SCOTLAND bounced back from their Calcutta Cup disappointment to send sorry Wales to their 16th defeat on the spin.
The loss to England two weeks earlier ended any chance of Gregor Townsend’s men winning this year’s Six Nations.
And they will be wondering what might have been after running in five tries to claim a bonus-point victory – and the Doddie Weir Cup with it.
Blair Kinghorn and Tom Jordan bagged a brace each with Darcy Graham marking his comeback from injury with a first-half score.
Finn Russell also put his Twickenham nightmare behind him as he successfully kicked all five conversion efforts.
Wales rallied late on to make it more respectable on the scoreboard by landing three second-half tries to add to the one they scored before the break.
And they could have won it had Taulupe Faletau not had a late try ruled out towards the end.
Scotland were relieved to see that call go their way.
And they head to Paris now to meet in-form France knowing that – had they beaten England – it would have been a championship decider.
Wales jumped out to a brilliant start when Gareth Anscombe knocked over a penalty.
But Scotland roared back with a brilliant try just a few minutes later.
The home side had to be patient after 13 phases of attack were stopped by the Welsh.
But Russell was the man to get them going, spinning a pass wide to the returning Graham.
The winger drew the tackle and fed Kinghorn who skipped past Anscombe before sliding in at the corner for a stunning try.
Russell – from an almost identical position to the one he missed late on at Twickenham – nailed the extras.
Scotland were up and running and eager to attack at every opportunity.
And it wasn’t long before they were adding to their lead with another terrific team try.
Jordan set them off with a pass inside to Duhan van der Merwe who found Huw Jones.
The centre burst down the line before slipping the ball to Jordan who went in under the posts for his first try in Scotland colours.
Wales were lucky not to be reduced temporarily to 14 men.
Ben Thomas ran into Duhan van der Merwe and then seemed to claw his fingers into the Scotland man’s face.
The TMO asked ref Andrea Piardi to have another look at it – but the Italian felt the incident didn’t merit a card.
Wales heaved a sigh of relief and were soon celebrating a try of their own.
It stemmed from a piece of genius from Anscombe, the fly-half clipping a pass over the top.
And full-back Blair Murray was onto it first to dot down.
Scotland took that on the chin and were soon back on the front foot to plunder a third try.
Ben White got them going with a great burst through the middle.
The ball was worked wide where Russell threw a brilliant dummy to delay a pass to Graham who sped over for his 30th Scotland try.
Wales were starting to lose their shape and did finally get a player sent to the bin.
It was daft from Will-Grifff John who stuck out a leg to try to stop White and was shown a yellow card.
It was all going wrong for the visitors at this point and they soon gifted Scotland a fourth try to wrap up the bonus point before the break.
Murray’s risky pass was bobbled by Thomas, and Jordan could scarcely believe his luck as he gathered up the loose ball for his second try.
Russell had his eye in as he made another successful kick to give Scotland a 20-point half-time lead.
Wales almost shocked Scotland with a stunning second-half comeback in this fixture a year ago.
But Toony’s troops initially showed no sign of letting up this time as they bagged a fifth try.
The maul was held up as they tried to drive for the line but the ball was quickly recycled.
And Russell worked it wide to Kinghorn who burst over for his second score of the game.
The game went into a bit of a lull but Wales to their credit didn’t wave the white flag.
And their persistence was rewarded when Thomas finished off a good move by powering over the line.
Scotland looked to have switched off and they coughed up a third try when Teddy Williams stretched for the line – reducing the gap to just two scores.
Faletau looked to have landed Wales a bonus point only for the TMO to rule it out for Murray leaping a tackle earlier in the move.
But Wales did go on to claim two bonus points when Max Llewellyn powered over with the clock in the red as Scotland ended the game with a whimper.
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