 | MATCH SUMMARY Scotland (24) 66 Tries: Blair 2, Henderson 2, Paterson 2, Di Rollo, Hall, Pinder Cons: Paterson 9 Pens: Paterson Barbarians (12) 19 Tries:Dawson, Hanley, Marsh Cons: Malone 2 |
Scotland set themselves up for their two-Test tour to South Africa with a comfortable victory over the Barbarians at Murrayfield. Chris Paterson emerged as the hero of the nine-try romp, claiming a personal haul of 31 points, including two tries.
The Barbarians gave the Scots an early scare, going ahead through a Kieran Dawson try.
But the Scots quickly regained control with Mikey Blair and Andy Henderson also finishing with two tries each.
The Scots opted to play a mixed early game as they combined handling sequences with kicks into space and their hard work earned them a 24-12 advantage by the break.
They made a spate of changes at the restart, with skipper Jason White among those being given a breather to be replaced as captain by Paterson.
Paterson's first act of the half was to convert Marcus Di Rollo's try and any prospect of a Barbarians fightback was ended when substitute hooker Dougie Hall was driven over by his pack-mates.
Replacement scrum-half Sam Pinder marked his Scotland debut with a try before France centre Tony Marsh powered over for a third try for the Barbarians.
But it was not long before Scotland notched their half-century through Blair and they went on to ease to victory.
Scotland: Southwell, Paterson, Di Rollo, Henderson, Lamont, Parks, Blair, Kerr, Lawson, Smith, Kellock, Murray, White, Brown, Hogg.
Replacements: Hall, Douglas, MacLeod, MacFadyen, Pinder, Ross, Webster.
Barbarians: Hanley, Lloyd, Greenwood, Parker, L. Robinson, Malone, Spice, Tkachuk, Dixon, Davies, Hamilton, Louw, Dawson, Forster, Browne.
Replacements: Azam, Miall, Crompton, Skinstad, Rauluni, Maggs, Monye, Marsh.
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)