EDINBURGH, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Scotland held on for a narrow 15-12 win over Australia in the Nations Championship atMurrayfield on Sunday, deepening the gloom for next year's World Cup hosts.
Both sides scored two tries in an attritional and error-ridden battle that featured few moments of quality and a scoreless spell lasting more than 45 minutes.
Matt Fagerson and Jack Dempsey went over for Scotland in the opening 27 minutes and Finn Russell added a conversion for a 12-5 halftime lead.
Russell's penalty stretched the advantage to 15-5 with six minutes remaining, before Max Jorgensen crossed in the final minute and Ben Donaldson converted. Australia had opened their account through winger Harry Potter's first-half try.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Toby Davis)
