The two sides meet again at Murrayfield next Saturday and head coach Vern Cotter will then announce his 31-man Scotland squad for the World Cup, before a final pre-tournament match away to France on 5 September.
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But substitute scrum-half Pyrgos went over against the run of play and Weir added the conversion.
John Hardie, Rory Hughes and Stuart McInally will all get their first taste of global action at the home of Serie A football team Torino.
Instead, it was Allan who nudged Italy in front for the first time with another penalty.
Scotland narrowly lost to Ireland in Dublin last weekend, but only four players retain their place from the game at the Aviva Stadium.
Duncan Weir comes in at outhalf with Matt Scott and the returning Richie Vernon in the centre slots.
Packing down with McInally are Glasgow prop duo Gordon Reid and Mike Cusack while captain Grant Gilchrist is joined by Richie Gray in the second row.
It is nearly 18 months to the day since the Glasgow half-back rescued the Dark Blues from an RBS 6 Nations wooden spoon as he slotted over a crucial kick in Rome to claim a narrow win. The hooker, Davide Giazzon, knocked on from kick-off and Duncan Weir kicked Scotland into an early lead after the much-changed visiting pack won a penalty at the resulting scrum.
“He believes in his skill sets and what he can bring to a Scotland jersey”.
Gonzalo Garcia rather than Allan was on long-range kicking duty for Italy and while his first effort struck the right-hand post, his second, from just inside the Scottish half, sailed over. “But he can play in the World Cup”. “I’m feeling strong, I’m feeling fit – I feel like my rugby has come on a hell of a lot in the past two months, just training in this high-intensity environment”.
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“n”>Scotland replacement scrumhalf Henry Pyrgos scored a late try to seal a 16-12 victory over Italy in a dour World Cup warm-up match in Turin on Saturday. When Scotland finally cleared their lines, thanks to a lovely pick-up off his toes from RIchie Vernon, Weir was afforded another penalty on the right but this one slid wide, leaving the scores level.
