Scotland 6N lookahead

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Scotland 45 – Japan 10

Hardie, Bennett (2), Seymour, Russell

Scotland 39 – USA 16

Visser, Maitland, Nel, Scott, Weir

South Africa 34 – Scotland 16

Seymour

Samoa 33 – Scotland 36

Seymour, Hardie, Laidlaw

Australia 35 – Scotland 34

Horne, Seymour, Bennett


Tries this world cup:

Seymour – 4
Bennett – 3
Hardie – 2
Russell, Visser, Maitland, Nel, Scott, Weir, Laidlaw, Horne – 1


6 Nations fixtures:
Scotland V England
Wales V Scotland

Italy V Scotland

Scotland V France
Ireland V Scotland

George Carlin wrote:

MacKnocked-on wrote:I wonder if the John Barclay interview on the BBC website today is an indication that he will be playing this weekend? He and Hardie in tandem have to be worth a shot.    

Hmm. There's no way that Hardie would be jettisoned now, so potentially JB is either at 8 or at 20.

I like the idea of 2 opensides, but without losing bulk.

Maybe 6 Strauss 7 Hardie 8 Barclay wouldn't be too bad. It's certainly got a lot of attitude.

For me the only debate is between Cowan or Strauss at 6. England have a pretty beef group of forwards and Strauss would be handy in countering that, albeit you lose a bit at the breakdown.

I think if Barclay is going to feature it'll be on the bench. Can't see past Hardie at 7 and Denton at 8.

I'd be a bit concerned if Swinson and Barclay are picked on the bench - a bit too lightweight, especially if Barclay came on for Denton. If Swinson is picked I think we'd need Strauss coming off the bench too for extra bulk.

Ideally though Swinson just isn't picked then we can choose whoever we want on the bench in the backrow!

I'd personally pick Ben Toolis over Swinson for the bench, although I'd probably go with Strauss on the bench anyway. I rate Barclay highly but having Cowan, Hardie and Barclay in the 23 is a bit openside heavy for me, even though Cowan and Barclay can cover 6/8 if needed. England have some big forwards and Strauss is pretty handy at obliterating the opposition in the tackle.

In 'The Thistle', the Scottish Rugby YouTube video magazine thing, Rob Harley is training with the squad. Might he be in with a shot for being on the bench as cover for the second row or even starting at 6? He played well for Glasgow vs Ospreys and is a bit more robust in defence.

Yeah spotted Harley in one of the shots. Would think he must be short of match fitness having been out for over a month and only playing one game.

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GLove39 wrote:Sorry to stray off topic once again... But to the mysterious owner of the unofficial Scotland RU page on Facebook, sorry to keep calling you out like this, please check your inbox on FB or better yet PM me your email address on here.

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Haha! :L yes have gone into something approaching full self promotion mode recently :L
But got a new video, calcutta cup related this time, that I'm hoping to spread far & wide!

Strong under 20s team picked, with most of the players having played in the recent WC and last year's 6N



Great to see Charlie Shiel - Graeme Shiel's son and former player with my club - on the bench

Would be great to see them kick on from last year.

Throw in Fagerson to that lot and it is quite a solid team.

I suspect he'll be travelling reserve for the England game, if not on the bench.

Is BBC Alba showing the games?

Tattie Scones RRN wrote:Is BBC Alba showing the games?

No mention of it in their listings. Can't see it on Sky either.

BBC Alba have massively cut back their broadcasts this season so I'm not surprised it isn't on, which is a shame.

Yeah - Georgie Gideon Osborne has slashed the Beeb to pieces and unsurprisingly BBC Alba, typically watched by 3 humans, 45 sheep, a goat and a border collie has taken a part of that hit.

It's as if the Tories don't care about Scottish rugby.

The 6N always draws me back to the V2 vortex!

Thats the best U20 I can remember Scotland ever putting out, although to be fair that is not saying much. In particular I'm looking forward to seeing how Robbie Nairn goes on the wing and how Hastings Jnr goes at 10. Jamie Ritchie has also played in two (?) U20 World Cups now. I really want to see him put in some dominant performances considering his elevation to a full time pro and him now playing with his age group.

How come Bradbury isn't in the team?

Think he's too old now

He's only 20 apparently, I'd have thought that would be OK.

Magnus Donald Blackburn Bradbury, it really is some name

That team for Saturday....

I know, it's pretty much perfect.

I feel sick.

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For those of you interested, the U20 game will be broadcast live on englandrugby.com on Friday.

dmc wrote:For those of you interested, the U20 game will be broadcast live on englandrugby.com on Friday.

Thanks for that!

Watching the u20's game. Normally it's men against boys, but Scotland are really fronting up. Completely negating the England maul.

Getting destroyed in the scrum though

Fagerson would have made a big difference in the scrums

RDW_Scotland wrote:Fagerson would have made a big difference in the scrums

Good point

England totally bossing the scrums, Scotland defense is more than a match for Englands attack - and Scotlands attack is making yards out wide.

And a sneaky try for scotland right at the end of the half plus England get a yellow card

Wish they would stop calling the venue Braidwood! Likewise didn't realise Blair Hutchison was playing, and scored a try.

Good game though. Men vs boys in the scrum but our back play better. Could definitely still lose it because of that scrum weakness though.

17 - 6 to Scotland

Scotland U20 playing very well - is Adam Hastings with Edinburgh or Glasgow?

Anyone got a link?

http://www.englandrugby.com/news/live-scotland-u20s-england-u20s/

22 - 6 now

Cheers

What's going on??? 24-6!

Hastings is Bath academy

Fantastic try line defence from Scotland!

England's handling and composure in the red zone has been shocking

England are running out of ideas. Scotland's defence has been outstanding.

4 tries to none against england is an incredible result, especially with their scrum dominance.

Incredible win!

The difference this year is that we now have guys with pro12/aviva experience. They are getting the same level of exposure that the england players get, unlike in previous years.

The captain, who is the hooker, got sin binned.....hmmm.....just saying

England were bloody awful it has to be said.

That was a lot to do with our ferocity though!

That was a fantastic win by the U20s. We have lost these games by 50-60 points to England at this level in the past. Surely a lot of these kids have a future in the game, they played with heart, confidence and no little skill. That first try was something else and the tackling was just awesome.

Very, very impressed. We have never beaten England at this level before!

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BigGee wrote:That was a fantastic win by the U20s. We have lost these games by 50-60 points to England at this level in the past. Surely a lot of these kids have a future in the game, they played with heart, confidence and no little skill. That first try was something else and the tackling was just awesome.

Very, very impressed. We have never beaten England at this level before!

agree . plenty of real talent there . im sure many are going to go on to be capped in a few years or less. we do needs more props though !