Head coach Pete Horne conceded Scotland ‘A’ missed opportunities in the win over Chile, but was pleased they found a way to win having trailed at half-time. 

Scotland trailed 7-5 at the break before a penalty try and Tom Dodd’s score turned the match in the hosts’ favour.  

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Horne’s side held on to win and the coach praised his side.  

“I was really pleased we found a way to win in the end,” Horne said.  

“I thought we defended really well. They didn’t create much. We gave them a couple of soft scores from an intercept and from a hack through off a dropped ball. So I was proud of the way the boys defended. They were game, they put their shots in, they made their tackles. 

“A few little inaccuracies, obviously we’re gutted about. It could have been another three or four tries out there, which is frustrating. 

“It’s a good learning curve. It’s a Test match. It’s meant to test us and did it. Chile were good, so those boys will got a lot from that.” 

After a bright start, Horne sensed frustration from his side as errors crept in and Chile got on top towards the end of the first half. 

“In the first half we were a wee bit inaccurate,” he added.  

“We had a spell where we barely touched the ball for 10 or 15 minutes and you could tell everyone was getting a bit frustrated.  
 
“We managed to wrestle back the momentum. We scored a couple of tries.  

“We probably should have come away with another couple of scores. But I was really pleased.” 

Meanwhile, vice-captain Jamie Dobie - who led the side for the majority of the second half after Stafford McDowall’s early withdrawal – felt Scotland could have shown more control. 

Jamie Dobie in action for Scotland 'A' Jamie Dobie in action for Scotland 'A' (Image: Craig Watson) "A lot of us had experience from playing them in summer in a full test match and looking back at that game we saw the problems they gave us and they brought that for the whole 80 this week.  

“They've had a bit of time together these last few weeks and I know obviously they've been hurting from their result [a defeat to the Netherlands] last week. 

“We expected a tough challenge and that's exactly what we got.” 

Dobie, who spent the majority of the second half filling in at fullback, said Chile’s work at the breakdown slowed frustrated Scotland’s attack.   

“We obviously found it really hard in the first half to break their defence down,” he said.   

"They slowed our breakdowns down a lot and we couldn't really get our shape going, but we knew that the hard work that we put in in that first half would pay and I think we saw that in the second half. 

“We left a few more chances out there that we could have scored.”