Scotland v England - match thread

LuckyGent88

Harsh enough on cole. Tight call but Gray was still involved in the tackle

connemara man

Englands indiscipline will cost them.

CMOTDibbler

Bit of tempo from Scotland here

vienne86

Thought Farrell should slot that. England are making heavy weather of this.

sydthebeat

Scotland's disruption at the rucks had been excellent, England getting no quick ball.

vienne86

Good try, in fairness.

Fireball07

Nice from Mako.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

All the kickers today are having a bad day.

A-Train

England well worth their lead, taking their chances when they come, Scotland same old story, doing nothing with loads of possession!

vienne86

Scotland working very hard for no reward.

sydthebeat

Hate that law, no much more he could have done.

Pudsy33

Same ****, different year from Scotland. Useless.

vienne86

How did England not score there?

Fireball07

A better kick from Russell could have seen a potential try.

sydthebeat

Two 7s on now for Scotland v 2 6's for England

Interesting

Two kiwi sevens as well

MJohnston

England up to their usual scrum tricks by the look of that one

cameramonkey

Scotland really are poor, mistake after mistake, cant even secure their own lineout.

AdamD

Maitland is dreadful

Bazzo

Some of the English tacklers are taking their sweet time rolling away. Lucky not to get penalised really.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Really silly mistakes at crucial moments costing Scotland dearly.

vienne86

Match has become very scrappy.

LuckyGent88

If Scotland are going to break the English defence, it will more than likely come through Hogg.
Has been very lovely in this game.

vienne86

At last someone slots a decent kick this afternoon!

MJohnston

Happy enough to have Laidlaw as my fantasy 9

LuckyGent88

vienne86 wrote: »

At last someone slots a decent kick this afternoon!

Was the one the French got to ultimately win the game not a decent kick??

Absolute belter of a kick that was.

vienne86

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Was the one the French got to ultimately win the game not a decent kick??

Absolute belter of a kick that was.

You're right - it was great. A lot of kicks missed though.

ElusiveHaggis

If Scotland are winning, they always screw it up at the last moment. If they're losing, well they're losing. Years of hair-wrenching experience...What happened to the days of Gavin Hastings and so on....we were a good team in the day!

vienne86

That was idiotic of Farrell to shove Laidlaw.

LuckyGent88

Hahaha, delighted against that twat.

Dave_The_Sheep

And there's Farrell's moment of general nastiness that we usually get at least once per game.

TeoReid

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

And there's Farrell's moment of general nastiness that we usually get at least once per game.

Followed up with Grumpy Brown being himself

vienne86

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

And there's Farrell's moment of general nastiness that we usually get at least once per game.

Did he really expect to get away with that?

CMOTDibbler

ElusiveHaggis wrote: »

If Scotland are winning, they always screw it up at the last moment. If they're losing, well they're losing. Years of hair-wrenching experience...What happened to the days of Gavin Hastings and so on....we were a good team in the day!

Really lack ball carrying in the pack. Without that and against a very good England defence you're expecting a clean break from a back which would be rare as hen's teeth really.

Dave_The_Sheep

vienne86 wrote: »

Did he really expect to get away with that?

From his face, I think he hoped to yeah. I don't know what goes through his head... mind you, it's always short of being a yellow, so he keeps getting away with it. Maybe it's all completely calculated to wind people up.

TeoReid

That sums up Scotland

vienne86

Scotland have to work so hard for every yard they make. They need to be smarter.

LuckyGent88

All huff and puff but once again Scotland were never really going to break the defensive line.

vienne86

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

All huff and puff but once again Scotland were never really going to break the defensive line.

It'll be interesting to see how Ireland cope with them.

vienne86

So this is England under their new coach. Looks a bit like the old England to me.

ElusiveHaggis

Bollocks, but no surprise...Scotland were always on the defense.

CMOTDibbler

vienne86 wrote: »

It'll be interesting to see how Ireland cope with them.

At least we have some ball carriers and should be able to get some momentum. Scotland couldn't break the England defence because they were getting their ball slowed down and were always facing a set defence. The only time they made headway was when they made a half break and could recycle quickly.

England's defence won that for them.

stephen_n

vienne86 wrote: »

So this is England under their new coach. Looks a bit like the old England to me.

In fairness he's had them for what, two weeks?

keith16

Really pathetic stuff from England. Farrell was an absolute disgrace giving that penalty away with around 10 mins left. They'll be scratching their heads at once again at the end of the tournament wondering about points difference.

LuckyGent88

England the deserved winners really. Not much in it but England just more clinical in attack.

Have the ball carrier of vinipolo in back row and he was immense really.

Same as per usual from Scotland though. Lots of effort but going knowhere.

thomond2006

Same as always from Scotland. The annual 'dark horse' prove to be unfortunately inept.

ElusiveHaggis

Can I just sum it up....

*sigh* again...

keith16

thomond2006 wrote: »

Same as always from Scotland. The annual 'dark horse' prove to be unfortunately inept.

A bit like Ireland in that respect. Except every 4 years at the world cup.

aimee1

thomond2006 wrote: »

Same as always from Scotland. The annual 'dark horse' prove to be unfortunately inept.

think it shows the huge gulf between the pro12 and international rugby.

Bazzo

aimee1 wrote: »

think it shows the huge gulf between the pro12 and international rugby.

I don't think people were basing anything off the pro 12. They were by far the closest of any northern hemisphere team to making the semis in the world cup, and that was against Australia.

LorMal

ElusiveHaggis wrote: »

Bollocks, but no surprise...Scotland were always on the defense.

Just out of interest, I was in a pub watching the match and EVERYONE was shouting for Scotland - or more so, against England.
Why?
(Personally I think England are the better team and easily deserved to win the match)