There was a relatively slow start for Scotland but ultimately a strong performance against a spirited Condors side in front of a record crowd for a rugby match in Chile.

Here are some of the stand out stats from Friday evening’s encounter at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos.

On tour

  • Scotland have now scored 25 tries on their tour of North and South America.
  • That means there are just five calendar years in the dark blues’ history in which they have scored more tries than the 37 they have notched so far in 2024 – and they still have five Tests to play.
  • Scottish scoring this summer has been relatively evenly spread. The first quarter of their games have only produced four tries but after that consistency has been the watchword: second quarter – seven tries; third quarter – seven tries; fourth quarter – seven tries.
  • Chile held the lead for 11 minutes. Added to a short three-minute spell against Canada, Scotland have been down on the scoreboard for just 6% of game time on this tour.
  • Kicking success rate is running at 84% with 21 of 25 conversions made. Adam Hastings – 8 of 9; Ben Healy – 7 of 8; and Ross Thompson – 6 of 8.

Match stats

  • Clean breaks by Chile – 0

Scotland didn’t concede a single line break on Saturday evening, meaning that they have only given up two in total across their last 240 minutes of action.

  • Scotland themselves have made 38 line breaks, including 15 in Santiago.
  • 22 entries by Scotland – 17

While it might have taken a late flurry of tries to push the scoreboard heavily in Scotland’s favour, in many respects this was the most dominant performance of the tour so far.

The 22 entry stats were 17-2 in the dark blues’ favour, compared to 13-9 and 9-8 for the Scots against Canada and USA respectively.

  • Tackle breaks by Scotland – 49

In attack, Gregor Townsend’s side are closing in on 100 tackle breaks in the Americas with 49 versus Chile to add to 16 against USA and 32 against Canada.

  • Tackle completion by Scotland – 89%

The Scottish tackle completion rate dropped below 90% for the first time on this tour, however due to the small amount of time spent on defensive duties that equated to just eight tackles missed in total.

The scorers

A quick fire stat (or two) for each of Scotland’s try scorers:

1st – Josh Bayliss

Has scored in three out of his four appearances for Scotland, only missing out during a six-minute cameo versus France last summer. Averages a try every 66 minutes at international level compared to every 559 minutes for his club side, Bath.

2nd and 6th – Kyle Rowe

Made 143 metres with ball in hand - 50m more than the entire Chilean team managed collectively. He has scored 14 tries in 23 appearances this season for club and country.

3rd and 4th – Jamie Dobie

The five tries he has notched in 2023/24 (three for Scotland and two for Glasgow) are more than he scored in his other four seasons as a pro combined.

5th – Matt Currie

He and Kyle Rowe were the only backs selected who were yet to score a Test try – both broke their ducks in this game following on from five other men who had done the same against Canada. Ross Thompson and Ross McCann are the only backs who toured that have yet to bag a try in a full international.

7th – Dylan Richardson

Averages a try for every 57 minutes of game time during his Scotland career. His 24 carries + tackles were again the most for any Scottish player.

8th – Kyle Steyn

With his try coming after he moved out to the wing that means that in the previous 12 months Scotland’s back three players have scored 33 times for the national side in 17 Tests. He has scored or assisted 10 tries in his last 11 games for Glasgow and Scotland.