As I suspected, Contepomi was the difference maker in this one. How he was not penalized at the death for offside on Parks' drop goal attempt is rather quite baffling. That was a clear penalty in front of the sticks and would almost assuredly given the Scots a gritty, well-deserved 2 point victory. Now they have to go to Auckland and beat an in-form England to have any hope of reaching the KO stage.
If I were a Scottish rugby fan I'd be livid right now.
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