half and they have begun the second in a similar manor. Scotland have a scrum inside the 22, slightly to the left, and it’s a brilliant platform.

Kick-off

Russell kicks the second-half under way and the All Blacks quickly hand over a gift of a knock-on.

A half-time email from Geoffrey Roberts: “It’s good to see the Scots going in with great energy and enthusiasm and they have shown the ABs a thing or two. The ABs look jaded to me, scrappy, untidy so the Scots have a great chance for a famous victory, but what did the man say ... ‘Don’t make them cross’.”

Not a thriller, but Scotland will be delighted with that first 40 minutes. The only disappointment will be that they couldn’t convert some more of those promising positions into points – they should really be in front on the scoreboard.

Half-time: Scotland 3-3 New Zealand

42 min Russell tries a long drop-goal which goes nowhere near, and suddenly the All Blacks collect it and counter at speed through Ioane. They are awarded a penalty for holding on after the tackle which Barrett slams into the Scottish 22. Lineout, deep into this additional time, but an error at the breakdown hands the Scots a penalty which Russell boots into the crowd to end the half.

40 min Williams tries a pass out of the back of the hand but it’s spilled into touch. Scotland will have one last attack before the break.

37 min Barclay is penalised for trying to rip the ball from the breakdown while he was off his feet. The replay shows he was leaning slightly on the tackled All Black with his knees and he clearly got a warning from Matthew Carley before losing the decision. A chance for the All Blacks to kick themselves level.

35 min The Scottish pack are creaking and they concede a penalty which the All Blacks use to go for another scrum. But this time it spins and Scotland pinch the ball!

34 min A big mistake by Tommy Seymour. The ball clearly touches his leg before bouncing over the Scottish try line, but he touches down all the same. The referee Matthew Carley spots it and the All Blacks have a five-metre scrum.

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