Scotland v Australia, 23 November

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Scotland v Australia
 
23 November 2013, KO: 18:00
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
 
Referee: Jaco Peyper (RSA)
AR1: Pascal Gauzere (FRA)
AR2: Francisco Pastrana (ARG)
TMO: Geoff Warren (ENG)
 
LIVE on BBC
 
A. Teams:
 
1. Jessies
 
15 Sean Maitland (Glasgow Warriors) 7 caps, 1 try, 5 points
14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) 4 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
13 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby) 40 caps, 1 try, 5 points
12 Duncan Taylor (Saracens) 5 caps
11 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors) 81 caps, 12 tries, 60 points

10 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors) 7 caps, 1 try, 2 conversions, 9 points
9 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby) 23 caps, 3 tries, 23 conversions, 49 penalties, 208 points

1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors) 12 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) 70 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
3 Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors) 22 caps
4 Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby)
5 Jim Hamilton (Montpellier) 49 caps, 1 try, 5 points
6 Johnnie Beattie (Montpellier) 25 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
7 Kelly Brown (Saracens) 59 caps, 4 tries, 20 points CAPTAIN
8 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby) 16 caps
 
16 Pat MacArthur (Glasgow Warriors) 2 caps
17 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) 29 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
18 Euan Murray (Worcester Warriors) 57 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
19 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
20 Kieran Low (London Irish) uncapped
21 Chris Cusiter (Glasgow Warriors) 63 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
22 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors) 23 caps, 3 conversions, 2 penalties, 2 drop-goals 18 points
23 Max Evans (Castres) 36 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
  
2. Wallabies

15 Israel Folau
14 Joe Tomane
13 Christian Leali'ifano
12 Mike Harris
11 Chris Feauai-Sautia
10 Quade Cooper
9 Will Genia
 
8 Ben Mowen (capt)
7 Michael Hooper
6 Scott Fardy
5 James Horwill
4 Rob Simmons
3 Sekope Kepu
2 Stephen Moore
1 James Slipper
 
16 Saia Fainga'a
17 Ben Alexander
18 Paddy Ryan
19 Sitaleki Timani
20 Ben McCalman
21 Nic White
22 Nick Phipps
23 Bernard Foley
 
B. Recent Form - last seven
 
1. Scotland
 
Scotland - South Africa 0-28
Scotland - Italy 30-29
South Africa - Scotland 30-17
Samoa - Scotland 27-17
France - Scotland 23-16
Scotland - Wales 18-28
Scotland - Ireland 12-8
 
2. Australia
 
15-32 Ireland - Australia
20-13 England - Australia
41-33 New Zealand - Australia
17-54 Argentina - Australia
28-8 South Africa - Australia
14-13 Australia - Argentina
12-38 Australia - South Africa
 
C. Recent Form - head to head
 
5 June 2012, Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Scotland Tour of Australasia
Australia 6 – 9 Scotland
 
21 November 2009, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2009 Autumn International
Scotland 9 – 8 Australia
 
25 November 2006, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2006 Autumn International
Scotland 15 – 44 Australia
 
20 November 2004, Hampden Park, Glasgow
2004 Autumn International
Scotland 17 – 31 Australia
 
6 November 2004, Murrayfield, Edinburgh
2004 Autumn International  
Scotland 14 – 31 Australia

Facebook? linky to the page? I haven't seen a decent one

IanBru wrote:One classic (now deleted, unfortunately), from a guy who's incandescent with rage that Visser hasn't been picked! Grrr... He's just so lazy, sitting in the sidelines like a cripple.

 

Haha, yes there's always some classics on FB.
Saw one a few days ago calling for Johnson to be sacked & for Lineen to be made head coach immediately!
Then there's always classics like this

Random facebook user wrote:I'm supporting Scotland by voting with my feet, cancelled my transactions for the 6 Nations

Come on Scotland. I believe in you

Visser not picked? Grrrrrrrrrr. Angry face

Mind you, a one legged Visser still has more pace than a fully functioning Shlong these days! Bless him

I remember the days when rugby fans/followers used to go to watch the rugby.  These days it seems to be fasionable and all the randoms are rocking up!

tigertattie wrote:Visser not picked? Grrrrrrrrrr. Angry face

Mind you, a one legged Visser still has more pace than a fully functioning Shlong these days! Bless him

I remember the days when rugby fans/followers used to go to watch the rugby.  These days it seems to be fasionable and all the randoms are rocking up!

I don't get along to as much Edinburgh games as I would like. By the time I factor in a train and a ticket it can be well over 30 quid.

It's pretty expensive.

The Oz game is my only trip in the AIs.

I suppose in one way it is a good thing. more support for the sport???

My brother took his Mrs to the Japan game.  Neither one of them knows the differance between a ruck and a maul.  Between them they could probably only name 5 players who started.

Also: 1000th post! Woohoo! only 12000 more to go to catch a certain prolific poster on here

Good news

I have decided to still watch it and not allow my rage to colour my support

So two good news items

1 - I get to watch the game
2 - You get to hear me rant about it next week  

Win win

but what if we put in a good performance and come away with the victory?

I will rant at myself for not believing  enough

"We had a few Nessies at breakdown last week - unconfirmed sightings." - Scott Johnson talking about the importance of the contact area. We might question his selections, but damn he's quality when it comes to press conferences.

I'd much rather he was a good selecter and coach before he was a giggle at the press chats!

tigertattie wrote:I'd much rather he was a good selecter and coach before he was a giggle at the press chats!

The Ford decision aside, can we really say he has made a lot of bad calls? Pummeling the Ozzies uprfront with a dose of abrasive ball carriers might work a treat.

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:

tigertattie wrote:I'd much rather he was a good selecter and coach before he was a giggle at the press chats!

The Ford decision aside, can we really say he has made a lot of bad calls? Pummeling the Ozzies uprfront with a dose of abrasive ball carriers might work a treat.

Ragde, nobody in their right mind would play two no8s and a no6 against Australia?

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:

tigertattie wrote:I'd much rather he was a good selecter and coach before he was a giggle at the press chats!

The Ford decision aside, can we really say he has made a lot of bad calls? Pummeling the Ozzies uprfront with a dose of abrasive ball carriers might work a treat.

Ragde, nobody in their right mind would play two no8s and a no6 against Australia?

6. Lydiate
7. SOB
8. Faleteu

Gatland did and thumped them 16-41 with the Lions. He could have picked Tipuric at 7 but chose not to.

SOB is apparently a 7 but IMO he was always a better number 8.

I'm going to reserve judgement on the selection untill after the match. It might not be as bonkers as we all think.

I know the last time we played we won the breakdown contest with Barcs at 7, but I didstinctly remember at the time we all thought Barcs at 8 was weird too.

You mean Barcs at 8?

Speaking of big scores V the Wallabies, having conducted extensive research, including logical theorems & computer simulations (I dug out and played rugby 08 again!) I have concluded that we'll win 47-10 tomorrow!  

tigertattie wrote:You mean Barcs at 8?

yeah, you knew what I meant.

GLove39 wrote:Speaking of big scores V the Wallabies, having conducted extensive research, including logical theorems & computer simulations (I dug out and played rugby 08 again!) I have concluded that we'll win 47-10 tomorrow!  

I'd jizz in my pants if we won by that!

tigertattie wrote:

GLove39 wrote:Speaking of big scores V the Wallabies, having conducted extensive research, including logical theorems & computer simulations (I dug out and played rugby 08 again!) I have concluded that we'll win 47-10 tomorrow!  

I'd jizz in my pants if we won by that!

 

Well we just got to hope his washing lady's open minded when doing his laundry.......

I get excited watching rugby, but never been that excited....!

With the average age of posters here, that would be a medical miracle  

Last chance tomorrow to salvage something from the weekend

What the hell happened to Glasgow?? At least Edinburgh's pumping was to be expected!

RDW_Scotland wrote:What the hell happened to Glasgow?? At least Edinburgh's pumping was to be expected!

Missing too many players?

It was the dragons....at home!

Edinburgh weren't actually that bad I thought, Ulster should have been down to 13 men for a double high tackle on Tonks but the ref chickened out, score would have been different if the ref had got it right. Atkins and Du Preez looked good as did Rennie when he came on.

GLove39 wrote:Speaking of big scores V the Wallabies, having conducted extensive research, including logical theorems & computer simulations (I dug out and played rugby 08 again!) I have concluded that we'll win 47-10 tomorrow!  

Oh no!

Have you ordered the extra boxes of Lego yet, GLove?

Hopefully you'll have enough pieces to do an excellent job.

I've just realised...

It's been 500 years since the Coronation of King James V of Scotland.  (x 6 days old = 3,000)
50 years since the first episode of Dr Who came onto our screens.
5 years since "Doomsday" was first released.

3,000 / 55 = 54.5454 and divide that by the magic "5"
= 10.9090


So I think the Wallabies will win by no less than 11.

Scott Johnson on Duncan Weir:

He said: “I remember when I first saw him, I thought: ‘Who is this little fat kid playing at number 10?’

“Now I look at him physically and he has changed enormously. He has done really well and despite his looks he is a very good athlete

.

 

Thats a bit harsh on the boy lol

SJ may as well have said

"He's got the rugby brain of Craig Chalmers but the rugby body of Allan Jacobson"

tigertattie wrote:Thats a bit harsh on the boy lol

SJ may as well have said

"He's got the rugby brain of Craig Chalmers but the rugby body of Allan Jacobson"

 

Lovely cold clear day here in Edinburgh. gonna be well cold for the match tho

tigertattie wrote:Thats a bit harsh on the boy lol

SJ may as well have said

"He's got the rugby brain of Craig Chalmers but the rugby body of Allan Jacobson"

reminded of Seth MacFarlane's joke about Whiney Cummings at Donald Trump's roast: "She's got the body of a crack lady of loose morals. But the razor sharp wit of a crack lady of loose morals".

Really nervous about today. I just want a performace we can be proud of. THAT will be the progress I need to see.

Edit: re above, the automatic swear filter is clearly turned up to '11'.

I don't know, I think Scotland may do a better job of containing the Aussies than Ireland did. If only they could score try's...

Bloody BBC cut the buildup to the game cause the f1 was delayed!

Yeah, noticed that as well RDW. As long as it doesn't go into the match time...

So I turn on the telly to watch the build up and it's just cars going round and round And it's not even the proper race. I thought that F1 had its own Sky channel?

Anyway, the proper sport is starting now...evening all and come on Scotland!  

Evening cari!

Just for this evening, the Australian waterboy is replaced by a pub landlord...

Coo, isn't it dark in Murrayfield?

Evening RDW! Nervous? don't worry the Aussies have been on the whiskey...

I'm not at the game for the first tine in a long time - gonna be strange watching on tv!

How come? It looks awesome from here. I do like the Scottish autumn internationals, they tend to put on a bit of a show. They don't seem to have the extras from Braveheart tonight though...

RDW_Scotland wrote:Bloody BBC cut the buildup to the game cause the f1 was delayed!

Who cares? I find all the blether a waste of time.

TJ - I'd rather watch all that than a load of cars going round and round.

Big Jimbo has his 50th cap  

Stadium looks amazing!

It does mean we miss out on last week's highlights

Nice tash Schlong...Weir's barely got sixth form bum fluff. 

123456789 wrote:It does mean we miss out on last week's highlights

A good thing IMO

Good to see Joe Ansboro. He's looking well.

Jim Hanilton penalty as always!