Test defeat for Campagnaro

By Mark Stevens
10/6/17

Exeter Chiefs centre Michele Campagnaro helped himself to a try, but it was not enough to prevent Scotland from continuing their stranglehold on Six Nations rivals Italy with a 34-13 victory at the Singapore National Stadium on Saturday.

Tries from Ali Price, Tim Visser, Damien Hoyland and a brace from Ross Ford proved too much for Italy, who replied through tries from Campagnaro and Angelo Esposito.

The Scots have now won eight of the nine previous meetings between these sides with that solitary loss only coming by a three-point margin.

Following up their 29-0 trouncing of the Azzurri in the Six Nations in March, the Scots asserted their dominance over the Italians here once again.

It was a convincing performance in Gregor Townsend's first match in charge of the Scottish national team.

"To win is important but obviously as a coach we still have plenty to work on," said Townsend, whose side will now gear up for trips to Australia and Fiji over the next two weeks.

"We came out with a win and that's what we work for but there's room for improvement next week and we are already thinking about how we can get better."