Fiji 17-33 Scotland: Jamie Dobie scores twice as Scots fight back from 10 points behind to win Nations Championship clash

Jamie Dobie scored a double off the bench as Scotland's replacements made their mark in a 33-17 Nations Championship victory over Fiji.

Fellow replacements Pierre Schoeman and Scott Cummings also grabbed tries as Scotland overturned a 10-point deficit to triumph at Murrayfield.

Gregor Townsend had made 14 changes for Scotland's final summer encounter and Jonny Gray had opened the scoring before Fiji responded with three first-half tries, the final one when they were temporarily down to 14 men.

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But Townsend turned to his bench after the break and Fiji's resistance was broken as Scotland dominated the final half hour to seal the bonus-point win.

Scotland were looking to build on an impressive win in Argentina and a spirited defeat in South Africa as they hosted Fiji in what was technically an away game.

The Scots had some strong early pressure before scoring in the 14th minute. George Horne was halted on the five-metre line just before Gray managed to touch down despite the efforts of two opponents to keep the ball off the ground. Horne converted.

Fiji were ahead within five minutes though, showing their intent to attack when Gregor Brown was penalised for holding on to the ball on the ground. A kick for touch soon led to a try as Tevita Ikanivere crossed from the lineout maul.

Their second try was more typical of Fiji rugby traditions as they broke from deep in their own half before winger Selestino Ravutaumada finished brilliantly, a grubber kick taking him away from Josh Bayliss.

Ravutaumada was shown a yellow card following a head-on-head challenge on Horne but it was the underdogs who added to the scoring before the break. A cross-field kick put Scotland on the back foot and Elia Canakaivata surprised everyone at the breakdown by turning and running for the line through a huge gap before launching himself between the posts.

Fiji converted through Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula to lead 17-7 at the break.

Townsend's side were still lacking creativity in the opening stages of the second half but the substitutions immediately made an impact. Schoeman forced his way over in the 53rd minute after captain Stafford McDowall carried well following a lineout.

Scotland were quickly back on the attack. Duhan van der Merwe and Schoeman were stopped just short of the line before Bayliss got over but saw the ball pop out of his grasp.

With regular skipper Sione Tuipulotu among the experienced players to come off the bench, Scotland found more tempo to their play and Dobie squeezed between the post and a Fijian to ground the ball on the line in the 61st minute, with the try standing after lengthy examination of the footage.

Cummings produced a close-range finish in the 74th minute, with Fergus Burke completing a hat-trick of conversions.

Van der Merwe soon won an aerial ball before feeding Bayliss, who set up Dobie in the corner to round off the scoring.

'We've got players who can make a difference'

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend on his replacements:

"They were very good. I think they obviously lifted the players as well who were on the field. They added in terms of the carrying and the effort, but I felt those guys who went 80 minutes, they dug deep.

"It shows we've got good depth and we made 14 changes this week. We've gone up against a really good Test side who played their best rugby of the campaign.

"It's a team that beat us last year, but also knowing that we've got players that can make a difference on the bench is reassuring.

"Two of the changes were injuries. Jonny Gray had failed his HIA and Darcy (Graham) got a whack in the side and couldn't continue as well. Gregor Brown also, it was more just cramp that he couldn't get over.

"But part of the reason behind the changes at certain times was because of injuries."