Michael Cantillon
Sports Journalist
Nations Championship - Scotland 21-43 New Zealand: All Blacks power on to leave hosts well short of history at Murrayfield
Wallace Sititi, Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Beauden Barrett (two), Josh Moorby, Asafo Aumua score as New Zealand's All Blacks surge on in second half to comprehensively beat Scotland at Murrayfield in Nations Championship; Scots fail to score four tries, meaning they earn no bonus point
Last Updated: 07/11/26 4:07pm
Scotland remain winless against New Zealand in 121 years of contests as the All Blacks proved too strong to record a 43-21 Nations Championship victory at Murrayfield.
The All Blacks scored seven tries in the Scottish capital through No 8 Wallace Sititi, loosehead Ethan de Groot, hooker Codie Taylor, full-back Beauden Barrett (two), wing Josh Moorby and replacement hooker Asafo Aumua, and despite sin-binings to back-rows Peter Lakai and Sititi, demonstrated their lethal ability in attack.
Scotland battled from 10 points behind to narrow to within three by the break after a madcap opening 40 minutes which saw hooker Ewan Ashman score a hat-trick, but New Zealand emerged to dominate the second half.
Scotland 21-43 New Zealand - Score summary
Scotland - Tries: Ashman (8,26,38). Cons: Russell (9, 27, 39).
New Zealand - Tries: Sititi (4), de Groot (16), Lakai (20), B Barrett (31,51), Moorby (49), Aumua (68). Cons: McKenzie (17,32,52,69).
The net result means Gregor Townsend's side remain searching for a first success over the All Blacks, with Scotland's winless run against New Zealand now at 34 Tests.
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What's next?
For Scotland, they next face Australia in their second Nations Championship Test of the autumn at Murrayfield on Sunday November 15 (3.10pm kick-off).
Scotland's Nations Championship fixtures and results
| Argentina 38-47 Scotland | July 4 |
| South Africa 42-28 Scotland | July 11 |
| Fiji 17-33 Scotland | July 18 |
| Scotland 21-43 New Zealand | November 7 |
| Scotland vs Australia | Sunday, November 15 (3.10pm) |
| Scotland vs Japan | Saturday, November 21 (2.10pm) |
New Zealand travel to face Wales in Cardiff for their next Test, on Saturday November 14 (2.10pm kick-off).
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