Tandy’s response to heavy opening defeats in opposition to England and France, through which Wales conceded 15 tries and 102 factors, was to make 4 adjustments.
Uncapped Leicester wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb, Scarlets fly-half Sam Costelow , Dragons second-row Ben Carter and Scarlets flanker Taine Plumtree coming in for Ellis Mee, Dan Edwards, Adam Beard and Olly Cracknell.
Wales made stunning begins within the opening two video games however ensured that was not the case on this event.
Plumtree and Hamer-Webb each picked up accidents within the opening two minutes. Hamer-Webb was pressured off briefly with a bloody nostril earlier than Plumtree was completely changed by James Botham due to a shoulder downside.
Wales’ self-discipline was once more poor within the opening exchanges with two comfortable penalties, earlier than Joe Hawkins was despatched to the bunker for a excessive deal with on Scotland flanker Gregor Brown, who had moved from lock to the again row from the victory to interchange the injured Jamie Ritchie.
Wing Josh Adams made a few vital early interventions with a vital deal with on Scotland centre Huw Jones adopted by a significant interception.
Wales rallied with 14 males and after a searing break from scrum-half Tomos Williams, the house facet produced an equivalent profitable faucet penalty transfer to final week when Carre dived over after the preliminary drive from Lake.
Hawkins’ card remained yellow because it was deemed a passive deal with but it surely was nonetheless an eleventh sin-binning in Tandy’s seven video games in cost.
Scotland took benefit of the additional again with a sweeping transfer that was completed by Steyn.
Hawkins returned and his fellow Scarlets centre Eddie James, together with Lake, Carre and flanker Alex Mann, laid the foundations for Adams to cross for his twenty fourth Wales strive.
Costelow, who was beginning his first recreation since July 2025 with Edwards having performed the previous seven video games, transformed from the touchline.
Botham was excellent after his early introduction and a turnover laid the foundations for a Costelow penalty.
Scotland made a few early tactical substitutions as prop Pierre Schoeman and again rower Josh Bayliss got here on for Nathan McBeth and Max Williamson, with Brown reverting to lock.
After one other storming Steyn break, a significant Mann turnover pressured a penalty as Wales led 17-5 at half-time, the primary time the house facet had led underneath Tandy on the interval.
