The frustrations of certain Scotland coaches appeared to boil over after their late defeat to Italy on Saturday afternoon . A picture from the Telegraph shows how a reinforced glass door in the Scotland coaches ' booth at Murrayfield was smashed during the late 19-22 defeat to Italy . It is not known whether it was head coach Vern Cotter who smashed the door , which can only be accessed by coaching staff or the media , or one of his assistants . A reinforced glass door in the Scotland coaches ' booth at Murrayfield was smashed following the defeat . A team spokesman failed to deny that a member of the coaching team had caused the damage after Scotland had given them numerous reasons to get angry . Cotter concedes his 'message ' is not getting through to his players after watching them crash to their third RBS 6 Nations defeat on the spin . The Dark Blues ' faces were left matching their crimson red change strip as they threw away victory against Italy with a late collapse - leaving them near certainties to take home the Wooden Spoon . Having struggled to deal with the Azzurri 's driving mauls and referee George Clancy 's pedantic meddling at the scrum , the Scots found themselves a man light as debutant lock Ben Toolis was sin-binned two minutes from time . Alberto De Marchi celebrates after beating Scotland during the RBS Six Nations match at Murrayfield stadium . And the visitors to Murrayfield clinched a 22-19 victory when Clancy 's patience finally ran out as he awarded a penalty try after Scotland resorted to another infringement just inches from their own goal-line in a desperate bid to halt Italy 's last-gasp surge . It was the 14th foul committed by Cotter 's men and came after penalty-littered defeats to France and Wales . The Kiwi had warned Scotland to be on their best behaviour but after falling to the Italians for the seventh time in 15 years , he said : ' I 'm obviously not getting the message across . Matt Scott reacts at full time in the Six Nations rugby union match between Scotland and Italy . A downbeat Sean Lamont sits on the Murrayfield Stadium grass following the defeat to Italy on Saturday . 'That 's one of those things that has been spoken about and it needs to be taken on board . ' I still think there is a lot of growth in this side . Things have gone forward . 'We just need to address a couple of simple things which will help us change and control outcomes better . ' But Cotter also admitted he will have to take his share of the blame . Asked if he regretted replacing skipper Greig Laidlaw with five minutes to go just as the Italians were turning the screw , he said : 'Not just that . I 'm responsible for the defeat so I will be having a good look at myself and how we can move forward . ' Samuela Vunisa celebrates on the pitch after the Six Nations rugby match between Scotland and Italy .
A reinforced glass door in the Scotland coaches ' booth was smashed . The doors were not damaged but a small hole had been made by an object that may have hit them as they opened and closed, according to police spokesman Superintendent Paul Hudson.