Scotland vs Samoa...! Just about to start, the hosts the Boks vs Italy to follow afterwards

Scotland: 15 Greig Tonks, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Pat MacArthur, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Stevie Lawrie, 17 Moray Low, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Peter Horne, 23 Duncan Taylor.


Samoa: 15 James Sooialo, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Paul Williams (c), 12 Jonny Leota, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Tusiata Pisi, 9 Jeremy Sua, 8 Taiasina Tuifua, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Ofisa Treviranus, 5 Daniel Leo, 4 Teofilo Paulo, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Wayne Ole Avei, 1 Logovii Mulipola.

Replacements: 16 Maatulimanu Leiataua, 17 Sakaria Taulafo, 18 James Johnston, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Junior Poluleuligaga, 21 Brando Vaaulu, 22 Seilala Mapusua, 23 Alafoti Faosiliva

Two pretty strong selections. This could well be a fantastic game...!

Need a break or I won't last to the England game!

Anyone got a link

Get a bite of lunch...!

I just made a huge salads and pulled a fresh couple of loaves out the oven.

Time to open a beer too...!


Poor start by young Heathcote..! Scrum samoa

123456789 wrote:Anyone got a link

Sorry mate...!

Cari often knows those kinda things...

Clumsy start by Scotland

Nice try by Samoa - looked like they were playing 7s

Poor start by Scotland

Good try Samoa..

Another wonderful try!

3 - 12

12 minutes played

Wake up Scotland

This is looking ominous...

If Jonathan Davies had been commentating the call of "numbers" would have rattle out the TV speakers as Samoa exploit another overlap and score.

14-3

15 mins gone

This looks shocking, I've just found a link and really wish I hadn't

Poor missed tackle almost give Samoa another try

Samoa are a very good team, even if they are missing a few lads...!

Missed 7 out of 25 tackles so far

Tackles : Made 18 Missed 7

That is awful

The Scots missed seven in the last Samoan attack...!

Have Tonks and Visser any idea how to tackle - utterly abysmal !

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:Have Tonks and Visser any idea how to tackle - utterly abysmal !

There's not much time to tackle when you're playing for Edinburgh if you're actually playing rugby when are you going to enjoy yourself

Good run by Stroks. The entire team need to man up. Breakdown work not good enough, not going to win if Laidlaw has to keep bridging rucks!

Stroker the only one up for this at present

Is this on BBC?

doctor_grey wrote:Is this on BBC?

Sky sports2

doctor_grey wrote:Is this on BBC?

No I'll send you a link if you want?

doctor_grey wrote:Is this on BBC?

sky

Great scrum by the scots there. Stuffed census Johnson, that doesn't happen often.

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:Stroker the only one up for this at present

He is looking very good

They are getting into the game now. Samoa are not so dominant as their opening burst.

Some good phases, but Scotland need a try

Rather butchered that opportunity there

wales606 wrote:Some good phases, but Scotland need a try

Desperately.

That last pass not going to hand a few times now.

Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Penalties keeping the scots in touch.

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

And Wales don't miss out on the good English players...

Scrums are interesting. Samoa have a huge weight advantage but the Scots technique is superb. Euan Murray would have been a very useful Lions tourist.

Bad mistake by Laidlaw. Kick out on the full.

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

And Wales don't miss out on the good English players...

Then who is pinching our players!



The Scots tried with Shingler, and the Irish knicked Ruddock - England got Ben Morgan too.

wales606 wrote:

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

And Wales don't miss out on the good English players...

Then who is pinching our players!



The Scots tried with Shingler, and the Irish knicked Ruddock.

The French are nicking all your players, the next generations of the Phillips, Hook, Robert, Byrne, Charteris and Lydiate families will all be wearing Blue

maestegmafia wrote:

doctor_grey wrote:Is this on BBC?

Sky sports2

Great. Thanks!

Well this is just the sort of lacklustre performance I want to see from Scotland especially after I've gone and bought tickets to the next 5 home games!

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

And Wales don't miss out on the good English players...

Then who is pinching our players!



The Scots tried with Shingler, and the Irish knicked Ruddock.

The French are nicking all your players, the next generations of the Phillips, Hook, Robert, Byrne, Charteris and Lydiate families will all be wearing Blue

They keep pinching South Africans too!

And I can't think of anyone stealing French players - so they must be the source of the whole problem.

Glad we have sorted this out, i'll write a letter to the IRB now and get France banned from professional rugby.

GLove39 wrote:Well this is just the sort of lacklustre performance I want to see from Scotland especially after I've gone and bought tickets to the next 5 home games!

We're sort of becoming the crap version of France, you never know which Scotland will turn up - the average one or the shoite one

Stroker strokes that Samoan backs chest and he goes down as if hit by an RPG - pathetic. Go play wendyball ffs !

Injuries mounting - Brown looks well crocked so now we will get Kiss Curle Denton. Things going from bad to worse - suppose we are still in it -just !

Far too many players having poor games. Samoa dont seem any more up for it than youd expect, but we're so apathetic that its making them look intense.

wales606 wrote:

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

And Wales don't miss out on the good English players...

Then who is pinching our players!



The Scots tried with Shingler, and the Irish knicked Ruddock.

The French are nicking all your players, the next generations of the Phillips, Hook, Robert, Byrne, Charteris and Lydiate families will all be wearing Blue

They keep pinching South Africans too!

And I can't think of anyone stealing French players - so they must be the source of the whole problem.

Glad we have sorted this out, i'll write a letter to the IRB now and get France banned from professional rugby.

Actually give it twenty years and lots of French born pacific Islanders will be eligible as well as perhaps the children of genetic freaks like Richie Gray and Jamie Roberts

Samoa are showing what the PIs can do when they actually have players available for them.

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

123456789 wrote:

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

123456789 wrote:Tom Heathcote looks a very good player, England have really missed out there

Same could be said of a number of Samoans.

England don't miss out on the good Samoans though

And Wales don't miss out on the good English players...

Then who is pinching our players!



The Scots tried with Shingler, and the Irish knicked Ruddock.

The French are nicking all your players, the next generations of the Phillips, Hook, Robert, Byrne, Charteris and Lydiate families will all be wearing Blue

They keep pinching South Africans too!

And I can't think of anyone stealing French players - so they must be the source of the whole problem.

Glad we have sorted this out, i'll write a letter to the IRB now and get France banned from professional rugby.

Actually give it twenty years and lots of French born pacific Islanders will be eligible as well as perhaps the children of genetic freaks like Richie Gray and Jamie Roberts

Thats already happening!!! Trevor Brennan wants his son to play for France and his son is huge!