They came, they conquered, they scored 50! UKAF's 10-try demolition of Scotland A

The men's UK Armed Forces rugby league team scored 50 points in a hefty 50-20 victory over Scotland A.

The military side scored five tries in each half as they reached a hefty half-century at the Royal High School in Edinburgh. 

UKAF halfback Sekove Sereki led the way by touching down inside the first three minutes, thanks to a brilliantly placed kick from Finley Curtis. 

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The number 7 went on to kick five successful conversions, adding a further 10 points to the combined service side’s tally. 

Inspirational captain John "JD" Davetanivalu followed up in the seventh minute, putting UKAF 10 points clear, with no reply. 

Seemingly blown away by UKAF’s power and pace in the first quarter, Scotland A finally joined the party, a try from Simon Raivou converted by Jason Lee, and the score was 6-10. 

Iliaseri Qoro and Vilive Kenatale then added to UKAF’s lead with Davetanivalu claiming his brace of tries just before the break. 

At half time Scotland A were trailing 6 points to 24. UKAF had new kit provided for this match, and the men in immaculate white started the second forty as they did the first - strong. 

Callum Baccanon, Josh Morrison and Ashley Kavanagh powered over for tries number six, seven and eight to take the lead to 6-40. 

Scotland A, who’d struggled to get going in the first half, came good in the second.

Showing some fight to stage a mini comeback, Oli Shakeshaft danced his way over in the 69th minute soon followed by Scotland’s player of the match, Roserutabua Tawanayavulalu. 

Kalivati Gonerogo got one back for UKAF before the dark blues scored again through Raivou. The home side racked up a healthy 20 points on the board, but UKAF kept their heads up and sealed the win with the final try and conversion. 

Amazing hands from Jimmy Adams saw Finley Curtis cross the whitewash as the clock went red. Sereki had the final say of the game, taking UKAF to that all-important 50 mark. 

After the match, UKAF skipper Corporal John Davetanivalu said how proud he was of his players, considering they’re a relatively new team that had had only four days together to gel. 

Asked how they cope with the more challenging patches of play, he said: "We get excited, we’re like lost little boys. When we do get excited, we kind of go off script and we don’t trust the process that we’ve been getting used to throughout the week.

"So behind the sticks, bounce will come across and I’m like 'just take a breath, you know, let’s go back down to what we know, the structure that we play'. It’s just about trying to get that heart rate back down and just know that our game will win us the game." 

On Remembrance, JD added: "We're not just playing for each other, we’re playing for the jersey and what it means, the soldiers past and present.

"There’s a brotherhood within the team, but we look further ahead, Army-wide and all three services, and we kind of play with that in mind."