Scotland 56-0 Tonga recap- Quilter Nations Series result as hosts enjoy eight-try shutout at Murrayfield

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SCOTLAND FINISH QUILTER NATIONS SERIES ON HIGH NOTE WITH EIGHT-TRY SHUTOUT

Scotland stormed to a 56-0 victory against Tonga at Murrayfield Stadium to turn their November struggles on their head.

After disappointing defeats to New Zealand and Argentina earlier in the month, the latter featuring a squandered 21-0 lead, it was a brilliant showing with replacements George Horne and Ewan Ashman notably scoring two tries each.

Vice-captain Jamie Ritchie opened the scoring early with a try in the ninth minute, and George Turner and Max Williamson would follow shortly after to make it a 21-0 lead in the first-half.

Tonga were bogged down by penalty struggles, and these were compounded by Semisi Paea scooping up an early yellow that was later changed to red.

The world No. 19s continued to play a significant part of the match with another man down as they racked up another three yellows over the course of the game.

Scotland wasted no time with their advantage, and they took a slew of tries in the second-half despite a seemingly energised Tonga after the break.

Duhan van der Merwe took the first, claiming a record 35th try for his country, going one clear of Darcy Graham. Ashman then followed with another two, both from rolling mauls.

Horne scored his brace of tries with stellar sprints, being set up first by Kyle Rowe and then Ritchie, and then nailed the last three conversions of the day. Fergus Burke had already made the first five in perfect fashion.

Tonga could not muster anything in the remaining minutes and Scotland celebrated a clean sheet after a Quilter Nations Series full of ups and downs.

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WATCH: ANOTHER STUNNER FROM SUPER SUB HORNE

Ritchie finds a gap, then sends to to Horne who takes it all the way home!

'There he is again!' - Horne dives for his second in Scottish demolition of Tonga

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FERGUSON: 'WE KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE AND WE KEEP PUSHING FORWARD'

There were a few tough conversations over the week and we don't take the comments lightly. It was making sure we learned from our mistakes and executed the plan.

ENGLAND V ARGENTINA ON IMMINENTLY

A reminder that England and Argentina prepare to kick off at Twickenham, you can watch that live on TNT Sports 1 or discovery+, or get live updates here!

WATCH: BRADBURY REFLECTS ON A DISAPPOINTING QUILTER NATIONS SERIES

'We carry responsibility of righting wrongs' - Bradbury admits frustration after turbulent autumn

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WATCH: HORNE WITH A BIG DASH OVER THE LINE

'A bloodhound sniffing out opportunities' - Horne finishes off sublime Scotland try

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BRADBURY: 'WE WANT TO COME HERE AND WIN EVERY SINGLE WEEK.'

Player of the Match Bradbury to TNT Sports: "This match was really important. We chatted about what happened at the end of the game last week. There was a lot of rotation, but we still had to carry that responsibility of right and wrong. I think in that game, we could have scored more points. Pretty frustrated with how many opportunities we had and didn't take. But still a great result, 56-0, boys will be happy with that.

"The most important thing for us is the fans. We love playing here because of the fans, we love winning here to inspire the fans. They're our motivation as well. Every time it's an opportunity to impress.

"We can look at results or we can look at the performances, and we know if we got a couple more things right in those middle two games, we could have won them. That's the belief we have, and we're frustrated not to win. We want to come here and win every single week, no matter how we're playing. There's always going to be improvements to be made."

WATCH: VAN DER MERWE PULLS AHEAD AT MURRAYFIELD

The player was tied with Darcy Graham, but he takes the lead with a fantastic 35th try for Scotland.

'Duhan the Destroyer!' - Van der Merwe gets record 35th Scotland try

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YOUR PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Magnus Bradbury is the player of the match, 15 carries and 137 meters for the sensational player today. It's a nice way to end their year, and a much better showing than their previous defeats to New Zealand and Argentina.

SHUTOUT! SCOTLAND 56-0 TONGA

Scrum for Tonga, they will leave with a loss but can they put points on the board? The ball is dropped and the whistle blows!

78'

TRY! SCOTLAND 56-0 TONGA (ASHMAN)

Maul for Scotland and it's Ashman again who looks out from the side and slams the ball down.

77'

NOT QUITE FOR SCOTLAND

Scotland on another maul now off a lineout, they badly want to score into the 50s. Ashman breaks off solo, it's not a grounding though! Penalty and Jordan puts it to the corner.

74'

TRY! SCOTLAND 49-0 TONGA (HORNE)

Bradbury makes a great tip pass to Ritchie, who feeds it through to a free Horne who takes it all the way yet again for Scotland!

71'

INISI OFF NAUGHTY STEP

Smith gets the wind knocked out of him as he runs straight into Fainga'anuku who stands his ground. Inisi is back on the field as Tonga return to 15 men for the first time in a while.

69'

TRY! SCOTLAND 42-0 TONGA (HORNE)

Horne is home free practically unchallenged, it's a messy lineout but a fantastic long pass sees the ball go from Jordan to Rowe, and he sets Horne free all the way. He has scored two of Scotland's four tries by a substitute.

66'

TRY! SCOTLAND 35-0 TONGA

Scotland go for the maul after a lineout, and this time it's good as Ashman marks his first try. Burke with a fifth clean conversion and they go 35 up on a flagging Tonga team.

61'

SUBSTITUTION SCOTLAND

Josh Bayliss replaces Onyeama-Christie for Scotland.

60'

TRY! SCOTLAND 28-0 TONGA (VAN DER MERWE)

Hurd scans his options, he takes the hit but offloads it to van der Merwe who escapes the clutches of the Tonga wall with a supreme burst of speed.

A record 35th try for Scotland as he goes above Darcy Graham.

59'

YELLOW TONGA

Paea, this time the elder brother, takes a yellow.

58'

SUBSTITUTION TONGA

Van der Merwe just misses a pass and the ball goes out.

Phil Kite and Anzelo Tuitavuki come on for captain Tameifuna after a fantastic shift.

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