Wallabies brush past Scotland

Scotland 15 Australia 44:   Australia concluded their disappointing tour of the northern hemisphere by coming from behind to…

Scotland 15 Australia 44:  Australia concluded their disappointing tour of the northern hemisphere by coming from behind to become the first team to beat Scotland at Murrayfield in 2006.

John Connolly's side, defeated by Ireland last Sunday and generally unimpressive against Wales and Italy, ran in five tries as they won the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test with relative ease.

Frank Hadden's men got off to the perfect start when Simon Webster crossed for an early try and, with five points from Chris Paterson's boot, Scotland claimed an encouraging 10-0 lead.

But a brace of tries for Mark Gerrard and one each for Stephen Larkham, Stephen Moore and Chris Latham saw the Wallabies extend their winning run over Scotland, who last defeated Australia in 1982 in Brisbane.

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Sean Lamont added another try for the home side but it was not enough to preserve Scotland's proud unbeaten record in Edinburgh this year and send Hadden's side into the 2007 Six Nations on the back of a victory over a southern hemisphere giant.