That left the fly-half with a tricky conversion to spare the Wallabies' blushes but not for the first time the ball drifted to the left of the posts as the delirious Murrayfield crowd threatened to lift the roof off the stadium.

BBC: Scotland 9-8 Australia

Gatland's side began the tournament with a 26-19 defeat by England at the Millennium Stadium and bounced back with the triumph at Murrayfield.

BBC: Jonathan Davies injury forces James Hook centre switch

Ceri Sweeney started at fly-half in their 21-12 loss at Murrayfield ahead of Norton-Knight while Dai Flanagan, the other recognised fly-half at the Cardiff City Stadium, was on the replacements bench.

BBC: Cardiff Blues not blaming Sam Norton-Knight