Ireland v Scotland, 15 August

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IRELAND v SCOTLAND
15 August 2015
KO: 17:00 local
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Live on Sky Sports at Notch's house

Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Assistant Referees: [TBC]
TMO: [TBC]

A. Head to Head

130 Played 130
59 Won 66
5 Drawn 5
66 Lost 59
1,416 Points 1,420

B. Recent Form

21 March 2015
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
10 – 40 to Ireland

2 February 2014
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
28 – 6 to Ireland

24 February 2013
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
12 – 8 to Scotland

10 March 2012
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
32 – 14 to Ireland

6 August 2011
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
10 – 6 to Scotland

27 February 2011
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
18 – 21 to Ireland

20 March 2010
Croke Park, Dublin
20 – 23 to Scotland

C. Teams

IRELAND

15. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11. Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock/Leinster)
10. Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster)
09. Isaac Boss (Terenure/Leinster)

08. Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster) capt
07. Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster)
06. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*
05. Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
04. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
03. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
02. Sean Cronin (St Mary's College/Leinster)
01. Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)

16. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
17. Michael Bent (Dublin University/Leinster)
18. Nathan White (Connacht)*
19. Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
20. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21. Eoin Reddan (Old Crescent/Leinster)
22. Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)
23. Dave Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)

SCOTLAND

15 Ruaridh Jackson  (Wasps)
14 Sean Lamont  (Glasgow  Warriors)  
13 Richie Vernon  (Glasgow  Warriors)  
12 Peter Horne  (Glasgow  Warriors)  
11 Tim Visser  (Harlequins)
10 Greig Tonks  (Edinburgh  Rugby)
09 Henry Pyrgos  CAPTAIN  (Glasgow  Warriors)

01 Ryan Grant  (Glasgow  Warriors)  
02 Fraser Brown  (Glasgow  Warriors)  
03 Jon Welsh  (Newcastle  Falcons)
04 Jim Hamilton  (Saracens)  
05 Grant Gilchrist  (Edinburgh  Rugby)
06 Blair Cowan  (London  Irish)
07 Hugh Blake  (Glasgow  Warriors)
08 David Denton  (Edinburgh  Rugby)  

16 Ross Ford  (Edinburgh  Rugby)
17 Gordon Reid  (Glasgow  Warriors)
18 Mike Cusack  (Glasgow  Warriors)
19 Rob Harley  (Glasgow  Warriors)
20 John Barclay  (Scarlets)  
21 Sam Hidalgo-­Clyne  (Edinburgh  Rugby)
22 Duncan Weir  (Glasgow  Warriors)  
23 Matt  Scott  (Edinburgh  Rugby)

im also looking forward to it, but will be incredibly suprised if we win and happy if we lose by less than 10.
lots of interesting issues in the forwards: can Cowan play 6, can Denton survive without a head knock, can Gilchrist play for at least 15 minutes before his hands are on his hips at a break in play, will Blake look completely out of his depth or look at home at this level, will Hamilton stay out of the bin, will Barclay still look like a quality international 7  or is he now an 8, can Harley really cover 4 at this level? Also lots of issues for the backs but cant be bothered listing them!

Oh ye of little faith Mr Scones.

Just wait till Hagrid picks up from a ruck in our 22 and sprints under their posts (yes Hagrid and sprints in the same sentence).
Rhuaridh the beard will give an assured and calm exhibition of full back play and Dozer Denton will have the Irish back row chorusing "No Mas" and asking to be subbed before the half hour mark.
Oh yes and Sharon Stone will be on the phone soon telling me how her latest photo shoot was just for me and can she come round later.

sensisball wrote:im also looking forward to it, but will be incredibly suprised if we win and happy if we lose by less than 10.
lots of interesting issues in the forwards: can Cowan play 6, can Denton survive without a head knock, can Gilchrist play for at least 15 minutes before his hands are on his hips at a break in play, will Blake look completely out of his depth or look at home at this level, will Hamilton stay out of the bin, will Barclay still look like a quality international 7  or is he now an 8, can Harley really cover 4 at this level? Also lots of issues for the backs but cant be bothered listing them!

Plays there most weeks for London Irish and does okay.

Hopefully a good game to watch for a neutral.

Margin_Walker wrote:

sensisball wrote:im also looking forward to it, but will be incredibly suprised if we win and happy if we lose by less than 10.
lots of interesting issues in the forwards: can Cowan play 6, can Denton survive without a head knock, can Gilchrist play for at least 15 minutes before his hands are on his hips at a break in play, will Blake look completely out of his depth or look at home at this level, will Hamilton stay out of the bin, will Barclay still look like a quality international 7  or is he now an 8, can Harley really cover 4 at this level? Also lots of issues for the backs but cant be bothered listing them!

Plays there most weeks for London Irish and does okay.

Hopefully a good game to watch for a neutral.

Normally openside for London Irish.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:That is the worst idea I've read in a long time - what the hell??

The reason Colin Deans made this statement was that he thought Denton was a poor and negative 8 who cannot/will not offload and constantly goes to ground in good attacking positions and therefore would be better at 1/3.   He (Denton) i playing for a place today along with a few others- notably Hamilton and Gilchrist at 4/5.  Battle to see who is least crap - my money would be on Hamilton.

Whether that is that truth or not, making a 6ft 5 number 8 a tighthead prop certainly won't fix it!

Denton at prop is pretty laughable, his body size is all wrong to play prop.
If he is going to switch positions it should be to 2nd row where he would probably be pretty useful.

Strong first scrum on Kilcoynes side.

Fraser Brown seems to have learnt his hooking from Ross Ford!

And wtf was that from the lineout? Stick the ball on Hamilton's back...

Catching the ball seems to be optional today...

Majestic83 wrote:

Margin_Walker wrote:

sensisball wrote:im also looking forward to it, but will be incredibly suprised if we win and happy if we lose by less than 10.
lots of interesting issues in the forwards: can Cowan play 6, can Denton survive without a head knock, can Gilchrist play for at least 15 minutes before his hands are on his hips at a break in play, will Blake look completely out of his depth or look at home at this level, will Hamilton stay out of the bin, will Barclay still look like a quality international 7  or is he now an 8, can Harley really cover 4 at this level? Also lots of issues for the backs but cant be bothered listing them!

Plays there most weeks for London Irish and does okay.

Hopefully a good game to watch for a neutral.

Normally openside for London Irish.

Usually plays 6 whenever Trevinanus is fit. Started last season at 6 and switched to 7 after Treviranus was unavailable with injury.

You're right though, played more 7 than 6 in fairness.

Ireland are joining the ruck from everywhere

Except the back foot

Hurrah 24.45 on the clock and Gilchrist actually forces a knock on from Conan, making amends for missing Zebo ( at kick off) and Fitzgerald ( at the restart after the Henry try)

Going to be interesting to see the difference when Cusack comes one. Just now Ireland are destroying us

oh dear, Irish scrum just mashed us.

brilliant try !!!! Denton offloaded the ball !!!!!

Denton is playing well, making yards and even offloading out the tackle. Good try.

What a difference with Denton

Just kick for the corner

Well, a few Irish playign themselves off the plane. D'Arcy as expected and Boss. Cronin having a stinker. Toner looks miles off the pace.

Only for SOB it would be a lot worse.

Considering the doubts we all had about this Scotland team selection they've actually picked themselves up pretty well after a very nervy start. Some of the carries have been impressive. Lineout not so much, need to see improvement there in the second half.
Interesting to see how long they can stay in touch with Ireland for. Will the floodgates open in this second half? Or has Vern instilled a bit more grit into this group?

Pass marks for; Denton, this is what he is capable of
Blake, has pace is getting to the breakdowns
Jackson, hitting the line, attacking space
Richie V, being Richie V
Henners, doing what he does making the right choices

Must do better; Front Five.

profitius wrote:Well, a few Irish playign themselves off the plane. D'Arcy as expected and Boss. Cronin having a stinker. Toner looks miles off the pace.

Only for SOB it would be a lot worse.

D'Arcy and Boss have been really poor. D'Arcy has been absolutely anonymous. Madigan is also poor, with scrum and lineout dominance we need to be in the right areas of the pitch but with Madigan and D'Arcy at 10 and 12 they aren't putting us in the right positions.

Playing well first half, wait to see what happens with the subs

How is Tonks doing?

Pretty anonymous. RDW.

Scottish back row getting into the game and gelling. Impressed with work rate from Blake, looking like he could be a very good player. Denton carrying well and Cowan getting about as well. Front five need to impose themselves more. Backs looking ok, closing down the Irish attack well. A bit more possesion start of this second half to see what Tonks, Horne and vernon can create.

Sounds like we're getting smashed in the set piece - very difficult the the Scottish backs to do much if that's the case

Just how bad were Wales last week?

Why do all the free sites require bloody flash player????

I'm on an apple for crying out loud!!!!

Scrum looking pants again and losing props like mad

Grant off on a stretcher and Welsh off for concussion test. Cusack on for his debut

Is Payne even playing?

I'd like to see jackson come in and push Madigan out one. Might give us some more direction.

Oh if Denton could pass....

Zeno deliberately mtripped visser. Should be off

tigertattie wrote:Why do all the free sites require bloody flash player????

I'm on an apple for crying out loud!!!!

Shouldn't have to - need to install ad block!

RDW_Scotland wrote:

tigertattie wrote:Why do all the free sites require bloody flash player????

I'm on an apple for crying out loud!!!!

Shouldn't have to - need to install ad block!

Or stop stealing and pay for it.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

tigertattie wrote:Why do all the free sites require bloody flash player????

I'm on an apple for crying out loud!!!!

Shouldn't have to - need to install ad block!

Site I use refuses to work unless you disable adblock...

Chunky Norwich wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:

tigertattie wrote:Why do all the free sites require bloody flash player????

I'm on an apple for crying out loud!!!!

Shouldn't have to - need to install ad block!

Or stop stealing and pay for it.

It is not illegal to watch an online stream, and it is only a civil offence to broadcast an online stream!

RDW_Scotland wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:

tigertattie wrote:Why do all the free sites require bloody flash player????

I'm on an apple for crying out loud!!!!

Shouldn't have to - need to install ad block!

Or stop stealing and pay for it.

It is not illegal to watch an online stream, and it is only a civil offence to broadcast an online stream!

High court ruling last week changed any recording of copyright in the uk, which means it is illegal. iTunes is actually illegal under uk law as it features a copy function.

Anyway, I'm not judging.

Time for half the Scottish posters on here to change their underwear, John Barclay just came on

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:Time for half the Scottish posters on here to change their underwear, John Barclay just came on

What do you mean? Is he rubbish then?

Good try by zebo. Although should not be on the pitch

Ireland all over the place defensively

Chunky Norwich wrote:

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:Time for half the Scottish posters on here to change their underwear, John Barclay just came on

What do you mean? Is he rubbish then?

No he's been hailed as the saviour of Scottish rugby for the last few years that he's spent in international exile

Lamont pop pass. Well I never

Next I will see mcmisser tackle lol

Boys, boys...

What is the score? My illegal site has stopped working and I can't get it going. Mrs Pip recognises this sad state of affairs only too well.

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:Time for half the Scottish posters on here to change their underwear, John Barclay just came on

What do you mean? Is he rubbish then?

No he's been hailed as the saviour of Scottish rugby for the last few years that he's spent in international exile

I must have missed that. He's just a decent option for Scotland who should have been in the squad in the last few years.

Madigan has serious skillz