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Scotland (14) 14<\/b><\/p>\n
Tries<\/b>: Gallagher 2 Cons<\/b>: Nelson 2 <\/p>\n
New Zealand (38) 66<\/b><\/p>\n
Tries<\/b>: Palu, Vaipulu, McGregor, King, Sae 2, Du Plessis, Sititi, Turner, Saili Cons<\/b>: Sorensen-McGree 7, King<\/p>\n
Scotland suffered a second successive defeat in the WXV Global Series as New Zealand ran out comfortable winners at Hive Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Black Ferns ran in 10 tries while the Scots struggled to contain the number two ranked team in the world.<\/p>\n
New Zealand took no time at all to exert their dominance, punching holes in the Scottish defence before powerful prop Mo’omo’oga Palu blasted through to score.<\/p>\n
The Black Ferns set a tempo the Scots could just not live with, and another foray into the Scottish 22 resulted in a neat finish from lock Maama Mo’onia Vaipulu for the second try.<\/p>\n
Chloe Rollie picked off an intercept to get Scotland down the pitch and force a penalty, and from the resulting lineout the ball was shipped to Evie Gallagher to crash over.<\/p>\n
The visitors reasserted their authority with tries from Justine McGregor and Elinor-Plum King, but the Scots showed some guts to fashion another close-range try for Gallagher to keep them in the game at 14-24.<\/p>\n
However, their defensive frailties were exposed as Layla Sae and Amy Du Plessis struck with superb tries to effectively end the game as a contest before half-time.<\/p>\n
It bore many of the hallmarks of last weekend’s defeat by Canada, with the Scots conceding immediately any time they looked to have found a way back into the match.<\/p>\n
The visitors put their foot on the gas after the break with substitute Amarante Sititi and Tara Turner going over before Sae added her second try, New Zealand’s ninth.<\/p>\n
To their credit, the Scots kept the Black Ferns scoreless from the 47th minute until the final play when Alena Saili crossed for New Zealand’s 10th try to round off a dominant display.<\/p>\n
Next up for Scotland is Australia back at Hive Stadium next Saturday (16:10) while New Zealand will head south to face England on the same day (15:00).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n