Former Howe of Fife scrum-half George Horne turns try tally for Scotland’s national rugby team up to 11
Two tries in the space of five minutes for former Howe of Fife scrum-half George Horne during Sunday’s 56-0 victory against Tonga took his tally for the Scottish national rugby team to 11 in 40 appearances.
Those touchdowns, on 69 minutes and 74, after replacing Ben White on 55, were his tenth and 11th for Scotland and they were accompanied by three conversions, taking the 30-year-old’s points total for head coach Gregor Townsend’s side to 67.
Horne’s appearance was his 33rd from the bench since making his international debut in 2018, accompanied by seven starts.
It was his second of a four-match autumn test series at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium concluding with Sunday’s win, having been brought on as a 50th-minute replacement for Darcy Graham during the Scots’ record-breaking opening 85-0 win against the USA at the beginning of the month and scoring a try then too.
The Glasgow Warriors No 9 was also an unused replacement for the hosts’ 33-24 loss to Argentina a week ago on Sunday but missed out all together on their 25-17 defeat to New Zealand eight days before that.
Scotland’s other try-scorers at the weekend were Ewan Ashman at the double, Duhan van der Merwe, George Turner, Max Williamson and ex-Howe flanker Jamie Ritchie, with Fergus Burke, kicking a handful of conversions ahead of Horne’s three.
Ritchie’s 80-minute shift at the weekend was his first of the series, earning the 29-year-old, now at French Top 14 side Perpignan, his 61st cap since making his Scotland debut seven years ago.