Scotland 15-12 Australia - Nations Championship result as Gregor Townsend's side make it five wins from six against the Wallabies

Scotland bounced back from defeat to New Zealand last time out, beating Australia 15-12 at Murrayfield, making it five wins from six against the Wallabies.

Tries from Matt Fagerson and Jack Dempsey ensured the hosts moved above Wales and into fourth in the Nations Championship Northern Hemisphere table, giving Gregor Townsend's side a much-needed lift.

Scotland took the lead after just eight minutes, making the most of a sustained period of pressure inside Australia's 22. They worked the ball well through midfield, before eventually playing a long pass wide to Fagerson, who dived over in the corner.

However, the Wallabies fought back almost instantly through Harry Potter, who broke through a tackle to score. It was the first meaningful portion of possession that the visitors had, and they were extremely clinical to level the scores.

Scotland thought they had re-taken the lead through Darcy Graham after 24 minutes, but the TMO disallowed the try. It looked like Kyle Steyn had just about kept Finn Russell's kick in, diverting it into the path of Graham, but the replay showed Steyn was just in touch.

Australia then had a try of their own disallowed just before half-time, after Billy Pollard had dived over the line. Pollard had scored from the back of a maul, but the Wallabies were penalised for obstruction, following a TMO review.

Pollard's afternoon got worse at the start of the second half, as he was shown a yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Blair Kinghorn. The referee had initially missed the incident, but the TMO penalised the hooker.

Scotland were unable to make the extra player count, with the score staying the same for the 10 minutes that Pollard was off the pitch.

Once back to full compliment, the Wallabies battled hard to try and get back into the game, but lacked creativity in attack.

Gregor Townsend's side won a penalty at the breakdown with five minutes to play, and Russell converted to extend Scotland's advantage.

Max Jorgensen provided a bit of hope for Australia late on, darting over in the corner with just a minute to play. Jorgensen then threatened to breakaway from the restart, but ran out of space and was put out of play, signalling the end of the match.

The Wallabies huffed and puffed but could not find the cutting edge, and have now lost their last four ahead of a clash with Wales next week.

Meanwhile, Scotland host Japan at Murrayfield next time out, looking to make it two wins from two and end this period of Nations Championship matches with a convincing performance.

"It was a possibility all week that I could start, but in Rugby you have to always be prepared.

"It is a massive win, we were really dissapointed with the game last week, we need to make Murrayfield a fortress. It was a long week, so it was good to resolve it. Wallabies are a good side and it was tough conditions, so happy to get over the line.

"Our main thing from last week was our defence, we did not have the hunger and desire for the whole game, but today we managed to stop some tries right on the line, which was huge for our energy and we were able to ride that home.

"We spoke about the small moments, not being too greedy, Australia dominated our scrum and we were defending our line for a long time. There were opportunities, but we had to ensure our defence was strong," said Tom Jordan to ITV.

"It was some shift from the boys. We know Australia would respond after last week, and we were disappointed after our performance last week. We responded well with the physical side of things.

"It was a bit of an arm wrestle, the conditions played a part in that. It was a battle of the defences.

"First of all we need to enjoy this win and then come Monday, we will focus on Japan, who will want to respond to their loss yesterday.

"It was a tough week, we were really disappointed, but in Rugby sometimes you get a chance to put it right and today we got that," said Rory Darge to ITV.

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Jorgensen looked to break away again, but the Scottish defence gets back in and puts him out of play.

The referee blows the whistle for full-time and Scotland win this fixture narrowly again!

Jorgensen scores with a minute to go!

The visitors work the ball wide and Jorgensen finishes brilliantly in the corner, before McDermott makes the conversion.

The hosts win a penalty at the breakdown and Russell kicks between the posts to extend the lead.

It is going to be tough for Australia to get back into this now.

Leatherbarrow is on for his debut, replacing Fagerson.

Donaldson is on for Ikitau for Australia.

The visitors are struggling to break through the Scotland defence and after almost 20 phases, they give a penalty away for not releasing.

Potter is replaced by Filipo Daugunu for the visitors.

The Wallabies' defence remains strong again to deny Scotland.

Pollard's sin bin is over, with the score the same.

However, Tom Hooper replaces Pollard.

That is a win for the Wallabies.

The visitors have reacted well since being down to 14 and win yet another penalty at the breakdown, before kicking towards the corner.

This is a crucial period of the match; Bayliss and Dobie are on for Scotland.

The visitors look to be in, but Scotland's defense holds strong and they manage to turn the ball over and win a penalty.

The TMO looks at a high tackle by Pollard on Kinghorn and shows the hooker a yellow card, which is under review.

Can the visitors get back into the game?

Ollie Chessum, George Furbank and Seb Atkinson have all returned to the England squad ahead of their Nations Championship match against New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday, after the trio missed the win over Japan last time out.

Steve Borthwick's side romped to a 78-15 victory against Japan, having beaten Australia the previous weekend.

Leicester Tigers lock Chessum, Harlequins full-back Furbank and Gloucester centre Atkinson all missed the Japan match after picking up knocks against The Wallabies.

But they could make a return against the All Blacks, a wounded animal after their shock loss to Wales in Cardiff.

Borthwick claimed before the squad was confirmed that the three players were "progressing well".

"They all ran yesterday [Friday] on an individual basis to the levels they can," he said. "We're still hopeful that they'll be able to be in contention for selection next week."

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Tom Curry and Alex Mitchell remain absentees.

England captain Maro Itoje suggested he expects a response from New Zealand.

"It will be a huge step up," he said. "New Zealand are a world-class team. We’ve had some great battles with them over the years. They’re right up there with the toughest teams to play."

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Gordon opts for a cross-field kick, but he misjudges it and the ball flies out of play and that is the end of the first half.

That was a great battle.

The visitors win a penalty at the breakdown and kick into Scotland's 22'.