Scots sneak past Canada

A controversial late penalty gave Scotland a narrow 19-17 victory over Canada on Saturday.

Leading 17-16 with five minutes to go the Canadians had a penalty overturned after a TMO decision and Greig Laidlaw helped Scotland make away with the win.

Canada finished the match with 14 men after flanker Jebb Sinclair saw red for leading with the elbow into a tackle.

Scotland will move on to Argentina for a one-off Test next week, before flying to South Africa to face the Springboks.

Canada – Try: Jeff Hassler. Penalties: James Pritchard (4).
Scotland – Try: Grant Gilchrist. Conversion: Greig Laidlaw. Penalties: Laidlaw (4).

Canada – 15 James Pritchard, 14 Jeff Hassler, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Nick Blevins, 11 Taylor Paris, 10 Harry Jones, 9 Phil Mack, 8 Tyler Ardron, 7 John Moonlight, 6 Jebb Sinclair, 5 Jamie Cudmore, 4 Tyler Hotson, 3 Jason Marshall, 2 Aaron Carpenter, 1 Hubert Buydens.
Subs: 16 Ray Barkwill, 17 Andrew Tiedemann, 18 Jake Ilnicki, 19 Kyle Gilmour, 20 Jon Phelan, 21 Gordon McRorie, 22 Connor Braid, 23 DTH van der Merwe.

Scotland – 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Peter Horne, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown, 6 Al Strokosch, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Moray Low, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Gordon Reid.
Subs: 16 Kevin Bryce, 17 Alex Allan, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Kieran Low, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Max Evans.

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