Wales win thriller in Cardiff

Wales won their first match in this season’s RBS Six Nations championship in the most dramatic fashion, finishing 31-24 winners in Cardiff.

Shane Williams was the man who scored the match winning try in injury time against a 13 man defence after two Scottish sin binnings in the final ten minutes.

Last week it was Wales who were ruing ill discipline, this week it will be Scotland boss Andy Robinson who will be cursing his players after they coughed up 17 points in the final ten minutes to lose a match the seemed destined to win.

Wales 31 Scotland 24
HT: 9-18 Attendance: 0
Wales: L Byrne, L Halfpenny, J Hook, J Roberts, S Williams, S Jones, G Cooper (M Rees 41), P James (G Jenkins 47), G Williams (H Bennett 47), A Jones, A Jones, J Thomas, A Powell (B Davies 47), M Williams (S Warburton 67), R Jones [capt] Replacements used: M Rees, G Jenkins, H Bennett, B Davies, S Warburton, P James
Scorers: Try – S Williams, L Byrne, L Halfpenny; Conversion – S Jones (2) ; Penalty – S Jones (4)

Scotland: C Paterson (M Evans 28), T Evans (M Blair 36), R Lamont, G Morrison, R Lawson, D Parks (P Godman 78), C Cusiter [capt], A Dickinson (S Lawson 57), R Ford (A Jacobsen 57), E Murray, J Hamilton (R Gray 77), A Kellock, K Brown (A MacDonald 49), J Barclay, J Beattie
Replacements used: M Blair, T Evans, M Evans, A MacDonald, K Brown, S Lawson, A Jacobsen, P Godman, R Gray
Scorers: Try – J Barclay, M Evans; Conversion – C Paterson; Penalty – D Parks (2) ; Drop Goal – D Parks (2)
Discipline: Yellow Card – S Lawson (74), P Godman (79)
Match points: Wales 4pts, Scotland 1pts
Man of the Match: Dan Parks
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

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