Wales 34 - 7 Scotland: How the Scottish players rated
15. Stuart Hogg
Scotland’s most dangerous attacker hardly saw the ball, such was the back-foot nature of his team’s afternoon. 6
14. Tommy Seymour
Like Hogg, spent most of the match as a frustrated onlooker hardly getting hands on the ball as Wales dominated. 6
13. Chris Harris
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Hide AdStruggled badly in Scotland’s midfield, forced into errors, and was taken off early in the second half. 5
12. Huw Jones
Some uncharacteristic errors and inept tackling from the highly rated Scotland centre, who found Scott Williams and Hadleigh Parkes a handful. 6
11. Byron McGuigan
Never really got into the game as Wales offered a sparkling lesson in broken-field running and support angles. 5
10. Finn Russell
Could do little to stem the Wales tide as he spent the whole game in retreat, his kicking gains often wasted. 6
9. Ali Price
Saw his delayed pass intercepted by opposite number Gareth Davies for Wales’ first try, from which he never recovered, replaced by Greig Laidlaw. 5
1. Gordon Reid
Battled valiantly, but it was to no avail as Scotland’s front row found it tough going. 5
2. Stuart McInally
Did his best around the field, and was prominent at times, but Scotland were blown away. 6
3. Jon Welsh
Like Reid, could never get going as the Welsh pack dominated throughout. 5
4. Ben Toolis
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5. Jonny Gray
A strong first half by the Glasgow lock, and he was arguably Scotland’s best player over the piece. 7
6. John Barclay
The Scotland skipper could only look on as his Scarlets colleagues in the Wales team enjoyed a field day. 6
7. Hamish Watson
Had a game to savour when Wales arrived at Murrayfield last season. Could not repeat it, though. 5
8. Cornell Du Preez
Hauled off ten minutes into the second half as Scotland were just not at the races. 5
Replacements
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend unsurprisingly began making changes early, but, despite Peter Horne’s late try, the reinforcements went the same way as the starting XV. 5