Scotland vs England - Match Thread - Team News - etc...

by HERSH Tue 27 Sep 2011, 12:20 pm

First topic message reminder :

How the teams line up

England team: B Foden; C Ashton, M Tuilagi, M Tindall, D Armitage; J Wilkinson, B Youngs; M Stevens, S Thompson, D Cole, L Deacon, C Lawes, T Croft, L Moody (capt), J Haskell.

Replacements: D Hartley, A Corbisiero, T Palmer, N Easter, R Wigglesworth, T Flood, M Banahan.

Scotland team: C Paterson; M Evans, J Ansbro, S Lamont, S Danielli; R Jackson, M Blair; A Jacobsen, R Ford, E Murray, R Gray, A Kellock (capt), A Strokosch , J Barclay, R Vernon.

Replacements: S Lawson, A Dickinson, N Hines, R Rennie, C Cusiter, D Parks, N De Luca.

Last 10 meetings

2011 England 22 - 16 Scotland
2010 Scotland 15 - 15 England
2009 England 26 - 12 Scotland
2008 Scotland 15 - 9 England
2007 England 42 - 20 Scotland
2006 Scotland 18 - 12 England
2005 England 43 - 22 Scotland
2004 Scotland 13 - 35 England
2003 England 40 - 9 Scotland
2002 Scotland 3 - 29 England

England 7 - Scotland 2 - Draw 1

England 273 pts - Scotland 143 pts

IMO on paper the Scots might as well start packing their bags, but I have a strange feeling they might just pull it off, Chris Paterson will have plenty of shots at goal if England continue getting penalised at the breakdown and we all know what that means, he very rarely misses unless his wearing cherry and White!

Or am I being silly?

RWC so far

England

Argentina 9 - 13 England
England 41 - 10 Georgia
England 67 - 3 Romania

England PF 121 pts - PA 22pts

Scotland

Scotland 34 - 24 Romania
Scotland 15 - 6 Georgia
Argentina 13 - 12 Scotland

Scotland PF 61 - PA 43

Missed this one,

England 17 tries to Scotlands 4

Discuss

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:04 am

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:04 am

Look at that hit by Wagga....he's a monster.

by trebellbobaggins Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:04 am

so close from Wilco but just short and then Scotland swarming.

Eng just can't break them down enough to win today.

by **rodders** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:05 am

Scotland getting trounced up front now. They have to take points when they get into Englands half. Same old story, just no composure.

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:05 am

Great Impact player Wiggles

by alfie Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:06 am

England scrum a totally different animal in this half ...

Still too many mistakes ... my nails are bitten down...

by Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:06 am

lets face it this is rubbish form both sides. england fell into the trap of trying to out scotland scotland

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:06 am

COME ON ANSBRO!!!

by trebellbobaggins Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:06 am

o be honest this only exposes eng to a horrible kiwi mauling anyway. not sure i fancy that much.

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:06 am

Good short arm from Armitage

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:07 am

Paterson

I hope he's OK. What a servant for Scotland he's been.

by Guest Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:08 am

Shocking commentry "patternson hit his head on the turf"

yeah if the turf was on Armitage's shoulder.

by **rodders** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:09 am

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:lets face it this is rubbish form both sides. england fell into the trap of trying to out scotland scotland

England have just been England. They concede too many penalties when put under pressure and Scotland have dominated the set piece and breakdown for most of the game.

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:09 am

Five minutes to go...Scotland have a penalty and have gone for the corner.

Wilko is off. Arm injury by the looks.

Oh sheeeet! If a Scottish player had got that, sure try.

by **rodders** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:09 am

De Luca what a chump!

by **Notch** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:10 am

It's just slipping away from Scotland here...

by Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:10 am

could the commentators make it anymore obvious which sides they support

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:10 am

Oh feck. penalty to England...and it's kickable. Hands up who picked a draw? Erm

England going for a lineout....

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:10 am

What is Robinson thinking?

by Cumbrian Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:10 am

A kick to the corner is admitting defeat? Great Flip logic.

by Cumbrian Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

Get in!

by Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

WHERES THE SPLASH

by **Ozzy3213** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

Game over.

by Guest Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

oh....bugger. did it have to be Ashton that scored?

Well worked try though. Horrible for Scotland.

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

Of all the players it had to be Ashton.

by EnglishReign Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

ASHTON!! On your way, Scotland!

by Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

what are the odds on england missing the conversion giving a penalty form the restart?

by Davie Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:11 am

I was just about to say that this could be the first time in history a 3 point defeat counts as "win ugly" - then Ashton saves the day!

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

by HammerofThunor Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

What's wrong with Ashton?

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

Nope. Very well converted.

by Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

Flood > Wilko

by trebellbobaggins Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

oh wow.. how did they ever get back in this match?

i just said if felt the scotland pack was taking a bit of a beating now and then that.

game still alive. time left.

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

Think jonny just got dropped for the 1/4

by **rodders** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:12 am

Well played England. Scotland have themselves to blame again. Poor execution and descision making in Englands half.

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:13 am

England do not deserve this. But clinical. W is all that counts.

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:14 am

It's a shame Scotland butchered the two opportunities they had for tries. They could've been well ahead.

by Davie Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:14 am

More bothered about Wilko being injured than dropped

I thought he had a pretty good game apart from the obvious missed early kicks. Came back with a couple of crucial ones and his open play and defense was very good

by Guest Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:14 am

Hammer - i dunno, i just don't like him. He has a very punchable face if you know what I mean.

by alfie Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:14 am

TRY !!!!!!!

What a play from Flood clap

And the conversion guinness

Relief.

by Gatts Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:14 am

Ansbro...great way of getting English lineout

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:15 am

FT 16 - 12.

Well it wasn't the assumed drubbing - did I read someone said England by 17?

Well done both sides.

by HammerofThunor Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:15 am

Even Tuilagi thinks so.

In every single interview he's ever given (that I've seen) he's come across really decent and modest. Like a bit of a laugh but that's it

by **rodders** Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:15 am

Unlucky Scotland. It was a very tough group and there's a fine line between winning and losing at this level. Time to go away and build for the 6N. guinness

by Guest Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:16 am

Well played England, they stuck it out and took their one chance at a try, fair play clap

Heartbreaking for Scotland, 2 weeks in a row now they've had chances to win and have just come up short. horrible Sad

by Cari Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:16 am

rugbydreamer wrote:Hammer - i dunno, i just don't like him. He has a very punchable face if you know what I mean.

He's just too cocky for me - needs to settle down a bit. Comes across as very immature. Can't win or lose gracefully. And I'd say that even if he played for Wales as well.

by EnglishReign Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:16 am

Flood, Palmer and Corbs have to start. We nearly threw that away.

by Dave. Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:16 am

That was a great game. England seemed to change when they stared elimination in the face!

by trebellbobaggins Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:17 am

Yeah i feel for Scotland.

If eng had kicked well they'd never have been given that 9 point margin and the hope of victory but they did and it was cruelly stolen from them.

by trebellbobaggins Sat 01 Oct 2011, 10:17 am

england and france.. tale of two sides playing horribly.

Well played Scotland. They can be proud as hell.

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