A four-try victory over the Argentina Pumas booked the Scotland ‘A’ team a place in the Barclays Churchill Cup final as they posted a 27-24 victory in Kingston, Ontario, today.

Tries from Andrew Turnbull, Rob Dewey, Jim Thomson and Colin Gregor gave the Scots a close-fought but well deserved win over their South American rivals.
 
With a place in the Cup final, a delighted head coach, Rob Moffat, said: “First and foremost it was a good win. I thought we played some good rugby and scored four good tries.”
 
Man of the Match Rob Dewey added: “It was a pretty good performance in the first half, but we let it slip away a bit when Argentina came back into the game. The same happened against Canada so it’s something we’re going to have to rectify for the final.”
 
The Scots put Argentina under pressure right from the whistle, with Rob Dewey producing some of the battering runs that have eluded him in recent months. 

Then in the 16th minute Edinburgh winger Andrew Turnbull shot over the line after an audacious reverse pass from Dewey, much to the delight of the ex-pats and neutrals in the stands. Stand-off David Blair hit the left post with his conversion attempt.
 
Scotland struck again nine minutes later when Dewey powered over the line. The Ulster centre used sheer strength to hold off three defenders and his agility to step the last to dive over. Blair converted.
 
On the half-hour mark, Argentina crept back into the game. A clearance kick from Jim Thompson was returned by the Pumas, the up-and-under was collected inside the 22 and a simple inside pass was enough to show winger Oro the line.  Then, early in the second half, a second try brought the Pumas to within two points of the Scots, meaning changes in personnel were deemed appropriate by head coach Moffat.
 
As Colin Gregor took over scrum-half duties and Gordon Ross returned to the stand-off slot, Scotland settled back into their stride.
 
In an exciting phase of play, Ross changed direction and gave the ball to full-back Steve Jones who hit a gap in midfield. Jones then offloaded to new Edinburgh winger Thompson, who chipped over the head of his opposite man and collected to go over from almost 40 yards out. Ross added the two extra points.
 
Scotland then struggled to break the line and string together a period of clinical passing. Colin Gregor chose to take the game into his own hands and burst out from behind the ruck to dart over the line.
 
In the final ten minutes, Scotland finished as they did against Canada by conceding a soft try. A pile of bodies belonging to the Argentine pack rumbled towards the posts and crumbled over the line for a consolation score.
 
Scotland ‘A’: Steve Jones (Newcastle Falcons); Andrew Turnbull (Edinburgh), Rob Dewey (Ulster), Calum MacRae (Edinburgh), Jim Thompson (Edinburgh); David Blair (Edinburgh), Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh); Ed Kalman (Glasgow Warriors), Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors) CAPTAIN, David Young (Leicester Tigers), Fergus Pringle (Edinburgh), Dan Turner (Glasgow Warriors), Scott Newlands (Edinburgh), Alan MacDonald (Edinburgh), Stevie Swindall (Glasgow Warriors)
Substitutes (all used): Andrew Kelly (Edinburgh), Tommy McGee (Leeds Carnegie), James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors), Jon Dunbar (Leeds Carnegie), Colin Gregor (Glasgow Warriors), Gordon Ross (Saracens), Matt Dey (Edinburgh)