Scotland v England Match Thread, Teams etc....

[HERSH]

First topic message reminder :

Scotland:

15 Rory Lamont,
14 Lee Jones,
13 Nick De Luca,
12 Sean Lamont,
11 Max Evans,
10 Dan Parks,
9 Chris Cusiter;
8 David Denton,
7 Ross Rennie,
6 Alasdair Strokosch,
5 Jim Hamilton,
4 Richie Gray,
3 Euan Murray,
2 Ross Ford (captain),
1 Allan Jacobsen.

Replacements: Scott Lawson, Geoff Cross, Alastair Kellock, John Barclay, Mike Blair, Greig Laidlaw, Graeme Morrison.

Added Spice
The Scottish Rugby Union have been left embarassed after T-shirts boasting of a Calcutta Cup win appeared on sale five days before this Saturday's match.

The mistake by the SRU's online retail partner led to T-shirts from Scotland's win in 2008 being re-released.

The shirts bore the logo: "Calcutta Cup. Scotland. Winners."

The blunder comes days after Scotland head coach Andy Robinson stood by comments he made after the World Cup accusing England of 'arrogance'.

England Squad

15 Ben Foden;
14 Chris Ashton;
13 Brad Barritt,
12 Owen Farrell,
11 David Strettle;
10 Charlie Hodgson;
9 Ben Youngs;
1 Alex Corbisiero,
2 Dylan Hartley,
3 Dan Cole;
4 Mouritz Botha,
5 Tom Palmer;
6 Tom Croft,
7 Chris Robshaw (captain),
8 Phil Dowson.

Replacements: Rob Webber, Matt Stevens, Geoff Parling, Ben Morgan, Lee Dickson, Jordan Turner-Hall, Mike Brown.

[Shifty]

God dammit will one of you Ospeys fans please look on the Ospreys V worcester thread and comment on the photo I posted of the Worcester pitch.

checking it every 5 minutes and not seeing anyone reply is depressing

It's cold outside, theres no kind of atmosphere,
I'm all alone, more or less....

[eirebilly]

Hodgson.... What a try

[Notch]

Desperate Dan strikes again

[eirebilly]

Stupid by Scotland

[Shifty]

I love you Scotland, only they could do that, sheer class....

// Scottish fans

[Cari]

Oh feck. Chargedown...

[Coleman]

Bugger off back to Oz parks you're a shocking human being!

[Pot Hale]

For the record, since the start of the Six Nations, and also since start of professional game in 1995, the number of matches in which only penalties were scored each season looks like this. Scotland and England dominate the list appearing in 7 of the matches, with 5 of them against each other.

2011 None
2010 One – Sco 15-15 Eng
2009 None
2008 One – Sco 15-9 Eng
2007 One – Sco 21-9 Wal
2006 Two – Sco 18-12 Eng and Irl 15- 9 Sco
2005 None
2004 None
2003 One – Irl 15-12 Fra
2002 None
2001 None
2000 One – Fra 9-15 Eng
1999 None
1998 None
1997 None
1996 Two Sco 9-18 Eng and Fra 15-12 Eng
1995 One – Eng 24-12 Sco

So, out of 180 matches in the Six Nations, only 7 have involved only penalties scored. And out of 230 5N/6N matches since 1995, only 10 have been decided by penalties only.

And this match won't be one of them

[eirebilly]

Dan Parks looks upset

[Cari]

Parks with a face like a slapped arse. Scotland really need to make up for that. how long until Parks is off...?

[trebellbobaggins]

Well done Charlie.

Gives a bit of a game anyway.

[eirebilly]

Bugger off back to Oz parks you're a shocking human being!

Thats a bit harsh, do you know him personally?

[Shifty]

29 seconds for Dan Parks class to tell in the second half.
It's good to see being a blues player has improved him, other wise we may of seen that in the first half!

[gnollbeast]

WHAT

A

MORON

[Pal Joey]

An upset on the cards perhaps? I hope they don't try and shut the game down for the next 38 minutes...

[eirebilly]

Parks needs to come off, he is totally rattled now.

[Gibson]

Parks. Oh my. His hid is gone now. Replace him.

[Pal Joey]

Bugger off back to Oz parks you're a shocking human being!

No, you can keep him. Thanks.

[Pot Hale]

England will score again. Parks is shell shocked.

[Cari]

Parks kicking is shocking today. I hope he's playing against Wales next week

[Shifty]

An upset on the cards perhaps? I hope they don't try and shut the game down for the next 38 minutes...

Upset?
Scotland have beaten England 7 times since 1977....
England have won 26, lol.

[eirebilly]

Scotland need to keep this going, England are on a high and Parks id down.

AR really should replace Parks

[Coleman]

Bugger off back to Oz parks you're a shocking human being!

Thats a bit harsh, do you know him personally?

Waste my money watching him and his kicking orgies for the Blues everyother week. So i feel like i do know him.

[Pal Joey]

It's been a bit dry since 2004 at Murrayfield though hasn't it Alyn?

[Cari]

GWWAAAAAAn DENTON!!! oh shiite, and he's injured. That'll be really bad luck if it's serious

[eirebilly]

Denton's knee is gone

[Gibson]

Denton is their only hope. Oh man hes injured.

[Shifty]

Parks kicking is shocking today. I hope he's playing against Wales next week

I dont think it will matter, if Scotland come to Cardiff and try and bully Ian Evans, Bradley Davies, Bennett, Adam Jones, and Gill, we will win by a cricket score.

[Gibson]

Hes UP! Come on Scotland. This is pitiful.

[Notch]

But you don't...

Get Laidlaw on Robbo! Whats the worst that can happen- a game of rugby might break out?

[Cari]

Phew! I hope he's all right, he's been their best man today...

[Cari]

Come on Scotland FFS you're only four points behind....get a try...

[Cari]

Oh gawd.........not Ashton!!

[Shifty]

It's been a bit dry since 2004 at Murrayfield though hasn't it Alyn?

01 Oct 2011 England 16 - 12 Scotland
13 Mar 2011 England 22 - 16 Scotland
13 Mar 2010 Scotland 15 - 15 England
21 Mar 2009 England 26 - 12 Scotland
08 Mar 2008 Scotland 15 - 9 England
03 Feb 2007 England 42 - 20 Scotland
25 Feb 2006 Scotland 18 - 12 England
19 Mar 2005 England 43 - 22 Scotland

Yup correct 2 wins and a draw in the last 3.

[Gibson]

Italy have nothing to worry about from these 2 teams. Not WUMing.

Dire.

[Cari]

Linebreaker - yeah the commentators said no one's scored a try at Murrayfield since 2004 in this fixture.

Well done Denton!

[eirebilly]

Denton is everwhere

[Pot Hale]

Denton looking very tasty as a player. Where have Scotland been hiding him?

[stlowe]

Hodgson is honestly the worst player in the world.

The lead courtesy of Dan Aykroyd. Most tackles out of the backs (9) and none missed so far as well.

[trebellbobaggins]

Denton saved them the.. Good player.

[Pal Joey]

It's been a bit dry since 2004 at Murrayfield though hasn't it Alyn?

01 Oct 2011 England 16 - 12 Scotland
13 Mar 2011 England 22 - 16 Scotland
13 Mar 2010 Scotland 15 - 15 England
21 Mar 2009 England 26 - 12 Scotland
08 Mar 2008 Scotland 15 - 9 England
03 Feb 2007 England 42 - 20 Scotland
25 Feb 2006 Scotland 18 - 12 England
19 Mar 2005 England 43 - 22 Scotland

Yup correct 2 wins and a draw in the last 3.

Hence my 'upset' comment.

[Dave.]

Ravenhill sang Swing Low better.

[Cari]

Denton should be MOTM at this rate...

[eirebilly]

Brian Moore is off on one again

[Shifty]

Denton against Faletau should be a cracker.

[Coleman]

Denton against Faletau should be a cracker.

[Cari]

Billy - yeah it's funny "Jesus!" he says...don't normally hear commentators do that.

[Cari]

COME ON RICHIE!!!!!!

[eirebilly]

Scotland starting to get their tails up

[Cari]

I like the fact they play celebratory music when there's no try...

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