Scotland V USA 27th September

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SCOTLAND V USA
27 September 2015
KO: 14:30 BST
Elland Road, Leeds

Live on ITV

Referee: Chris Pollock
Touch judges: John Lacey, Mike Fraser
Television match official: Ben Skeen

A. Head to Head

4 Played 4
4 Won 0
0 Drawn 0
0 Lost 4

C. Teams

SCOTLAND

15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) – 34 caps; 9 tries, 1 pen, 48 points
14 Sean Maitland (London Irish) – 17 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
13 Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors) – 10 caps; 5 tries, 25 points
12 Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors) – 11 caps, 1 try, 1 con, 1 pen, 10 points
11 Tim Visser (Harlequins) – 21 caps; 9 tries, 45 points
10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) – 12 caps; 2 tries, 2 cons, 14 points
9 Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors) CAPTAIN – 16 caps; 4 tries, 20 points

1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors) – 24 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) – 90 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
3 Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons) – 8 caps, 1 try, 5 points
4 Richie Gray (Castres) – 47 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
5 Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) – 11 caps, 1 try, 5 points
6 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan) – 46 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
7 Ryan Bloody Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) – 12 caps
8 Josh Strauss  (Glasgow Warriors) – 1 cap

16 Kevin Bryce (Glasgow Warriors) – 2 caps
17 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 48 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
18 Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) – 4 caps
19 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) – 13 caps
20 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) – 11 caps
21 Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester) – 42 caps; 3 tries, 48 cons, 92 pens, 387 points
22 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors) – 19 caps, 1 try, 6 cons, 9 pens, 1 drop, 47 points
23 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby) – 30 caps, 3 tries, 15 points

USA

(Yes I know she was born in Ukraine but who cares!

1. Eric Fry
2. Phil Thiel
3. Titi Lamositele
4. Hayden Smith
5. Greg Peterson
6. Al McFarland
7. Andrew Durutalo
8. Samu Manoa

9. Mike Petri
10. AJ MacGinty
11. Blaine Scully
12. Thretton Palamo
13. Seamus Kelly
14. Takudzwa Ngwenya
15. Chris Wyles (C)

16. Zach Fenoglio
17. Olive Kilifi
18. Chris Baumann
19. Cameron Dolan
20. John Quill
21. Danny Barrett
22. Shalom Suniula
23. Folau Niua

George Carlin wrote:So my policy of getting stuck at work and only being able to watch the second half looks to be paying off once again. Just turned the game on. Have we just been absolutely rank?

I can't watch the half time report because that would mean I need to look at Jim Rosenthal's 'sad face' and listen to his condescending arsebiscuits. If any face does not belong in high definition, it's Jim Rosenthal's.

Worse than that

Pretty crap GC. A couple of nice breaks but the handling hasn't been there to capitalise. Scrum is a mess.

The defence needs shored up. We need Harley, Cowan or Barclay to come off the bench! Oh wait............

What the f**k was that green stuff the Scots boys are wearing in the dressing room?.... Looked like cooked spinach

Nel and Dickinson on!

Good. New props. Hopefully the scrum will work now

SecretFly wrote:What the f**k was that green stuff the Scots boys are wearing in the dressing room?....  Looked like cooked spinach

To stop their legs cooling down as a result of not moving and lower the risk of cramp...
No just kidding I have no idea but that might be it.

Scotland made early changes, now Scotland need to score early and knock the USA. If USA score first they will go on to win I think.

Told you not to panic!

What a difference the Edinburgh props have made already

tigertattie wrote:What a difference the Edinburgh props have made already

Ah there we go as I pres the send button they score, they sorted themselves out.

More like it, but needed that conversion!

What planet is Hogg on today?!

Jesus Hogg. What are you on today?

MAITLAND SCORED A TRY!

Maitland scored a try!

Maitland!

Holy schitt. Maitland scored a try

Haha, great minds x3

Cotter has earned his money today, excellent subs and obviously a rocket up the backside of his team at half time. One more score now and the USA will probably lose heart.

I don't think the USA have touched the ball this half - look at the difference

And now visser is tackling

What's going on?????

This game is still far from secure

Disagree with Pollock on that Strauss penalty. He was on his feet.

Great USA defence keeping us out there.

Strauss should have given it I think!

Pyrgos really didn't take his chance today. No doubt about who is our top 9 now

Fraser Brown has made a real difference - very dynamic

Clearly Nel doesn't want Maitland to out score him

One more try needed - come on!!

Advantage to Whi.... advantage over!

Edinburgh front row destroying USA!

Edinburgh front row doing the business.

I've only just noticed the really odd way that Nel binds onto Ford at the scrum

Oh dear god no, not Finn Russell!

Need to get Russell off

Get fat boy on for Russell. We can't risk Finn.

Worst game I've ever seen Hogg play for Scotland

Need to be more imaginative pounding their line - their defence is solid

Every time I see Hogg play he's crap what do Scotland see in him? That interception try against Italy was years ago, has he done anything decent since?

Finn looks broken. Not good!!

Finn looks in a bad way.

This has been a good game ruined by stupid rules. For me the game turned on the early tackle by the USA which as a penalty to Scotland is fine but why then allow teams an extra advantage after gaining the ball to boot it 50 yards upfield?

The USA 12 is dumb enough to play for us!!

tigertattie wrote:Worst game I've ever seen Hogg play for Scotland

erm.. did you see him against Wales a few years ago in Cardiff?

USA due a yellow surely

Take 3 points!!

Excellent feet from Scott

Matt Scott 12

10 times a better centre than speed bump Horne

Matt Scott - 12.