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MapAll Blacks Beat Scotland 43-21 At Murrayfield To Stay Undefeated In Nations Championship
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New Zealand defeated Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield in the Nations Championship. Ashman hat-trick for Scotland; New Zealand scored seven tries.
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All Blacks stay perfect
New Zealand beat Scotland 43-21 at Murrayfield on Saturday in the Nations Championship, with the All Blacks taking a 24-21 halftime lead and then shutting out Scotland in the second half.
Quinn Tupaea said, “Very satisfying win,” after the All Blacks stayed undefeated, and Sione Tuipulotu said, “They picked it up and we couldn't stick with them, its really disappointing,” as Scotland rued near-misses in 2017, 2022 and 2025.
New Zealand scored seven tries to three, with Wallace Sititi scoring early and Ewan Ashman completing a hat-trick for Scotland, while Beauden Barrett became the ninth man all-time to 50 test tries.
New Zealand improved to 4-0 in the race with unbeaten South Africa to represent the southern hemisphere in the Nov. 29 final, and Scotland dropped to 2-2 in the northern standings with Australia coming next.
Tributes and turning points
The All Blacks played with extra determination to honor the death last weekend of Logan Cadwallader, their security chief for 10 years, at the team hotel in Edinburgh. The BBC described Scotland’s first-half hat-trick from Ewan Ashman, but it said New Zealand were “mostly magnificent, unrelenting and classy” as they outclassed Scotland thereafter.
The match swung through discipline and set-piece execution, with New Zealand overcoming two yellow cards to lead 24-21 at halftime and then adding tries through Josh Moorby and Beauden Barrett. The Rugby Champagne account said the All Blacks “remain undefeated in the Nations Championship,” and it placed the decisive late score at 43-21 when Asafo Aumua came off the bench.
Next matches and stakes
The Nations Championship schedule put the next step for New Zealand at Cardiff next Saturday, while Scotland would host Australia after the Murrayfield loss. The lineup announcement said the match at Murrayfield was scheduled for 14:10 Scotland time, which the source converted to 8:10 in central Mexico, 9:10 in Eastern Time (U.S.), and 15:10 in continental Spain, all on Saturday, November 7.
“The match is scheduled for 14:10 Scotland time.”
The BBC live account framed the result as Scotland’s winless run continuing, with the All Blacks scoring 19 unanswered second half points to reach 43-21. The lineup source said the All Blacks would wear black armbands in memory of Logan Cadwallader and that their white jersey would carry a poppy for Armistice Day, while it also said the Nations Championship final would be contested by the leaders of each hemisphere in London.