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]

Scotland starting to get their tails up

About bloody time their playing like the Gwent Dragons at the moment... a number 8 and thats about it!

[Cari]

OH FFS! threw that away Scotland.

[eirebilly]

Ohhh Clancy!!!!

[Coleman]

Awful reffing. Letting England murder the ball, diving off of their feet.

[WelshinEdinburgh]

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

Pretty stern these Scots, need all the pick me ups they can get
woo hoo, Parks off!

[Cari]

Laidlaw on - Din Parks off! The two Big Bs on too.

[mystiroakey]

hmmm "run away with it in the 2Half". A triumph of optimism over realism there oakey bloakey

well guessed. however we will see wont we- you may be eating your words soon enough.

And I shall look forward to you eating some humble pie on here if you lose. The question is - will to be man enough to hang around?

its only a game pal offcourse i will be around to congraulate any team that beats mine-HOWEVER IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN . lets see if you stay around hey, good to see a new poster on here though, hopefully you want leg it and never come back after the drubbing you will receive second half

I admire your confidence. i really do. Let's see what happens shall we?

PS I'm not scottish mate, I'm a welsh pessimist who expects us to get a spanking in Dublin tomorrow...........

another welsh

good luck tommorow

england get the try- come on!!

[Gibson]

Brian Moore is off on one again

Love im. Specially when England play France. Blatant racism. Or Frogism.

"What do you expect from the French? Cheating is in their culture"

Eddie Butler: "You cant say that Brian!"

Moore: "Too late, I just did"

Love im.

[Shifty]

Yey Parks off they might have a chance of winning!

[eirebilly]

Hamilton and Rennie off? I thought tha they were playing well

[eirebilly]

Excellent turnover from England

[Cari]

Brian Moore is off on one again

Love im. Specially when England play France. Blatant racism. Or Frogism.

"What do you expect from the French? Cheating is in their culture"

Eddie Butler: "You cant say that Brian!"

Moore: "Too late, I just did"

Love im.

those two are like Waldorf and Statler from the Muppets. I love them commentating.

[eirebilly]

Good covering from Ashton

[mystiroakey]

good game second half!


both teams have run abit with the ball- shock horror

[tatterd]

Fair do's England are very disciplined in defence. Wales would've given about 5 pens away in that last few phases of play.

[Cari]

FFS! I missed about two minutes there cause a bloke delivering a take away got the wrong house! If it wasn't Indian, I would've claimed it.

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

[Coleman]

Bloody Scots couldnt finish their dinner!

[maestegmafia]

Try Scotland?

[eirebilly]

Thats a try!!!!!!

[Cari]

Bloody Scots couldnt finish their dinner!

Sorry that made me

[Coleman]

TRY! *takes back last comment*

[mystiroakey]

omg - is that a try, he brushed it with his arm

[Cari]

Tommy Bowe would've finished that!

[mystiroakey]

that cant be given surely- lol drama

[Shifty]

I think thats a try.
His wrist brushes it as the ball is on the ground thats downward pressure.

[maestegmafia]

They deserve it. Playing all the rugby.

[Cari]

Give it!!! Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

[Pal Joey]

Did he get his hand on that first? Not much downward pressure but they'd give it in the 7s... so close!

[Cari]

NO TRY!

[mystiroakey]

its nbot about deserving it- it wasnt a try- tough titties

[Coleman]

Back for the pen!

[rodders]

Jeebus why don't scotland commit numbers to the rucks..this is appalling! England are just pinching their ball and disrupting their attacks far to easily.

No try. Surely this should go back for the penalty?

[eirebilly]

That looked a try to me....

What about the penalty?

[Cari]

Bummeroony. Sooo close.

[Coleman]

Wheres the bloody pen? Refs lost his head.

[Pal Joey]

another try blown!!!!

[Coleman]

That knock on was on purpose! Get him off!

[Cari]

Commentators just saying what about the penalty.

BALLS!!! Scot no.7 should've passed there!

[rodders]

Ahhhh Rennie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eirebilly]

England are rattling

[Shifty]

its nbot about deserving it- it wasnt a try- tough titties

You English meanie!

[Pal Joey]

What about the deliberate knock on then?

[nathan]

you can't jump on someones back! should of been a penalty to england.

[Cari]

Scotland are dominating in terms of possession, but they just can't stop buggering up their chances. Very frustrating.

[eirebilly]

Clancy has lost the plot.. He is not reffing this well

[Shifty]

Scotland are dominating in terms of possession, but they just can't stop buggering up their chances. Very frustrating.

Whats unusual about that?

[Cari]

Go on Schlong!!!!

Oh FFS! Ends in an error.

[eirebilly]

Scotland are shooting themselves in the foot

[mystiroakey]

yep i agree scotland have had a good passage of play last 10- but what the heck are they doing with there possesion- head fk or what,

[rodders]

England are rattling

Yea but scotland need less of the shake and more of the roll......

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