6N Scotland v England

[sparky]

Scotland 30 England 21 with ten minutes to play.

[MajorRage]

@Billy-Tell said in 6N Scotland v England:

Was wondering who the kiwi with a hint of an English accent is in bbc commentary. It’s Dylan Hartley.

Indeed. He’s quite a good comments man actually

[sparky]

It finished that way.

[sparky]

@MajorRage I think the BBC coverage of the 6 Nations this year has been excellent. It's a shame they only get the Scotland and Wales home games.

[sparky]

England are a bit of an enigma at the minute. They've got some really good players and do some things well, but they switch off at crucial moments in matches and they seem less than the sum of their parts. I'm not sure about Jamie George as Captain and Freddie Steward must be somewhere in that back three.

[sparky]

Four wins in a row in the Calcutta Cup for Gregor Townsend. He'll be targeting a first win for Scotland over the All Blacks next.

[MN5]

@sparky said in 6N Scotland v England:

Four wins in a row in the Calcutta Cup for Gregor Townsend. He'll be targeting a first win for Scotland over the All Blacks next.

Steady on

[MN5]

@MN5 said in 6N Scotland v England:

Scotland by to score 30 and win

FIFM

[MN5]

@MiketheSnow said in 6N Scotland v England:

I feel ill writing it, but I hope England smash Scotland

I’m glad this post aged like it did

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

@sparky said in 6N Scotland v England:

Four wins in a row

England have only won 1 out of the last 7 against Scotland (Sco 5, Eng 1, 1 draw)

[MN5]

Scots won the Grand slam in 1990 then didn’t get another win over England til 2000, next one after that was 2006. England then dominated from 2009 til 2017.

[Nepia]

That first try by England was sublime rugby and the final result was great.

[Catogrande]

Coulda, shoulda even maybe for England but Scotland showing the greater composure and way more clinical when it really mattered. I think England are beginning to find a team but are still somewhat shackled.

[MiketheSnow]

@MN5 said in 6N Scotland v England:

@MiketheSnow said in 6N Scotland v England:

I feel ill writing it, but I hope England smash Scotland

I’m glad this post aged like it did

Huge swing when Russell’s abortion of a kick which went 30 m behind him should have been capitalised upon by England but the bounce and broken field running led to Merwe’s try from a better kick from Russell

[Nevorian]

@sparky said in 6N Scotland v England:

Four wins in a row in the Calcutta Cup for Gregor Townsend. He'll be targeting a first win for Scotland over the All Blacks next.

True. If he isn’t then shouldn’t be in the job

[sparky]

I love this. The Six Nations off the field is Rugby's biggest spectacle. Nothing else comes close. So much passion and history between the countries involved.

[Snowy]

@Catogrande said in 6N Scotland v England:

I think England are beginning to find a team but are still somewhat shackled.

I watched it in a pub in Crawley full of English fans and there was some optimism evident but no one really seemed to think that England was capable of winning. Good crowd though (probably due to beer not rugby).

[nzzp]

@MN5 said in 6N Scotland v England:

Scots won the Grand slam in 1990 then didn’t get another win over England til 2000, next one after that was 2006. England then dominated from 2009 til 2017.

Scotland; still current 5N champions

[Dodge]

I am so so sick of us being shit and physically unable to actually play rugby - passing and catching seems to be beyond most of them.

Saw a tweet from Healey that summed it up for me, with all the time they’ve spent together why do they play like strangers, why is the timing so off? More simply though, why do they look as though they’re concentrating too hard to remember every action of a specific script rather than see a chance and play for it? These guys were presumably the best players at their school, the best players at their clubs, why can’t they pass and catch?!