DOUBLE DOWN LADS

Toony’s boys pull off ‘ugly’ win in Cardiff to keep Triple Crown in view after 75-minute waiting game

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YOU wait 99 years... what's another 75 minutes?

Scotland stayed on course for a first Triple Crown since 1990 with a pulsating comeback in Cardiff.

Swap out pulsating for punishing for much of it, mind you, after Wales led for 75 minutes and were 20-5 up at the start of the second half.

Not that the Six Nations table with Scotland at its summit cares for that.

Riding the high of a Calcutta Cup canter, Scotland fought back with tries from Kyle Steyn, Finn Russell, Darcy Graham and George Turner as Russell added three conversions.

Rhys Carre and Josh Adams plus seven points from the boot of Sam Costelow gave Steve Tandy’s Wales a 17-5 interval lead.

Costelow plus Jarrod Evans landed second-half penalties and yet it was more misery for the home fans with a 14th straight Six Nations defeat.

This was Scotland’s fourth consecutive victory over Wales, their best run since winning five in a row between 1923 and 1927.

And so, however Frances trip to Edinburgh in a fortnight works out, Gregor Townsend's boys will head to Dublin on the final weekend of Championship action with the Triple Crown on the line.