John Dalziel’s young side have recorded a famous 15-10 victory over Australia in their opening fixture of the World Rugby U20 Championship.

Jack Maddocks of Australia tackles Tom Galbraith of Scotland during… Jack Maddocks of Australia tackles Tom Galbraith of Scotland during the World Rugby U20 Championship match at the AJ Bell Stadium on June 7, 2016 in Salford, England. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

The game started off in a nervy fashion with lots of loose passes, knock ons and turnovers. Australia showed the bulk of the running and had the edge in the pack, but a yellow card for Wallaby centre Campbell Magnay kept the men in blue in the game.

Sue enough Scotland kept them at bay and scored the first points through Adam Hastings , son of Scottish legend Gavin, on the stroke of 18 minutes.

This score seemed to finally ignited the game and, following a series of good runs, Australia quickly went over for a strong opening try coursey of rampaging lock Izack Rodda.

HALF TIME SCORE: Scotland 3 – 7 Australia

Barely 4 minutes had passed into the second half when Australian centre Campbell Magnay received his 2nd yellow card thanks to a neck roll which, combined with his earlier, resulted in him being red carded. This left Australia down to 14 men for the rest of the game.

Scotland immediately seized on the one man advantage and scored through a bullocking run from Zander Fagerson. The referee initially decided it had been held up, but after some intervention from the video ref he awarded the try. Adam Hastings missed the conversion, but Scotland were back in the lead by a single point.

Any thought of the floodgates opening weren’t to be with Australia showing just how much they were up for it, putting Scotland under huge amounts of pressure and always threatening out wide.

So it wasn’t until the 63rd minute that Scotland added to their lead, this time through a breathtaking solo try from winger Darcy Graham, Scott Macleod’s nephew, who broke the line and outpaced the Wallaby backs to the corner. Adam Hastings duly converted and Scotland led by 15-10.

This was a lead that they would never surrender and, despite huge amounts of Australian pressure in the closing moments, the young Scotland players tackled like their lives depended on it to win the game and cue huge celebrations from the coaches and fans.

FULL TIME SCORE: Scotland 15-10 Australia

Andrew Davidson of Scotland celebrates after his sides victory over… Andrew Davidson of Scotland celebrates after his sides victory over Australia during the World Rugby U20 Championship match at the AJ Bell Stadium on June 7, 2016 in Salford, England. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

[blockquote author=” Zander Fagerson” pull=”normal”]”There’s a massive belief in the squad, and all the boys work really hard to achieve our goals”[/blockquote]

Head Coach John Dalziel Post Match

The win avenges their loss at last year’s World Rugby Championship and sees the Scots go top of Pool B, with England next up in the just 4 days. Having beaten the Auld Enemy in the U20 6 Nations, it’s all to play for.

A huge congratulations to Scotland. Let us know what you thought of the result in the comments below.

Credit: World Rugby, Scottish Rugby