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Watch: Blair Kinghorn takes place in Scottish history
By Online Editors
Scotland wing Blair Kinghorn helped get his side's Six Nations campaign off to a flying start against Italy on Saturday.
The versatile 22-year-old crossed twice before halftime and made Six Nations history when he picked up his third try of the match in the second half.
Kinghorn scored his first try in the 11th minute after collecting a perfectly placed cross-field kick from Finn Russell. He was in again ten minutes later as the benefactor of a well-worked set-piece move from a scrum that saw Russell loop around before finding fullback Stuart Hogg who drew an extra man and shifted the ball to Kinghorn on the wing.
Kinghorn's third and final try of the night came shortly after halftime as he capitalised on a line break and went straight through the middle of a pair of defenders to extend Scotland's lead to an insurmountable 24-3.
In doing so Kinghorn became the first Scotsman to notch a Six Nations hat-trick as his side cruised to a 33-20 victory over the Azzurri in Murrayfield.
Kinghorn's efforts saw his international try scoring tally double as Scotland won their opening Six Nations match for just the third time.
Scotland will next week face Ireland, who will be desperate to rebound after losing to England at home in a tense opening round battle.
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SH rugby is dying. To win, the teams have had to rely on the incompetence of the refs.
You had a good run, but hopefully world rugby gets better standards for refs and your slide to irrelevance will be quick and justified.
Go to commentsI dont believe Skelton has ever proven himself at test level tho Nick. Yep he played well against a side they scored plenty against but his record v the top sides isnt special. Good quality player but Im not as convinced about him as you seem to be, as you base most of your opinion on his local club stuff not really his test performances. His test record of 30 tests in 10 years explains itself very well. I think he is an honest performer but certainly not a top notch International player.
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