SNOW in edinburgh on saturday

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Looking at the weather report for edinburgh on saturday it is almost cetain to snow and it could be heavy as well...

This could have a huge impact on the game. Much has been said about Scotlands selection of Parks at 10, certainly a kicking fly half and some people have been critical of Robinson for this 'percieved' conservative selection. It now seems that it may just be sensible. This is the 6 nations, this is February in the UK, often conditions are not right for expansive running rugby, if England get caught in the mindset of a loose game they could be made to look very foolish!

Scotland have a bit of a reputation for utilising the weather to their advantage, especially at Murrayfield, I wonder if they'll be happy to see it snow?

Hope so Gibson. Great performance by the pack esp Harley, Ryder and Welsh. Hogg try a real solo, sidestepping a la John Rutherford, effort. Wee Dunky Weir though was outstanding. Makes Robinson's decision to play Parks utterly bewildering.

Makes Lineen's decision to play Hogg at outside centre utterly bewildering. His form there for the last few weeks compared with last night back at 15 is like night and day (based on the highlights online).

Pat_Mustard wrote:Makes Lineen's decision to play Hogg at outside centre utterly bewildering. His form there for the last few weeks compared with last night back at 15 is like night and day (based on the highlights online).

+1 utterly bewildering, Pat

Its snowing in Rome now! That may suit the Italians game plan more than the French.

tbf, Weir hasnt shown that form for Glasgow recently, I wonder if the tactics maybe brought out the best in him.

Snowing in Cardiff! Not that there's any games on here...but it might affect the performances of those coming out of the pubs later...

Snowing in Cardiff! Not that there's any games on here...but it might affect the performances of those coming out of the pubs later...

Why would snow in Rome effect a game in Paris ? Are they not about 500 miles apart ?

Oh my bad i thought they were playing in Rome

Not that anyone is interested but its sunny here in Holland but -12.

out of curiosity,does any of the six nations stadiums have under soil heating? would hate to see any game falling victim to the weather.

Im pretty sure most if not all of them do.

the last time a Six (Five) Nations game was cancelled due to snow was Ireland v Wales in 1982 - they just said on the telly

Imperialbigdave wrote:tbf, Weir hasnt shown that form for Glasgow recently, I wonder if the tactics maybe brought out the best in him.

Tactics from an attack-minded coach in Michael Bradley, or the benefit of having a creative 12 outside him in Matt Scott instead of Graeme Morrison?

Or just poor defence? The tackling for Weir's try was shocking, maybe they thought he'd be easier to bring down but he's got a lot of power for a wee guy. 14 and a half stone is a fair bit for someone who's only 5 foot 8. All the tacklers went high and he just fended them all off.

Whats 14 and a half stone and 5 foot 8? No comprendez?

Is it some guy sittin on a balance-scale, with another guy, with between 5 and 8 feet - putting big rocks on it?

De mind boogles...

You're obviously on the internet and there are loads of conversion sites. If you can't work in anything other than base 10 then I recommend you use one of those.

Im not converting back to the middle-ages Thunor. I'll let ye stay there.

Mon Metric Italia!