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04-Feb-2018<br />

Chris Harris' first Scotland start ends in defeat to Wales in NatWest 6 Nations opener<br />

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Snippet Chris Harris' first Scotland start ended in disappointing fashion as Wales beat the Scots 34-<br />

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Former Carlisle Rugby Club player Harris was replaced by Peter Horne after 54 minutes of<br />

the NatWest 6 Nations opener.<br />

The Carlisle-born Newcastle Falcons centre, who qualifies to play for the country through<br />

his grandmother, earned his second Scotland cap yesterday afternoon having made his<br />

international debut in their 44-38 win over Samoa in November.<br />

Scotland hooker Stuart McInally said: "We spoke so much during the week about coming<br />

down [to Cardiff] and winning.<br />

"It's a bitter pill to swallow. A lot of the points they scored were our doing, our errors, so<br />

that's something we need to look at ourselves - how do we get better on that front.<br />

"It was 14-0 after 14 minutes - something like that - but the tries they got were two errors<br />

from us.<br />

"They didn't have to work too hard for them. They got an intercept where we just set up our<br />

carrier really wide, and then [Gareth] Davies picked that off."<br />

France, who lost their opening match 15-13 to Ireland, will be Scotland's next 6 Nations<br />

opponents at Murrayfield on Sunday.

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