Scotland 15 Georgia 6

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Scotland: R Lamont; M Evans, N De Luca, G Morrison, S Lamont; D Parks, R Lawson (capt); A Jacobsen, R Ford, E Murray, N Hines, J Hamilton, A Strokosch, R Rennie, K Brown.

Replacements: D Hall, G Cross, A Dickinson, R Gray, R Vernon, C Cusiter, C Paterson.

Late change with Scott Lawson pulling out and Ross Ford coming in - definintely adds to the bulk of the pack. Unfortunately means Dougie Hall will come on at some point though.

I'm off work today so can watch!

Come on Scotland!!!!!!!!!!!

Parks hasn't had a great start it has to be said

Parks is back to his worst - OMG !

I'm not WUMming, just telling the truth. I wanted to go into the game supporting Scotland, but, as a neutral, the heart rules, and the heart just couldn't support Scotland who were getting squeezed in the first ten.

At least they're playing a little bit more rugby now, even though the conditions mean they should be hoofing it. Don't think this is going to be the most memorable game of the tournament though...

Foe button?

One day Back rows will recognise that they should never ever kick the ball unless their name is Zinzan

Bravely taken from Schlong

Georgie are looking Scotlands equal. Could we see another upset?

Also I have noticed that refs are letting a lot of not straight linesout go...is this another IRB directive?

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

wales606 wrote:Georgia look very good, I wonder how long it will be before they do what Italy have done.

Could we see a 7N in the future?

For sure, their pack are the equal of most 6Ns's teams, but their backline will hinder them from progressing for a few years yet, I suspect

Well, their SH looks good and their FH can kick - thats more than Italy have

So far their forward pick and go attack and defensive effort has been the match of any 6N team.

screamingaddabs wrote:One day Back rows will recognise that they should never ever kick the ball unless their name is Zinzan

Parisse, Martyn Williams and Neil Back have all scored drop goals, I believe. There are probably many more.


Ooo, bit of excitement...nope, they've got turned over.

Dan "Don't expect me to run with it" Parks. Surely he's got to be coming to the end of his Scotland career

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21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:Parks is back to his worst - OMG !

If you had watched the Blues play last year you would know...this isnt the worst of it.

sadly I'm at work and I'm torn between being in here watching your updates or just going away from the forums for today and watch it at home when I get in......

Decisions Decisions....

Don't think Georgia can hold out forever. Tough old buggers up front though, aren't they!

wales606 wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:Parks is back to his worst - OMG !

If you had watched the Blues play last year you would know...this isnt the worst of it.

I'm sure that I saw some sleight of hand earlier?!

More like it Dan - 6-3

Cari wrote:

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Lamonts x2, De Luca and Wee Max look sharp. Stroker, Rennie and Brown also good

Good kick.

Georgian set piece has been surprisingly poor so far

miaow wrote:

screamingaddabs wrote:One day Back rows will recognise that they should never ever kick the ball unless their name is Zinzan

Parisse, Martyn Williams and Neil Back have all scored drop goals, I believe. There are probably many more.


Ooo, bit of excitement...nope, they've got turned over.

And if you want to see what the georgian no8 should have done watch this, at 1minute in,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQLo0TTQ6Qg

Truck and trailer being ref'ed carefully - good tae see

Drop goal Parks -9-3

Ha, I remember that. Jammy as. Good offload by Rush, but the kick was awful.

Having had a pretty poor reffing from Kaplan in the Canada game, I think Clancy is following suit. Lots of annyoing indiscretions he's letting go, perhaps due to the conditions.

Nice drop goal. What they needed, and what Parks brings. Play like that, they'll win the game, because can't see them scoring more than two tries.

Well, Parks can kick drop goal,

But dont expect a BP,

Scotland 9 - 3 Georgia

Parks is actually an embarrassement. What was that!?!?!?

What teh hell was that Dan??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahaha, very poor kick by Parks

Think christ we got away with that - Dan goes to kick it to touch and kicks it into his own bloody player!!

Let off for Parks - what on earth, right idea, but the worst executed kick of the ball off the field ever?

Think Parks may well be seeing the crook at 50 mins. Who's on the bench, Jackson or Paterson?

wales606 wrote:Well, Parks can kick drop goal,

But dont expect a BP,

Scotland 9 - 3 Georgia

Agreed, don't think we'll get one, but it's all about the win

Well that wasn't exactly a very un-forgettable first half - glad we've got the 6 point lead and if we can keep the pace up I think the tries will follow.

Got to keep the scoreboard ticking over though.

OMG Parks!

Oof you got away with that a bit!

All these minnows are bigger fish than they used to be.

Have to say, this group does look like the most boring of all; England, boring, Argentina, boring, Romania, boring, Georgia, boring, and Scotland, boring. Come on! Get another two pens and blydi start throwing the ball about!

I reckon we'll see Richie Gray on about 50 minutes - could do with a bit extra mobility in the pack I reckon and he shouldn't lower the amount of bulk in the pack

Hey hows this one going? I had a feeling Scotland were going to find this one tough after their pack took a hammering against Romania. Gutted I'm not able to watch it !

Is 9-3 the latest score?

Come on the scots!

miaow wrote:Have to say, this group does look like the most boring of all; England, boring, Argentina, boring, Romania, boring, Georgia, boring, and Scotland, boring. Come on! Get another two pens and blydi start throwing the ball about!

Are you watching the same game as the rest of us? Scotland have been moving the ball around plenty, fair enough the execution hasn't been as good as it needs to be, but there's no shortage of effort

Sounds like a bit of a damp squib.

Im torn- I like to see Scotland do well, but I like an underdogg in rugby.

I hope Georgia do well here.

miaow wrote:Have to say, this group does look like the most boring of all; England, boring, Argentina, boring, Romania, boring, Georgia, boring, and Scotland, boring. Come on! Get another two pens and blydi start throwing the ball about!

i was literally just saying that to someone stood next to me. poor skill levels so far too

roddersm wrote:Hey hows this one going? I had a feeling Scotland were going to find this one tough after their pack took a hammering against Romania. Gutted I'm not able to watch it !

Is 9-3 the latest score?

Come on the scots!

HT score, rodders. The pack are standing up well actually, but handling errors are stopping us from turning the half-breaks into full breaks that will lead to tries

Glad Scotland have got a bit of a cushion at HT. Keep chipping away at the scoreboard and they should come through this unscathed. C'mon Scotland!

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

miaow wrote:Have to say, this group does look like the most boring of all; England, boring, Argentina, boring, Romania, boring, Georgia, boring, and Scotland, boring. Come on! Get another two pens and blydi start throwing the ball about!

Are you watching the same game as the rest of us? Scotland have been moving the ball around plenty, fair enough the execution hasn't been as good as it needs to be, but there's no shortage of effort

I don't doubt the effort, ever, but it's been pretty boring. Scotland have put it in the air as much as they have put it wide, and when they have, it's usually gone three hands before they screw it up. Would prefer to see the pack smash it up at pace and try and break through the Georgians that way rather than trying to play wide rugby before breaking down the opposition pack, and making a mess of it.

I agree Boyne, I love to see the "minnows" do well but I have to support my Scottish brethren on this occaision!

Standouts so far for me - the Lamonts and Euan Murray. Come on Euan - you know you want to start playing on Sundays again!!

Roddesm - why did you put a picture of a leprechaun then??

RDW_Scotland wrote:Roddesm - why did you put a picture of a leprechaun then??

Just passing on some of that famous Irish luck!.....mind you that doesn't work as well as it used to....

Agree, Murray looks like the player we all used to think he was, but started to doubt in the last twelve months.

Seems the rain's lightened up again. Sadly, Parks hoofs it straight into the air. Glad to see Sean Lamont going looking for the ball, he could be key. Sadly, the ball's been knocked on. Decisions, boys, key decisions; keep it in the pack a la Wales against South Africa, grind them down, and then bring the Lamonts and Morrison on the crash and then Max Evans to bring a bit of flair.

God knows what to do about Parks though. Maybe just tell him to avoid the play as often as he can, until the ball needs kicking.

Great scrum from Scotland

Strokosh has been very poor so far - too many missed tackles when you need him smashing folk