Australia's rugby team suffered a disappointing 27-13 loss to Scotland, ending their hopes of a Grand Slam. The Scots dominated the match, shutting down Australia's attack and capitalizing on multiple Wallabies errors.
A fired-up Junior Wallaby proved the heartbreaker and brought Australia’s dreams of a grand slam crashing to the ground at Murrayfield in a 27-13 loss to Scotland . Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu , who grew up in Melbourne, scored a try and was outstanding in a dominant performance from the home side in Edinburgh, who shut down the prolific try-scoring potency of the Wallabies and ran up a score late against the tiring visitors.
The defeat means the Wallabies side of 1984 will remain the only side to have completed the Grand Slam, from 11 attempts.To add injury to insult, star recruit Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii came off with a wrist injury after 30 minutes after coming off worse for wear in a big tackle on Tuipulotu. Parts of the Wallabies’ game that had proved so effective in the Wallabies’ wins over Wales and England evaporated against the fast and physical Scots. After scoring 12 tries in the first two weekends, Australia were held to one try for the game - and it was a consolation one at that. The Wallabies put themselves under pressure all game with poor discipline, giving away 14 penalties, and they missed 34 tackles against a fast-and-accurate Scotland attack. The rolling maul was also shut down by Scotland, who repeatedly turned the Wallabies away when attacking the line. The game was still in contest with the Wallabies trailing 13-6 at 50 minutes, but Scotland dominated the final half-hour, running in three tries.Debutant winger Harry Potter scored a consolation try in the 74th minute, to ensure they weren’t kept scoreless.Tuipulotu was in the middle of everything and so too was his Scotland-born grandmother, who had been flown over from Australia as a surprise and was met with cheers when repeatedly shown on the big screen at the stadium.The Australian side had all the ball early and immediately turned to their rolling maul to try and pick up where it left off last week in Cardif
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