Emerging Scotland well beaten by Italy

An 'Emerging Scotland' XV were beaten 24-7 by Italy Under-23 at Hive Stadium on Saturday.

The sides went into half-time level after Marcos Gallorini's try for the visitors cancelled out Ollie Blyth-Lafferty's score for the Scots.

However, Italy took control after the break with tries from Luca Andreani, Marco Scalabrin and Mirko Belloni.

Liam McConnell - who recently made his Edinburgh debut - captained the home side, while Scotland international Ollie Smith made his long-awaited return from injury at full-back.