A second-half yellow card to Scotland fly-half Finn Russell proved decisive as the home side edged a tight encounter to ensure they bounced back from their defeat to Ireland in the opening round of fixtures.
Darcy Graham’s first-half try for Scotland was cancelled out by Welsh prop Tomas Francis as the sides entered the break level at 14-14 with the rest of the points coming from the boot of Russell and Wales captain Dan Biggar.
Russell and Biggar traded penalties in the second-half but it was Biggar who made the difference with the winning drop goal seven minutes from time while Scotland were down to 14 men after Russell was sin-binned for a deliberate knock-on.
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13. Chris Harris
Solid as usual in the midfield as Scotland’s defence held up reasonably well under some heavy Welsh pressure. - 6 Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group / SRU
14. Darcy Graham
Finished his try superbly as he got the better of Louis Rees-Zammit in a tussle on the line. - 7 Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group / SRU
15. Stuart Hogg
Unable to find much space to attack, but did his bit in defence as Wales piled on the pressure in the last 20 minutes. - 6 Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group / SRU
16. Replacements
Magnus Bradbury (pictured) had an early introduction for the injured Matt Fagerson and slotted in well. George Turner, Rory Sutherland and Zander Fagerson all appeared early in the second half but Sutherland went off injured. Rory Darge came on for his Scotland debut and there were also appearances for Ben White, Blair Kinghorn and Cameron Redpath. Photo: Craig Williamson - SNS Group / SRU