Leicester Tigers Academy wing Reuben Norville claimed a hat-trick of tries for the touring Scotland Under-19 Development side as they opened their two-Test trip with a five-try win over their Romanian counterparts at the Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest.
After a slow start, the young Scots found their feet and kicked into gear going on to win the game 31-3.
The 18-year-old former Reading Abbey wing Norville was joined among the try-scorers by fellow wing Robbie Nairn and centre George Taylor.
Norville’s tries came through a combination of individual awareness and pace, the first a blistering dash down the touchline; the second a fine, first-phase attack from the training ground, which saw him run a line off lineout ball to race under the posts; and third secured thanks to a cross-field kick from fly-half Ruairi Howarth.
The Scotland team now prepare to face Romania Under-20s at the same venue on Sunday.
Scotland Under-19: 15 James Couper, 14 Reuben Norville, 13 George Taylor, 12 Max McFarlane, 11 Robbie Nairn, 10 Ruairi Howarth, 9 Andrew Manson, 1 Lyall Archer, 2 Jake Kerr, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Andrew Davidson, 5 Callum Hunter-Hill, 6 Fraser Christie, 7 Chris Jollands, 8 Ally Miller (c).
Substitutes: 16 Cameron Fenton on for Kerr (60'), 17 Dan Elkington for Archer (45'), 18 Callum Sheldon for McCallum (45'), 19 Nick Gray for Hunter-Hill (60'), 20 Lewis Wynne for Christie (50'), 21 Matthew Smith for Jollands (50'), 22 Duncan Swanson for Manson (50'), 23 Angus Rennie for McFarlane (50'), 24 Ruaridh Smith for Couper
After a slow start, the young Scots found their feet and kicked into gear going on to win the game 31-3.
The 18-year-old former Reading Abbey wing Norville was joined among the try-scorers by fellow wing Robbie Nairn and centre George Taylor.
Norville’s tries came through a combination of individual awareness and pace, the first a blistering dash down the touchline; the second a fine, first-phase attack from the training ground, which saw him run a line off lineout ball to race under the posts; and third secured thanks to a cross-field kick from fly-half Ruairi Howarth.
The Scotland team now prepare to face Romania Under-20s at the same venue on Sunday.
Scotland Under-19: 15 James Couper, 14 Reuben Norville, 13 George Taylor, 12 Max McFarlane, 11 Robbie Nairn, 10 Ruairi Howarth, 9 Andrew Manson, 1 Lyall Archer, 2 Jake Kerr, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Andrew Davidson, 5 Callum Hunter-Hill, 6 Fraser Christie, 7 Chris Jollands, 8 Ally Miller (c).
Substitutes: 16 Cameron Fenton on for Kerr (60'), 17 Dan Elkington for Archer (45'), 18 Callum Sheldon for McCallum (45'), 19 Nick Gray for Hunter-Hill (60'), 20 Lewis Wynne for Christie (50'), 21 Matthew Smith for Jollands (50'), 22 Duncan Swanson for Manson (50'), 23 Angus Rennie for McFarlane (50'), 24 Ruaridh Smith for Couper
