Grand'Italia! Italy have stunned the rugby world by scoring 3 tries in the first 6 minutes and defeating former winner Scotland away from home in their Six Nations Rugby clash in Edinburgh on Saturday.

It was the first away win for Italy in its brief Six Nations Rugby history as they dominated the match and entertained 6000 travelling Azzurri fans to win 37-17.  

The amazing victory was their highest score and biggest margin of victory in the championship - eclipsing the 14-point margin from their 34-20 win over Scotland in their first match in the competition in Rome in 2000.

Italy went ahead with a charge-down try by Mauro Bergamasco after 19 seconds, and added two more - both interceptions - in the next five minutes through Andrea Scanavacca and Kaine Roberson. All three were converted by Scanavacca.

Scotland came back into the game with a Rob Dewey try converted by Chris Paterson, who then added a penalty and a converted try to complete his side's scoring but the hosts will rue the many penalty opportunities they declined as they panicked in the face of the shocking early onslaught.

Italy, who had shown their forward strength throughout, added three penalties before sealing their breakthrough win with a forward-assisted try for scrumhalf Alessandro Troncon. Ausitalia/Reuters

In Italian: Grand'Italia: conquistata la Scozia

Gli azzurri vincono 37-17 sul campo della Scozia nella terza giornata del Sei Nazioni. E' il primo successo tricolore in trasferta nella storia della manifestazione.

La Scozia si colora di azzurro: l'Italia vince 37-17 a Murrayfield nella terza giornata del Sei Nazioni e coglie il primo successo esterno della sua storia nella manifestazione. Clamoroso avvio tricolore: Mauro Bergamasco ha realizzato la prima meta dopo appena 20 secondi di gioco; al 4' Scanavacca ha realizzato la seconda e al 7', approfittando di una nuova disattenzione scozzese, ha segnato con Robertson. Chiuso 24-7 il primo tempo, il XV di Berbizier ha tenuto duro resistendo alla rimonta britannica (24-17) e con due calci di Scanavacca ha allungato sul 30-17 prima della meta della staffa di Troncon per il tripudio dei 6000 tifosi italiani presenti.

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