6N 2016 : Super Saturday Game 2 Ireland vs Scotland Dublin 17h00 KO

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IRELAND v SCOTLAND
19 March 2016
KO: 17:00 local
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant Referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa) & Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

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

FB 15 Simon Zebo
RW 14 Andrew Trimble
OC 13 Jared Payne
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Jonathan Sexton
SH 9 Conor Murray

N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Donnacha Ryan
TP 3 Mike Ross
HK 2 Rory Best (c)
LP 1 Jack McGrath

Replacements:
HK 16 Richardt Strauss
PR 17 Cian Healy
PR 18 Nathan White
LK 19 Ultan Dillane
FL 20 Rhys Ruddock
SH 21 Eoin Reddan
FH 22 Ian Madigan
WG 23 Fergus McFadden

SCOTLAND

FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Duncan Taylor
IC 12 Alex Dunbar
LW 11 Tim Visser
FH 10 Duncan Weir
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)

N8 8 Ryan Wilson
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay
RL 5 Tim Swinson
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 WP Nel
HK 2 Ross Ford
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson

Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally
PR 17 Rory Sutherland
PR 18 Moray Low
FL 19 Rob Harley
FL 20 Josh Strauss
SH 21 Henry Pyrgos
CE 22 Peter Horne
WG 23 Sean Lamont

Could be a cracker guys!  

We're utterly clueless just now

Hoggs try was brilliant.

That last passage of play was calamitous though, from the dire restart to the clumsy defence.

Such a shame, this looked like it could be a close game.

FINALLY!!

Can we just give Stander the MOM award now?

Glad to see the Scots are blaming the ref as per usual rather than their own stupidity and ill discipline. If you can't see why the penalties have been given then rugby isn't the game for you

I feel bad for Henshaw and Payne. Both men are clearly unsuited to the positions they're playing. Stander and Heaslip work very well together. This is a scrappy but still entertaining match so far.

Peter Stringer wrote:Glad to see the Scots are blaming the ref as per usual rather than their own stupidity and ill discipline. If you can't see why the penalties have been given then rugby isn't the game for you

Hopefully you're not an Ireland fan.

Given the chronic lack of possession and the number of penalties conceded, 8 points isn't a complete disaster!

Well of the selection controversies, Swinson is doing ok, Wilson and Weir got a bit of work to do to justify their selections. I can see both coming off pretty soon into the second half.

We really need to score first!

To the refs credit the game has sped up a rate of knots now teams are lying off the ball. To his discredit though it's suddenly turned into rugby league.

I honestly can't see anything wrong with half of those penalties. Feel are bit aggrieved.

That said Ireland are playing very wily and well rightly targeting the high balls and clearing the breakdown clearly. And no excuse for Scotland being clueless in several areas.

If we lose I just want to lose properly. Not because of odd decisions.

Ps itv. How many adverts?! Im on my phone writing this and they're still on.

Can we borrow John Hardie and Stuart Hogg when we go down to South Africa in the summer lads? John Hardie especially. He is, for me, the man of the match so far which is awesome considering the possession and territory stats. Everything you want from an open side, genuine class.

Ireland playing well, the better team, but if we drop our standards for 5 minutes, 10 minutes this Scotland team is good enough to really, really punish us for it. big 40 minutes required. Very enjoyable game.

BigGee wrote:Well of the selection controversies, Swinson is doing ok, Wilson and Weir got a bit of work to do to justify their selections. I can see both coming off pretty soon into the second half.

We really need to score first!

Swinson has put some big hits in.

Weir and Wilson have been gash.

We've been terrible but the ref has been worse.

2nd half we need to cut out the errors, leave the tackle area alone and just work on keeping the ball when we have it.

No complain from me about the ref, apart from the last scrum penalty which was to me 50/50 at best.

Peter Stringer wrote:Glad to see the Scots are blaming the ref as per usual rather than their own stupidity and ill discipline. If you can't see why the penalties have been given then rugby isn't the game for you

Well I'm a neutral and think this ref is exceptionally poor. Scotland seem to have come out looking for turnovers at the breakdown but this clown thinks hes playing a 4 downs and 10 format. once a tackle is made its all stop and reset.

17% procession isn't the refs fault, Scotland need to front up and get some ball

At least we have a bit of a bench to play with this time. Pygros and Horne can really add some pace if they come on and Strauss some go forward hopefully.

I'd like Harley at 6 and Strauss at 8 Asap - Harley to combat stander and Strauss because he isn't Wilson.

This really just the game for Barclay.

RDW_Scotland wrote:I'd like Harley at 6 and Strauss at 8 Asap - Harley to combat stander and Strauss because he isn't Wilson.

This really just the game for Barclay.

It beggars belief how Wilson is starting ahead of Strauss. Maybe there is a sense of culpability for playing too many foreigner in the pack?

Good start from Scotland making a lot of ground up the pitch.

Shame about the knock on.

Payne - blocking Visser or just holding his ground?

Nel committing the cardinal sin of ruck defence

Time to sub off weir Wilson maybe laidlaw

And the ref.

I thought the ref was going to join in with Ireland for that maul.

Great from Ireland. It's looking worryingly one sided now though.

Have the injuries done this for Scotland? Or the shorter turnaround? Or bit of both and Ireland being a fine team?

RDW_Scotland wrote:Payne - blocking Visser or just holding his ground?

He didn't change his line, he has as much right to hold his own line

Scotland are so boneheaded it's astonishing. A lot of work for Cotter to do yet. Another yellow card must be coming as well. You have to play to the referee even if he is on the pedantic side. Scotland badly need a good captain to lead this side.

If I was Cotter I'd get Barclay off, he is being really dull in the way he is trying to disrupt Ireland. Will get another yellow if he keeps it up.

Peter Stringer wrote:Scotland are so boneheaded it's astonishing. A lot of work for Cotter to do yet. Another yellow card must be coming as well. You have to play to the referee even if he is on the pedantic side. Scotland badly need a good captain to lead this side.

Can't argue much with that!

The only positive from the so far has been Hogg - he's been electric.

Why take Hardie off and leave Barclay and Wilson on??

Taking off Hardie and leaving Wilson on????

Hardie off?!?

That's it Cotter, get your best performer off. I think the Schmidtatron won a bet and Cotter is paying up with his selection and substitutions.

Agree with everything stringer just said

Come on Scotland...now the fightback. My bet is slightly alive again.....

Good try!

Irish player that killed the ball on the line lucky to not get a yellow - completely cynical

Please get Weir off.

Ffs sub weir off ffs

Ps ffs

RDW_Scotland wrote:Good try!

Irish player that killed the ball on the line lucky to not get a yellow - completely cynical

Clear yellow. Should've still checked back if he didn't know who it was.

Going ok for my dream team. 4/7

Why aren't we kicking thus out our 22??

RiscaGame wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Good try!

Irish player that killed the ball on the line lucky to not get a yellow - completely cynical

Clear yellow. Should've still checked back if he didn't know who it was.

Going ok for my dream team. 4/7

Absolutely - doesn't matter that we scored the yellow should have stood

To be fair to Scotland they've got this referee clocked. Refusing to give away possession

Take away a few stupid mistakes and we would have been right in this!

Gauzere would be a great leagunion ref. New breed of rugby. And really Poopie.

Well done Dunky, you were as bad as we expected. Still can't believe Edinburgh have signed him

Mon Ginger Boab. Show em yer stuff

Credit to Swinson n he's done OK.

Still don't think he's a long term solution though!

News is cotter just wrote a letter to Peter Horne.

"Thanks for playing well last week Peter. Now come on with 18 minutes to go with an 8 point margin to chase with a rattles team.

Ps hope your confidence isn't knocked!"

Why are we not even kicking penalties to touch in our 22??

Taylor was diving on the ball ffs!