FULL-TIME: ITALY 10-13 SCOTLAND

80 mins: Mike Blair kicks into touch for Scotland's third and final victory of the 2006 Six Nations.

78 mins: A great kick from Dan Parks keeps Italy camped deep inside their 22.

77 mins: PENALTY Italy 10-13 Scotland
A bone-crushing trademark Jason White tackle on Andrea Lo Cicero forces the Italian to hold onto the ball on the ground. Referee Rolland blows up for the offence and up steps Chris Paterson to kick over the three points from 40 metres out.

72 mins: A mini-break from Parks forces the Italians within five metres from their tryline and Pez clears to the 40m line.

71 mins: Winger Simon Webster comes on for Sean Lamont.

68 mins: A brilliant pick-up from winger Gonzalo Canale on his 22 creates a two-on-one as Sergio Parisse breaks through into space and passes onto Bergamasco, but he knocks on looking for a nearby team-mate 10m from the Scotland line, letting the visitors off the hook.

67 mins: Ali Kellock comes on as a blood replacement for Scott Murray.

66 mins: Parks' passing is making holes in the Italian defence, but Scotland cannot penetrate the space.

61 mins: Scotland coach Frank Hadden brings on Dan Parks for Gordon Ross at fly-half and his first kick finds touch near the Italian 22.

56 mins: PENALTY Italy 10-10
Scotland's front row are penalised for a scrummaging offence, giving Ramiro Pez the opportunity to kick for three points from 40 metres out. His kicks sails straight through the posts and the scores are level once more.

55 mins: A forward pass from Di Rollo stops a promising Scottish backs move, but Hugo Southwell fails to hear referee Rolland's whistle and continues to run the ball over Italy's tryline.

51 mins: A well-worked rolling maul from Italy gains vital metres into Scotland's half. But Sergio Parisse knocks on as his team look to press their advantage.

48 mins: Scotland find themselves inside Italy's 22 after a clever kick from Gordon Ross.

45 mins: Sean Lamont inexplicably pads back a dangerous grubber from Pez to Mike Blair. Blair misses the ball giving Pablo Canavosio the chance to run in the score. But desperate defending from Hugo Southwell forces Canavosio to knock on as he attempts to offload to a team-mate.

42 mins: Neither Mike Blair or Marcus de Rollo claim a high kick from Pez and the ball bounces dangerously on Scotland's 22. But Italy are penalised for offside.

39 mins: DROP-GOAL Italy 7-10 Scotland
Pez's kick lands in touch on the full, handing the attacking initiative back to Scotland. Scotland win the resulting line-out, recycle the ball efficiently and Gordon Ross slots over a simple drop goal in front of the posts as referee Alain Rolland blows his whistle for half-time.

35 mins: Another handling error, this time from captain Jason White, stops another potential Scotland attack. Gavin Kerr is penalised for improper binding from the resulting scrum, giving Pez the opportunity to clear his lines.

33 mins: Pez knocks on from a poor pass from Griffen and Scotland look to press home the advantage. But solid Italian defence forces Scotland to knock on.

28 mins: Good pressure from Mike Blair forces Pez to slice his clearance kick to his 22 line. Scotland camp themselves 10 metres from the Italian line from the resulting line-out, but Hugo Southwell fails to latch onto Ross' clever kick. The Italians clear their lines from the resulting 22-metre drop-out.

26 mins: Ross once again finds touch inside Italy's 22 after an exchange of deep kicks with his opposite number Pez.

23 mins: Super handling skills from loose forwards Ali Hogg and Simon Taylor help Scotland break out of defence with pace. Ross' kick finds touch inside Italy's 22.

21 mins: Mirco Bergamasco's clever chip opens up space in the Scottish defence, but his awkward pass is knocked on by Paul Griffen 15 metres from Scotland's tryline.

18 mins: Chris Paterson scythes through the Italian defence but is brought into touch just two metres from Italy's line. The home side are furious because referee Rolland missed a blatant crossing offence from Hugo Southwell.

16 mins: Referee Alain Rolland penalises Mike Blair for holding on to the ball on the ground, scuppering Scotland's promising attacking position.

15 mins: Italy are penalised for diving in at the ruck on the halfway line. Ross find touch five metres inside Italy's 22m.

13 mins: Pez fails with a drop-goal attempt, but only just.

10 mins: TRY Italy 7-7 Scotland
Scotland win a line-out eight metres from Italy's tryline after a sliced clearing kick from Italy's Paul Griffen, form a rolling maul where the ball finds it way to winger Chris Paterson, who touches down for the score. Paterson converts his own try.

Eight mins: Scotland suffer a huge blow when scrum-half Chris Cusiter, recalled to the starting XV for the first time in the Six Nations, is forced to go off with a shoulder problem. Mike Blair replaces him at nine.

Six mins: TRY Italy 7-0 Scotland
Another clever kick from Pez, this time using his outside boot, inside the Scotland 22 is pounced upon by centre Mirco Bergamasco, who touches down for the first points of the match. Pez kicks over the simple conversion.

Five mins: A clever kick from fly-half Ramiro Pez forces Scotland right back to their tryline.

Three mins: Scotland win the resulting scrum and Ross kicks to the halfway line and safety.

Two mins: Italy charge down Hugo Southwell's clearance on the 22-metre line, but poor handling lets the home team down.

1331: The recalled Gordon Ross kicks off for Scotland which Italy gather and Ramiro Pez kicks to the halfway line for the first line-out of the match.

1325: Both teams line up for the national anthems, with thousands of Scottish fans packed into the compact Stadio Flaminio joining in a rousing rendition of "Flower of Scotland".

Italy: Stoica; Canavosio, Canale, Mi Bergamasco, Nitoglia; Pez, Griffen; Perugini, Ongaro, Castrogiovanni; Dellape, Bortolami (capt); Parisse , Zaffiri, Sole.
Replacements: Festuccia, Lo Cicero, Del Fava, Zanni, Picone, Wakarua, Galon.

Scotland: Southwell; Paterson, Di Rollo, Henderson, S Lamont; Ross, Cusiter; Kerr, Lawson, Douglas; Hines, Murray; White (capt), Taylor, Hogg.
Replacements: Hall, C Smith, Kellock, Petrie, Blair, Parks, Webster.

Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)