Alex Grove insists Scotland can now "beat anyone in the world" after helping them end their 27-year losing streak to Australia.

Worcester centre Grove, who does not turn 22 until a week tomorrow, has enjoyed a dream start to international rugby, with two wins from two matches.

He could play another 200 and not experience one as dramatic as last night's incredible 9-8 victory at Murrayfield.

The game saw Scotland complete one of the greatest rearguard wins in recent Test history to beat the Wallabies for the first time in their latest 17 attempts.

It was also only their second success in 44 matches against one of the Tri-Nations and Grove believes the result proves anything is possible under new head coach Andy Robinson.

"We showed we're capable of beating anyone," said a jubilant Grove. "Australia are a quality side and we made it very difficult for them to come and play here.

"It just shows that, on our day, we can beat anyone in the world."

Scotland were penned in their own half for virtually the entire 80 minutes yesterday and, despite a magnificent defensive effort, their victory owed as much to outrageous fortune as to bloody-minded defiance.

Australia saw two tries disallowed - one after a highly controversial ruling from the video referee - and missed two more tryscoring opportunities before Ryan Cross finally touched down in stoppage-time.

Faced with the match-winning conversion, Matt Giteau - who earlier squandered two penalties and a drop goal - shanked his effort to hand Scotland the most unlikely of wins.

Acknowledging luck had played a part, Grove insisted it arrived as the result of Scotland's hard work, including ensuring Cross did not score under the posts as well as charging down Giteau's last-gasp kick.

"At this level, the tiny little details are so significant," Grove said.

"The fact that they didn't score under the posts could have been the difference between winning and losing.

"The wider they scored, the harder it was for them to get the conversion.

"With the pressure we put on them as well and the noise the crowd were making, it was really quite intimidating for him (Giteau) and he missed it - ideal."

Grove added: "The noise at the end was absolutely deafening, but amazing at the same time.

"When the final whistle went, it's a feeling I've never experienced before on the pitch."

Despite the manner of the victory, Grove claimed he and his team-mates never doubted the outcome, with the triumph coming courtesy of two Phil Godman penalties and a Chris Paterson drop goal.

"There was just a belief, especially at half-time, that we were going to come off the pitch winning," Grove said.

"I know it hadn't been done for 27 years, but you could just see it in people's eyes.

"That kick at the end, I don't know how many of the boys were chasing it, but it felt like all 15 were just after Giteau and obviously did enough to make him miss it."

He added: "There was a belief all the way through this week that we would win this game.

"Every bit of training was targeted towards beating Australia.

"There hasn't been a time this week where I thought we might lose."

Grove described his introduction to Test rugby against Fiji last week as a real step up in intensity but said yesterday's game was "another level".

Once again, the centre gave as good as he got in the tackle and, once again, he was singled out for special praise by Robinson.

After taking time out to enjoy last night's win, Scotland will turn their attention to completing a clean sweep of autumn international wins against Argentina on Saturday.

Grove was already looking further ahead to the next meeting with Australia.

"This should be like an expectation of us now," he said.

"We've got to back it up and make sure it's not a one-off next time we play them."