Scotland v Australia
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Australia: 15 Tom Banks, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Tom Wright, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Tate McDermott, 8 Rob Valetini, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Jed Holloway, 5 Cadeyrn Neville, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 David Porecki, 1 James Slipper (c)
Replacements: 16 Folau Fainga’a, 17 Matt Gibbon, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Ned Hanigan, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Nic White, 22 Noah Lolesio, 23 Jock CampbellDate: Saturday, October 29
Venue:Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England), Christophe Ridley (England)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (England) -
Scotland:
15 Ollie Smith, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Ali Price, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 WP Nel, 19 Glen Young, 20 Jack Dempsey, 21 George Horne, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Damien Hoyland -
Australia by 6-10
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Scotland with the recent history is a massive advantage but they are missing Russell, Hogg and the Grays and there’s obviously the danger of complacency with the more serious and tougher games coming up.
For that reason I can’t see them winning by anything by more than 30.
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isn't it 5 weeks since any australian player had a game of rugby?
that's a fair spell
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@mariner4life said in Scotland v Australia:
isn't it 5 weeks since any australian player had a game of rugby?
that's a fair spell
It’s only Scotland
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@mariner4life said in Scotland v Australia:
isn't it 5 weeks since any australian player had a game of rugby?
that's a fair spell
Not strictly true - a handful were involved in the Australian A tour of Japan.
Hanigan, Frost, Jock Campbell, Gibbon, Neville.
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@mariner4life said in Scotland v Australia:
isn't it 5 weeks since any australian player had a game of rugby?
that's a fair spell
Isn't that were they all get injuries?
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Great match so far
Pearce and team have missed a couple of banana lineouts from the Scots
But both sides looking to throw the ball around
Australia wasted three early chances/ great jackling from the Scots
Then great try from slick backline work
Pen back to Oz
Scotland 5-3 Australia
18mins gone -
Pearce is finally officiating the Scots offside at the ruck
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Scotland butcher a try in the corner
Quick tap
Held up after 10 phases
Scotland passed up two kicks at goal
Could regret that
Scotland 5-3 Australia
29 mins gone -
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
It’s Schoeman -
Can't make up my mind if McDermott is having a 'mare or his forwards are shit.
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Huge pressure from Australia but wasteful of possession
6 forays into Scotland 22, just 3 points scored
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Smarter Australian play will see them win this comfortably
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Scotland pinged for lying offside
Scotland 5-6 Australia
Halftime -
Good first half
Solid test match
