Poms with a big midfield maul, Scotland gathers a loose ball and they have a lineout inside the Pom 22.
Poms with a big midfield maul, Scotland gathers a loose ball and they have a lineout inside the Pom 22.
Scotty having a proper rumble. Looked a bit lost after a few phases though, they have an easy penalty. 3-0
Scotland rumbling down the right with some great passing, yellow for England. Temu Henry off.
Looks like a pretty harsh call on Temu Henry.
Russell flicks it to Huw Jones on the outside who scores. Roebuck abandoning his post for the inside rush, Russell's flicks beats it. 10-0
Finntastic pass ...
Howzit manne ...cricket done...now for some rugga! Go Scotty!!!
WOWWW!!! What a try!!!
Scotland rampant as Ritchie now over in the corner after a beautiful Scotty attack. 17-0
I dream a dream
Well that's how you take advantage of a yellow card.
Scotty keeps England up and turns them over. First real rumble the Poms have had, Scots up to it.
England got away with playing the ball on the deck...
Pom scrum gets them a penalty, 5m lineout.
Arundell scores.
Come on England!
Poms score.
Ben White scores for Scotland. Looks like we're in for another great game.
Good conversion by Russell. 24-10.
Come on England.
Bit of an insult to the Scots to be descibed as "Mel Gibson's lads" if you ask me. The Scots have a proud history of their own and don't need to be defined by a "B" grade Aussie actor who once played the part of a true Scottish hero.
Please correct to "William Wallace's" bonny lads immediately.
Just kidding . . . but talking of Braveheart, I always remember that brilliant line from Longshanks after he orders the archers to fire . . .
"But sire, we'll hit our own men?"
Longshanks: "Yes, but we'll hit theirs as well."
Gold!
a Taffy supporting the poms ... ekwietniewatnie
shameful
I'm only half Welsh. My ancestry is half Welsh and half 1820 Settlers who were originally from either Yorkshire or Southport.
Whether both yellows for Arundell were warranted or not, it sure spoils what could have been a good game. Can't see a way back for England now.
Had some company show up so only watched with one eye, but Scotland looks well in control of this. I think Temu Henry's first card was harsh, second one will always be a card whether fair or not, if you don't get up for the contest and that costs the contesting guy his legs you are toast.
Scotland should have this in the bag if they can keep their shit together.
England 24-10 down but Ford wants to go for poles. Hope I'm wrong but this looks like damage limitation rather than a desire to win the game.
24-13
24-13. They're probably trying to count out the red card.
Scotty not really using their man advantage so far.
Bit gutless if you ask me, but we'll see how it pans out.
England knock on after a great build up. Pity but much better from England,
England knocks it 5m out after putting together some productive phases.
Get the Saints boys on, Fin Smith and Henry Pollock.
Yes, Borthwick heard me. Pollock ready to come on.
The Bollock ready to come on.
England playing better with 14 than 15.
Thought I was gonna get home and see England in the lead.
Lol what happened!?
What a crap pass from Dingwall!
England getting a man over but Dingwallus couldn't get the pass away.
Oh for goodness sake. Now Ford tries a drop that turns into a try for Scotland. Game over. What a pathetic decision to even go for the drop. Borthwick is such a dickhead.
Haha Ford droppie charged down and Jones scores.
Not England's night I suppose
Scotty started with a bang, Plummie. 17-0 up after no time at all. Ford charged down and Huw Jones sprints away to score. LOL, Townsend looking like a cat with a mug of cream up there.
That drop was never on. Typical Ford moment once he's under the gun.
Does this mean that Scotland are currently better than the ABs haha
Nice turnover Darge.
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They're killing the Bok killers so they may be better than the Boks.
Only now does Pollock get a chance, when the game is over. Still no Fin Smith.
24-10 down and they're still trying to win the game in increments of 3.
Forget this crap, come on Scotland!
Fin Smith on, but at #12. I mean seriously . . .
Go Scotland!!!
Whole England line looked in front of that kick. They knock it. England back to 15.
Poms screwed themselves with the 6-2 bench.
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"Poms screwed themselves with the 6-2 bench."
Aping US without the versatility or depth...
Yep, a scrumhalf and flyhalf as back replacements.
Borthwick is an idiot. You have the choice of Marcus Smith or Fin Smith but you pick George Ford instead.
Look up the word "average" in any self-respecting dictionary and you'll see a photo George Ford.
Nice straight punching by England and then Mitchell forces the offload and the Poms blow it again.
Scrum now with Scotland on a warning.
"a Taffy supporting the poms ... ekwietniewatnie
shameful"
In character though ...GO SCOTTY!!!
They get a good one and clear their line.
The Scots are just hungrier.
Kyle Steyn has been quite superb, what a take that was on the chase.
Pierre Schoeman bring some stability to the Scotty scrum.
France are going to win this year's 6N in a canter.
Yess! Into touch!!
Most of Pomerania seem to favour Ford over Marcus. They only see Marcus' flash and miss his substance.
Scotty with some white line fever bashing for the line, there were gaps had a pass gone.
Gaps left if Scotty can release it. They keep bashing and now they concede the penalty. Pretty unimaginative stuff, somewhere you have to wake up and realize you bashed enough to create space to attack wide.
Marcus Smith and Fin Smith are the two best flyhalves England have had since Jonny Wilkinson. Any sane coach would have a tough choice deciding which of them starts and which sits on the bench, but Borthwick picks a frail little plodder who can kick goals . . . and thinks he can win games against quality sides by kicking for poles when 14 points down and trying to reduce the deficit with stupid drop kicks.
Spin it however you want, Borthwick is a clown.
Freddie boots it away.
Yeah Ford is a front foot wonder. When he's got the wind in his sails he can manage a game quite well, even dominantly, but wait until the wind changes.
The Bollock with a nice turnover after Darcy rumbled into the 22 off the quick tap.
Bollock with a nice carry. Boy's quite strong on the run.
Nice cross Ford, Steward holds on with Roebuck inside him. It's almost like the Poms don't want it.
Game has just fizzled out into a bit of scrappy clappy the last 10 minutes.
Earl held up over the line.
If the Italy pass earlier was forward that pass to Bollock probably was as well.
Earl try stands though, 31-20.
Too little too late. Maybe if they'd shown a bit more courage and ambition earlier in the game?
Well done Scotland. So much for three one-sided 6N games this weekend.
Come on Wales!
Steyn MOTM, well deserved.
31-20 final score. Well done Scotty.
Best match I've seen in a while...the Jocks have heart...well done Scotty!... Aussie Tongan captain nogal...great result.
I am speechless - here the Scots beat with ease the team described by the media and by the Springbok haters as the next great force in World Rugby, The look even worse than Wles.
Congrats, Scotland. Well played. I wonder what Ford was thinking with that drop kick attempt. He wasn’t.
Very poor defence from the Poms. The Bollocks can always enter for best rugby player hairstyle. What a tosser :)
I knew we were going to lose this one but I expected a better performance than that :(
I think some players really need a damned good talking to…….
But I don’t think the first yellow card was warranted
Sorry about the outcome, Becs. I thought ENG will do much better.
They should start by cutting all the Bollocks hair off. That way he’ll be more focused on the game than on keeping his hair styled :)
Thanks, Mpower :)
No, his hair is his superpower….he can’t cut it off ;)
I also thought that yellow was a harsh call, Becs.
Maybe bring the Sladester back, as both Dingwall and Freeman were useless today.
It was, wasn’t it ? No arguments about the second one, but I don’t think he deserved the first.
He might swallow that mouthguard ... treats it like a dummy
Yep the first was bollocks
Cowan-Dickie drops the ball just before the Arundell try. It wasn’t a try.
Don’t make it worse, Mozart !
No Valentines cards and a thrashing by Scotland…..take pity on me guys !
"No Valentines cards ..."
Saffex needs a talking to....hope you had a great day Becs... you're the whole board's Valentine...always remember that...and England will win next time...
:)
Oh Draad, that’s very sweet of you :)
I’m not sure we’re even going to beat Italy at this rate !
"You're the whole board's valentine"
Exactly, Becs :) Happy valentine's day to you.
Oh thank you :)
And to you too
Ou Bob, you're dreaming good dreams of late.
"You're the whole board's valentine"
Damn Draad, bringing the heavy artillery. But of course she is.
England made some big errors that kept them under the gun. That Roebuck charge on Russell with the first try was totally unnecessary. Itoje had Russell comfortably covered but that little fart by Roebuck left the entire wing exposed and lifted the already pumped Scots right from the get-go. Ford's never-on droppie has to take the cake though.
Russell was very good, so calm. "He's like a sloth at a day spa" the commentator opined as he set up the Ben White score.
Pakie let me perhps explain why England lost the match. The have ben hyped up so much by the emdia and rigby experts they reached he stage where they believe they are so good nobdy could speak too highly about them.
That kind of superiority complex is a disaste for any team - even the Soringboks lost 2 tests last year because of that BS - eg against Australia. They could easiy have lost agaainst the Argentinians last eyar because of the same complex. It caused shit and stuipd oerformance and onduct by idiots like Kobe - that give-away try is just sucha n example,
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