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Sergio Parisse (AFP)
Sergio Parisse (AFP)

Edinburgh - Italian captain Sergio Parisse said his team's dramatic last minute 22-19 victory against Scotland at Murrayfield answered the critics who have questioned the Azzurri's place in the Six Nations championship.

A penalty try with 28 seconds remaining, followed by a conversion by former Scotland under-20 fly half Tommaso Allan, overturned a 19-15 deficit and secured Italy their first win in the Six Nations for almost two years - since a 22-15 success against Ireland in Rome on March 16, 2013.

It was also only Italy's second away win since they joined the championship in 2000 and Parisse was the the sole survivor from their maiden success on the road - a 37-17 triumph against Scotland in Edinburgh in 2007.

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