Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020
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Scotland:15-Stuart Hogg (capt), 14-Sean Maitland, 13-Huw Jones, 12-Sam Johnson, 11-Blair Kinghorn, 10-Adam Hastings, 9-Ali Price; 1-Rory Sutherland, 2-Fraser Brown, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Scott Cummings, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Jamie Ritchie, 7-Hamish Watson, 8-Magnus Bradbury.
Replacements:16-Stuart McInally, 17-Allan Dell, 18-Simon Berghan, 19-Ben Toolis, 20-Nick Haining, 21-George Horne, 22-Rory Hutchinson, 23-Chris Harris.
England:15-George Furbank, 14-Jonny May, 13-Jonathan Joseph, 12-Owen Farrell (capt), 11-Elliot Daly, 10-George Ford, 9-Willi Heinz; 1-Mako Vunipola, 2-Jamie George, 3-Kyle Sinckler, 4-Maro Itoje, 5-George Kruis, 6-Lewis Ludlam, 7-Sam Underhill, 8-Tom Curry
Replacements:16-Tom Dunn, 17-Ellis Genge, 18-Will Stuart, 19-Joe Launchbury, 20-Courtney Lawes, 21-Ben Earl, 22-Ben Youngs, 23-Ollie Devoto.
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Scotland with the early phases. Itoje offside at every single ruck. But he has his cloak of invisibility back. The Saffa ref asks him to move and lets him win the turnover from an offside position.
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Does this ref have eyes?
Elliot Daly clearly in front of the kicker.
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Scott Cummins penalised for not rolling away. Farrell with a penalty into the wind. Drifts away to the delight of the crowd.
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Scotland conceded a third penalty in five minutes. Farrell with his second attempt. Lots of boos. Over.
England 3 Scotland 0. Solid so far from England.
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Scottish hooker with another bad throw. Struggling with wet, windy conditions.
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England kicking too much into the wind.
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Some of the ball handling and catching from both sides has been outstanding considering the filthy conditions.
Pretty even game.
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Adam Hastings looks like a star in the making for Scotland. Very solid.
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3-0 at half time. Turgid stuff.
Really dislike the way Itoje whoops after the opposing team are penalised.
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Scotland with the first penalty of the Second Half 3-3.
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@sparky said in Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020:
Turgid stuff.
Conditions almost gurantee that.
Some good individual play though - that run and kick by Hogg was sublime.
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England could fuck this up
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How fucking thick are the English?
Stop kicking long ffs
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Scotland with most of the territory and possession in the second half.
England have the better line out and scrum though. Think that will be crucial.
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England have made many fewer handling errors, but their kicking options have been dreadful.
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Jesus, that was a shit kick by Elliott Daly.
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Into the last twenty minutes. 3-3
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Neither of these sides know the old Athletic Park matra of not kicking into the wind.
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This is fucking dreadful.
But oh so compelling
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Can't believe that none of the coaches dug up the video of the All Blacks from the first 1996 Bledisloe of a masterclass of how to play Rugby in these sort of conditions.
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@sparky said in Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020:
Neither of these sides know the old Athletic Park matra of not kicking into the wind.
At least the Murrayfield spectators don't have to sit in a Millard Stand
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Another week, another Stuart Hogg horror?
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@sparky said in Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020:
Another week, another Stuart Hogg horror?
No, scrum 5. No try.
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@MiketheSnow said in Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020:
But oh so compelling
Watching Scotland is weirdly addictive, frustrating and compelling - all at the same time
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Big opportunity for England to win the game.
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Please make it a 10-10 draw
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England deserve to be ahead/win but have been pretty underwhelming and tactically naive.
Scotland could easily be ahead - but then again, it is Scotland.
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Try by the excellent Ellis Genge. Converted.
Scotland 3 England 10
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Been impressed with the Ref. Has let the game flow and been consistent.
Wasn't he one of the better ones at RWC2019?
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England forwards off the bench have done the job.
Shot at goal right in front with four minutes to go.
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Farrell nails it.
Scotland 3 England 13. 3 minutes to go.
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Scotland with a penalty straight away.
Hastings. Gets it. Scotland 6 England 13. Two minutes to go.
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Ball out. All over. England win the Calcutta Cup again.
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Dreadful Scottish lineout cost them dear.....
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Sparky's man of the Match was England Hooker, Jamie George, 19 tackles, part of the superior scrum and very good lineout work in tough conditions.
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Eddie Jones gave quite a prickly interview. He really does hate the media!
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020:
@MiketheSnow said in Scotland vs England, Six Nations 2020:
But oh so compelling
Watching Scotland is weirdly addictive, frustrating and compelling - all at the same time
Think the opening stanza said it all - Scotland with all that ball, in great attacking positions, quickly available...and they had absolutely no idea what to do so turfed it up to one off runners, slowly... for ages. So frustrating but keep you watching thinking surely they're gonna do something now...
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What a terrible game. Scotland are dreadful. England going backward under Eddie.
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I can't understand why both teams kicked the ball away repeatedly while playing against the wind. Even at the 79th minute with a 7 pt deficit to make up. That's beyond me.
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