All Blacks beat Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield in Nations Championship on 7 November 2026

New Zealand defeated Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield in the Nations Championship on 7 November 2026, overturning a first-half deficit to score seven tries to Scotland's three. Scotland hooker Ewan Ashman recorded a first-half hat-trick, but the All Blacks took control after the interval to secure the win.

Tries: Ashman 3 Cons: Russell 3 Tries: Sititi, De Groot, Taylor, Barrett 2, Moorby, Aumua Cons: McKenzie 4. The match was the 34th Test between the nations; New Zealand recorded their 32nd win in the fixture with two draws dating back to 1905. Only three points separated the teams at half-time despite seven first-half tries.

A New Zealand line-out trick and dummy runners opened the scoring as Wallace Sititi thundered through to score early, and Scotland responded after Kyle Rowe's 50-22 set up a driven line-out that Ashman finished for his first try. Ethan de Groot and Codie Taylor replied for New Zealand inside the opening quarter to put the visitors ahead 17-7.

Peter Lakai was binned for persistent New Zealand offsides and, while he was off, Ashman crossed again to make it two for the hooker with Finn Russell converting. Beauden Barrett then ran in immediately to reduce the deficit, and later Sititi was yellow-carded before Ashman completed his hat-trick from a line-out maul. The match went into the interval with the scores level and the back-to-back yellow cards costing New Zealand 14 points.

The All Blacks dominated the second half, scoring three unanswered tries. Jordie Barrett's skip pass found Josh Moorby for New Zealand's fifth try, which Damian McKenzie converted to make it 29-21, and a subsequent period with Scotland down to 13 men led to Beauden Barrett's second of the day after a move initiated by Quinn Tupaea and McKenzie; McKenzie converted to extend the lead.

Asafo Aumua finished a set-piece move to add New Zealand's seventh try, taking the score to 43-21 and producing a 19-0 swing in the second half. The visitors applied sustained pressure in Scotland's 22, forcing errors and penalties that underpinned the late dominance.

Scotland: Kyle Rowe; Kyle Steyn, Huw Jones, Sione Tuipulotu (capt), Jamie Dobie; Finn Russell, Ben White; Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman, Zander Fagerson, Gregor Brown, Scott Cummings, Matt Fagerson, Rory Darge, Jack Dempsey. Replacements: Gregor Hiddleston, Pierre Schoeman, Will Hurd, Max Williamson, Josh Baylish, George Horne, Tom Jordan, Blair Kinghorn.

New Zealand: Beauden Barrett; Will Jordan, Quinn Tupaea, Jordie Barrett, Josh Moorby; Damian McKenzie, Cam Roigard; Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor (capt), Fletcher Newell, Scott Barrett, Fabian Holland, Tupou Vaa'i, Peter Lakai, Wallace Sititi. Replacements: Asafo Aumua, George Bower, Pasilio Tosi, Christian Lio-Willie, Anton Segner, Cortez Ratima, Timoci Tavatavanawai, Rieko Ioane.

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