Calamitaly Corner - Five Matches That Went Horribly Wrong

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24 January, 1998 Stadio Comunale, Treviso Italy 25 Scotland 21

Scotland may have done more than any other side to hasten Italy's entry into the Six Nations Championship with this lame capitulation in Treviso. The Italians, who had also beaten Ireland a few weeks earlier, were worth far more than a fourpoint margin of victory after dominating all but the first few minutes of the game.

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Calamitaly Corner - Five Matches That Went Horribly Wrong

Scotland did score first, Rowen Shepherd charging down an Italian kick near his own 22 before racing off to collect a try at the other end of the pitch, but the Scots were under the cosh from that point on. Even after A...

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