Wales v Scotland UK media reaction as dream dies in 'extraordinary' classic but game's quality dwarfed in Paris

Wales ground out a tight 20-17 victory against their Scottish visitors at the Principality Stadium to close the chapter on their Dublin nightmare.

Here's how some of the big-name pundits have reacted in the England and Scotland-based media.

The intensity of the game in Paris put proceedings in Cardiff into their proper context. The game between France and Ireland was a step change in intensity, accuracy, power and quality over what was served up by Wales and Scotland.

Scotland passed up a golden opportunity to finally register a win in Cardiff in an extraordinary match which turned on two moments. The first came after just one minute when Liam Williams put in a seven-point turnover just as it seemed Scotland must score. The second came after the break when Dan Biggar’s penalty came back off the posts, which led to Finn Russell’s sin-binning and the drop-goal which gave Wales a lead which they never surrendered.

Even though Williams’ turnover and their two early penalties changed the dynamic of the game and brought their fans into play, for much of the first half, Scotland were by far the better side and if the visitors had kept up that pace then they would have built up a match-winning lead.

In particular, they showed huge patience for Darcy Graham’s try, with 18 phases, but they also followed that up with a couple of penalties which resulted in them playing with urgency, intensity and accuracy. But the way in which Wales changed the dynamic of the game so that Scotland were forced to play in areas they didn’t want to was fascinating.

Since 2002 there have been plenty of salutary lessons handed out to Scotland in Wales, but few have been more disappointing than this one for Scottish supporters. It’s always the hope that