Scotland flirt with defeat before overpowering Fiji

Scotland flirt with defeat before overpowering FijiImage source, SNSImage caption, Jamie Dobie scored two tries against FijiByTom EnglishBBC Scotland's chief sports writerPublished4 minutes agoNations Championship round threeFiji (17) 17Tries: Ikanivere, Ravutaumada, Canakaivata Con: Armstrong-RavulaScotland (7) 33Tries: Dobie 2, Gray, Schoeman, Cummings Cons: Horne, Burke 3Scotland won a hard-fought bonus-point victory against a reborn Fiji in a pulsating Nations Championship battle at Murrayfield.Gregor Townsend's team finished an impressive autumn campaign with a thunderous second-half featuring huge contributions from his bench. Substitutes Pierre Schoeman and Scott Cummings both scored when coming on to the field. Another replacement, Jamie Dobie, scored twice.Fiji had been destroyed by England last weekend but came to Murrayfield with a menace and brilliance that was painfully absent just seven days ago.Jonny Gray might have opened the scoring, but Fiji controlled the scoreboard for the rest of a half during which they played sumptuously. Hooker and captain Tevita Ikanivere, wing Selestino Ravutaumada and number eight Elia Canakaivata all scored in rapid order, the third one coming while openside Lekima Tagitagivalu was in the bin.Scotland scored zero points in those 10 minutes, a return that reflected their pedestrian and predictable showing in that opening half.Everything changed when Gregor Townsend started using his bench, Schoeman and Dobie, both scoring not long after appearing. Dobie added a second late on. Sione Tuipulotu's addition to the fray also helped turn the tide against an increasingly jaded Fiji.All Blacks leave Irish with familiar sinking feelingPublished4 hours agoAll Blacks punish Ireland in dominant Eden Park winPublished6 hours agoScotland had made 14 changes from the side that went so gallantly against South Africaq last week, a team transformed in more ways than one. The fire they showed in Pretoria evaporated in the firs...