Kyle Steyn paid tribute to Ali Value after the Scotland scrum-half marked his fiftieth worldwide cap with an excellent man-of-the-match efficiency in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.
The 28-year-old, who represented the British and Irish Lions final summer time, was concerned in 4 of the Scots’ tries as they defeated Italy 33-22 on Saturday to assert the Cuttitta Cup of their penultimate Guinness Six Nations fixture.
Steyn was delighted to see his Glasgow clubmate excel on such a landmark event for him.
Again within the Recreation – RFU
Again within the Recreation – RFU
“Ali’s unbelievable,” stated Steyn. “It was nice to see, particularly on his fiftieth cap. He’s somebody who wears his coronary heart on his sleeve.
“Everyone knows how a lot taking part in for Scotland means to him. It was nice to see him at his finest – attacking, operating the ball, making line-breaks and creating tries.”
A number of of Scotland’s aptitude gamers got here to the fore on a day after they scored 5 eye-catching tries, and wing Steyn believes it bodes nicely for subsequent weekend’s campaign-concluding journey to Eire.
“The power of our assault was a large constructive,” stated Steyn. “Loads of it got here from turnover and our capacity to shortly transition, which we’re actually happy with.
“We simply wish to take that ahead to Dublin, the place we all know that sport administration and taking part in rugby in the suitable areas of the park goes to be essential early on.
“We’ll again ourselves to take possibilities after they come up, however the largest factor is we have to be able to go there and entrance up.”
Whereas Scotland typically attacked impressively in Rome, they have been undermined by some slack defending which resulted in them conceding three tries, together with two within the closing quarter.
Reflecting on the Italy match general, Steyn stated: “I feel first up, 5 factors away from house within the Six Nations, you’re going to take that any day of the week.
“We knew particularly on defence we weren’t as constant as we wished to be, however I assumed that for many of the sport we managed it fairly nicely and performed rugby the place we wished to play it: of their half.
“We have been dissatisfied we didn’t kick on in that second half and actually make it rely. We weren’t comfortable to complete the match the way in which we did however all the things simply turns to subsequent week now and we all know that defending like that subsequent week isn’t going to be adequate.
“The sport in Dublin goes to be large, and ending on a excessive is the highest precedence for us.”
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