Lasting the loss of an influential Center for Glasgow Warriors in Soone Tuipulotu, Scotland had a cause to thank another, since they finally passed to Italy so that their six -nations campaign had a positive start.
The absence of tuipulotu due to an injury would feel very felt in any alignment and the side of Gregor Towsend could certainly have done with the presence of his captain here, especially during a bamboleo in the average match in which his visitors obtained levels and threatened With achieving another surprise.
Scotland was staggering after a 14 -point advantage was flying and the memories of a similar collapse in Rome last year arose when Italy felt the opportunity to advance and claim a first victory of Murrayfield since 2015.
On the other hand, the Scots survived that period of uncertainty and then scored two attempts, to add the three claimed before the interval, to kill the persistent Italian resistance and get a bonus point of the opening day.
Both attempts of the second half were scored by Huw Jones, half-fashionable half of the 'Huwipulotu' association while packed a hat-trick to fill the void left by their teammate and good friend, Tuipulotu.
The multitude of Murrayfield, who was crossed by the drainer during that spell in the second half when the result suddenly seemed very doubtful, went home happy after seeing Finn Russell and Rory Darge raising the cuttitta cup as fireworks fired To Edimburg's sky.
Hew Jones scored a hat-trick to help Scotland claim victory in his first six-nations match against Italy
Finn Russell was congratulated by Princess Anne before lifting the Cuttitta Cup in Murrayfield
Italy recovered from a 14 -point deficit to cause fear of a collapse of Scotland on Saturday afternoon
However, by reflecting, it will surely also recognize that this was a defective victory of an action that again questioned Scotland to play at full speed during the full 80 minutes.
Being Italy at home was not negotiable if Towsend's team had any possibility of competing for the title, but, having marked that box, Scotland must intensify it again next weekend when Ireland is Murrayfield visitors.
Italy did not raise any really sustained attack threat, but, with Tomasso impeccable the Tee, they were always in dispute until the late Rally of Scotland finally left them speechless.
Ireland will present a tougher task and the Scots must match them if they will finally defeat their nemesis.
Towsend and his players had underlined the importance of a rapid start, both in the game and in the tournament itself, and were up to that promise to land two attempts in the first 10 minutes.
A rotation of Rory Darge and then a registered trademark Duhan Van Der Merwe charged the flank soon took them to the deep of Italian 22. Darge, who made his way, beyond three or four white shirts to reach the line. Finn Russell knocked down the extras.
That seemed to calm the nerves of the crowd from the beginning and soon they were standing again encouraging a second attempt of Scotland. He was derived from the scrum, Jamie Ritchie involved to work the width ball to Van der Merwe, who, similar to one of her scores against England last year, seemed ready to motorize the touch line to score.
Instead, the Edinburgh flyer chose to use his brain instead of simply trusting force. Feeling that he was in danger of being in touch, Van Der Merwe pointed to a pass inside that bounced in Nacho Brex and in the hands of the lurks that accelerated under the posts for a simple score. Russell again added the extras.
A registered brand Duhan van der Merwe (right) loads on the flank soon brought them deeply in Italian 22 during an abrasing opening
Italy was staggering that attack early, but soon stabilized and strengthened in the contest thanks to two excellent penalties from distance.
Both were beaten inside a two-minute spell by Allan, the former Sub-20 Scotland prospect own path.
The tone was now ready for a frantic and high -octane contest, with just that rarity, a blow of Russell after becoming the flesh in an Italian defensive sandwich, preventing Scotland from overcoming the line again.
However, a third attempt was not far away and it was a moment of magic from Cherry that made it possible. If there were eyebrows raised in the 34 -year -old return to the initial alignment for the first time since before the World Cup, then showed here it was not only for their precise darts.
Applashing the ball at the back of a Scotland maul, Cherry released on the blind side and loaded towards the line. When Edinburgh's prostitute stopped shortly, he still had the instinctive brilliance to play a dismissal from the back of the hand to White who met with gratitude to score.
For once, Russell could not become, but Scotland looked back in the control of a convincing contest, although another inject injection began the shirt meant tried to count 3-0.
The indiscipline could not blame indiscipline, with Scotland granting only four penalties in the first half, but Allan made them pay three of those occasions with their laser kicks.
The full support seemed in a mission of keeping Italy in dispute and approached by his side with another Tee tabs after Matt Fagerson was made to endure.
Matt Fagerson de Scotia celebrates after the hosts had their campaign for the perfect beginning
Jones beat three Italians to complete their hat-trick just after the time when Scotland secured the result
That beginning of Worming Scotland was in danger of fading a memory and Murrayfield was almost silent, beyond the pockets of the abundant visiting fans, when Italy accelerated with the simplest attempts.
Russell has been the brilliant light of Scotland during the last decade, but God knows what he was thinking while throwing a lazy pass in the direction of Jones.
Brex had seen his intentions and easily made the intersection before passing 40 yards through the field before finishing with a spectacular flowering between the posts. Allan's conversion tied everything in 19-19, with this game of anyone.
The tension was almost palpable, but was finally broken by a piece of individual brilliance of Darcy Graham. The extreme had not appeared too prominently at the opening time, but felt its moment when the ball spread in its hands from a Scotland scrum.
Instead of running along the line, Graham cut and moved away from the Italian defense before feeding Jones to score. That established the crowd and another attempt by the same man, created by Tom Jordan, got the fifth attempt and made sure of victory.