Lots of French talent on display and some excellent backline structure from essentially a B team.
Lots of French talent on display and some excellent backline structure from essentially a B team.
Darn, I missed it!!!
Duhan having another great game…..my vote for our biggest loss to another country.
And Schoeman powers over breaking tackles….worth a free round at Turnberry.
Scotland score again with a man down, after the brilliant Kinghorn try was disallowed. Great fun!
Great win by the Scots, they really showed heart playing with one man down!!
Damn ….I was already resigned to another heartbreaking Scottish loss….haha! You can’t count on anything these days! Best game in ages!
Scotland are one of those sides who often don't close good performances like Argentina, but they have immense strike power and are a professional outfit. Not considering who shows up for the world cup, it has to be said that the top NH sides look far more polished.
I really hope they do well this world cup...must have some Scott's blood in me...love the pipes!
FREEDOM!!!
sorry Becs
It would be something if the Boks lost to Scotland and Ireland. That'd be a humbling of note! It's not impossible. We have them first up. They gave us a bit of trouble in 1999, halving their conceded points of the previous encounter. Right now, they are a more complete side.
Well done Scotland! Boks better tread lightly and not underestimate the Scotties….they are playing with confidence and self belief so they going to be a tough opponent.
How can you not cheer for the nation that gave us golf!
Oh Draad, not again !
Personally, I absolutely hate bagpipes.
With you becs.
There are things that could be exploited. Duhan can be weak under the high ball. I don't think they are very strong in this area, but neither are we. If they can get some possession on their terms, and gain parity in the set pieces, they can definitely win. I'm 2018, Pollard's last good test, it was Pollard himself who saved our blushes with a very dominant display. That was the fine margin we held then. They've been good for a while now. They are at a similar stage to Ireland where they just needed to get over the hump to start scalping the bigger teams. So, they are dangerous. I don't think Erasputin has the Boks level headed enough to be mentally prepared like I'd prefer them to be. They probably literally believe they are the best team in the world, such is his manipulation.
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Please…no more 
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Oh my ears 
You could get bagpipes as a ringtone for your phone or as a doorbell
Ha ha ha.
My sisters partner is an Anglo Scot and he loves the bagpipes…..his uncle and cousin play them 
The Royal Scot Dragoon Guards
https://youtu.be/0tEdH0bjjR8?si=Q91DytulREyVpyhZ
Hoendervel .
Everybody loves the pipes, whose got Scots or Irish in their bloodstream.
Even the Russians
Red Square Parade
https://youtu.be/ytFZAmhPhNY?si=zs3-P33u3GKmmvvU
No they don’t ! My Dad’s Irish…
Finally watched the game...
One can't help but cheer the NH teams on at the moment. Perhaps I'm a little jaded but these days watching some of the 6 nations teams is just so much more entertaining.
I mean, compare this game to the Boks/Argies game on the weekend...there is no way a neutral enjoys SH rugby more of late.
An unpopular opinion, I know...but I'd love to see the Boks hit RC into the parking lot and join the 6 Nations.
The RC has been exceedingly poor the past four years.
No Plum, we don’t want you !
Piper playing again!!!!
Frenchies seems pumped...
my internet is laggy...
Steyn scores for Scotty!!!
0-7
3-7
3-10
Go Scotty!!!!
Loeriesfontein on the tighthead.
Scotland defence held...
6-10
What a game, can Scotland pull this off.
Land of the Brave
My mothers side are Scots - Clan Cummings. Soft spot for Scotland but then again there is plenty of English and Welsh in me as well
Scotty had 4 South Africans playing for them yesterday...and then there's Hugh Jones...a honorary Saffa...and it's easy to watch their playing style...this is a good side.
The Scottish SA wings are big and dangerous…..going to be a exiting WC opener and we will have to be at our best to beat the Scotties.
Duhan can be vulnerable under the high ball. This would be the route I'd go to get behind them, and take the game out of their comfort zone. For them to scrap for possession, and fight every phase. I don't expect they'll get the better of us in the set pieces. We do have a very leaky defence, and a lack of muscle on the gainline. Our track runners like Arendse, Libbok, et al are easily blown away by even a moderate physical effort. When Scotland play us, they usually don't turn up with a sound gameplan. I never understand why that is the case. A lack of confidence in themselves to impose their game? I don't know. I suspect much the same. They usually defend passively against us, and hang back on the outside. It's the best possible condition for track runners to pad the stat sheet and perhaps do some harm. As Argentina showed in the first test, rush up fast, and the Boks bumble and fumble, running aimlessly, and become much, much less threatening. It's pretty simple really. Smother the Boks on the line. I wouldn't even try to commit large numbers at the breakdown, exit quickly, and just keep reloading the line and hit them hard.
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…..great stuff. And then the Bonnie banks, are you moved?