Scotland V Aus

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It's quite simple, Scotland have the set peice to absolutely dominate. The weather is poor, and Aus have an uninspiring backline for their standards. Scotland have the beef, and the preperation, Aus have 6 debutants!

Surely this game can only go one way?

erm, well done George, and that on your 1000th post

What a performance of free flowing rugby, blowing the Aus out of their way. Very creative, great attacking threat and defencive effort!!

Seriously though, anyone think that a better picked Scot lineup wouldve taken this poor Oz side to peices first half?

This will just motivate them for Wales, won't it?

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

biltongbek wrote:That puts Scotland back up to 9th in the IRB rankings

Does it put SA above Aus as well?

Nope

15 scotsmen for the Lions test XV?? .... .....

back to back wins over australia, first time i can remember that happening for us

Fantastic for the scots! So pleased for them. They always seem to turn it on against the SH sides!

rodders wrote:15 scotsmen for the Lions test XV?? .... .....

Only if there's a gale for a month

I haven't felt this good since Archie gemmell scored against Holland in 1978!

Brilliant stuff Scotland! Fancy that, the 12th seeds toppling the 2nd seeds away! Always believe

Superb, defiant defensive line throughout. Up there with Ireland's victory last year. Suddenly the SH fortress looks breachable. Every Death Star has a flaw

Now I pray that Wales can emulate our Home Nation companions and beat the Aussies Down Under. What more could you ask before the Lions than all four nations doing it in the previous three seasons?

wales606 wrote:Wait...Scotland just took a load of ranking points off Australia

That means there is more to loss and less to win for Wales.

Now im sad...

Fixed for you, and good point. Hadn't thought of that.

"The celebrations on the pitch are so wild that Alasdair Strokosch accidentally headbutts Joe Ansbro, who is led off for treatment by Nick de Luca with blood streaming down his face. "

.Wow...what a win. Well done scotland.

Well done, Scotland. Great defence and Cussiter was a superb sub.

Imagine if Wales went on to lose all three matches, they'd be the only one of the home nations who hadn't beaten Australia in their last tests, yet it's expected they'll make up the bulk of the Lions XV

Well done Scotland, no doubt the conditions helped but that was a truly brilliant defensive performance in the 2nd half and a result that I didn't expect.

No doubt this will fire Australia up for Wales though!

thebluesmancometh wrote:What a performance of free flowing rugby, blowing the Aus out of their way. Very creative, great attacking threat and defencive effort!!

Seriously though, anyone think that a better picked Scot lineup wouldve taken this poor Oz side to peices first half?

No - there was only marginal changes to be made and one I wanted, Stroickosh not to play would have been wrong.

Scotland have a fantastic nack of dragging teams down to their levels. I dont mean that in a bad way at all. They played the conditions well in the second half. Fantastic win. Andy Robs just got a 3 year contract extension.

Must say, at half time I didn't think we were going to win that. Thankfully Australia were even more inept at turning pressure into points in the 2nd half than we were in the 1st.

Deans will take some flak for that. A trully brainless performance from the Aussies.

Not that I care. Fantastic effort from Scotland. Huge defense, massive focus and concentration, and a great smash and grab effort at the end. Euan Murray's best performance for a long time, and Ali Strokosch and John Barclay in particular were both immense in the back row.

Many congratulations Scotland and also to Andy Robinson. Deservedly taken some criticism over the last 12 months, but he must surely take some credit for that. It was a very Andy Robinson sort of performance. Gritty, tough defence and good scrum. I would have said good set piece, but the lineout was dreadful (although it was nice of the ref to allow Moore to throw squint and not Ford).

Deserved win. More so than than when we won at Murrayfield a few years ago.

biltongbek wrote:erm, well done George, and that on your 1000th post

Good lord.

Well done Scotland.

Coleman wrote:Scotland have a fantastic nack of dragging teams down to their levels. I dont mean that in a bad way at all. They played the conditions well in the second half. Fantastic win. Andy Robs just got a 3 year contract extension.

Geezus its hard being a scotland supporter. 70 minutes in and id lost my voice from screaming at them to stop kicking for touch, and was mentally drafting a post bemoaning lack of intelligence at consistently trying tactics that werent working, our pick and drives making virtually no ground at all, repeated kicks into the wind when they had watched the aussies struggle with that in the first half etc, but now I dont know what to think. We won, but made it harder for ourselves.

Duty281 wrote:Well done Scotland, no doubt the conditions helped but that was a truly brilliant defensive performance in the 2nd half and a result that I didn't expect.

No doubt this will fire Australia up for Wales though!

International rugby is all about being fired up for every game.

That was a game for forwards, and oz had nothing to show. Few high kicks and no grubbers to force mistakes/pens. They just lumped it up and went nowhere fast as Scotland matched them and had great discipline.

That headbutt was gold, defo the match highlight

This will make it tougher for Wales, expect Australia to strengthen this side and play a lot better on Saturday.

EBOP wrote:

That headbutt was gold, defo the match highlight

True story.

does anyone have a link where i could watch the game online?

Indeed, beautiful moment for Ansbro and Strokosch at the end there.

Very touching

very good result for the scottish!

And what a good performing by the Scottish back row to defending so well for so long and make so many turn over!

And the tight forward for Scotland do also very good job in some Scottish weather!

Very much composure for the kick to win the game.

Now the pressure go hard on to Wales!

poddy89 wrote:does anyone have a link where i could watch the game online?

Theres really not much to see. Rugbydump will likely have the only highlights, that being Laidlaws kick, and Ansbro headbutting Strokosch after the whistle.

thank you i will have a look and by the sounds of it thats all i need to see

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

biltongbek wrote:That puts Scotland back up to 9th in the IRB rankings

Does it put SA above Aus as well?

It's not about us Pete, it is all about Scotland.

Poor spectacle played in terrible conditions. Well done to Scotland who really stuck at it defended well and took the final chance. Very pleased for them.

Well done Scots. At half time with that wind and only three in it I thought we were going to get home, but that second half effort from your boys showed remarkable passion and character. Good win. Good luck for the rest of your tour.

Who cares about the rankings?? We just beat Australia on their own turf!!

MASSIVE MASSIVE FOR SCOTLAND.

Also i am very pleased from an NH pespective.

WELL DONE LADS???

mystiroakey wrote:MASSIVE MASSIVE FOR SCOTLAND.

Also i am very pleased from an NH pespective.

WELL DONE LADS???

Of course it is well done lads, Geez if I was a scotsman now, i would put on me skirt, run down the street and scratch my sparn.


Is that the right way round, or do you put on your sparn and scratch your skirt?

Seagultaf wrote:This will make it tougher for Wales, expect Australia to strengthen this side and play a lot better on Saturday.

Theres not a lot they can strengthen the side with. And many of the senior players who started today will be too knackered to play a full 80 at the weekend as well.

Youd expect more from them, and more helpful conditions, but that was always going to be the case regardless of the scotland result. Wales wil have been helped by the aussie players going through a tough game that was shoehorned in midweek. They havent got that much time to work on things before sunday and little time to recover.

Wales wont get chances to turn over sanzar sides at home as good as this very often.

Do you think there might be a few beers being consumed tonight?

Don't they mainly drink whiskey?

The pressure was massive on wales before this- and now its even bigger.

However wales look 10 times the team this 6n's than they did in the wc.

I can see wales winning at least 2-1

is it correct to say Scotland have been the msot succesful against SH teams in recent years? back to back wins over Aus and a win against the Boks.

mystiroakey wrote:The pressure was massive on wales before this- and now its even bigger.

However wales look 10 times the team this 6n's than they did in the wc.

I can see wales winning at least 2-1

here come the wales posts

whats your problem bulls?

poddy89 wrote:does anyone have a link where i could watch the game online?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFhwV7i2DI

I can just imagine how the Scots are going to rag the Welsh if the Welsh don't win.

Dare I say that?

mystiroakey wrote:whats your problem bulls?

Should be celebrating the Scots not predicting Welsh wins

biltongbek wrote:I can just imagine how the Scots are going to rag the Welsh if the Welsh don't win.

Dare I say that?

But Wales are going to win...

Bullsbok wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:The pressure was massive on wales before this- and now its even bigger.

However wales look 10 times the team this 6n's than they did in the wc.

I can see wales winning at least 2-1

here come the wales posts

Well these condition suit a lot Scotland and blunting the Australia backs. But gives a tuning for the Australian back row 3 and we can remember last time with Samoa win then Australia end up win the tri-nations! So might be not mean so much in the big picture. I make a thread about what this means for points by Wales to get to top 4 ahead of England. Maybe is best to make talk about wales some other place like this and not confuse a great Scotland winning thread about the common fight?

WELL DONE SCOTLAND!