6N 2017: England vs Scotland (take 2)

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ENGLAND v SCOTLAND
Saturday 10th March
16:00 GMT
Twickenham Stadium

Live on ITV, RTE, FR2, DMAX

Referee - Matthieu Raynal
AR1 - Romain Poite
AR2 - Marius Mitrea
TMO - Ben Skeen

A. Head to Head

134 Played 134
74 Won 42
18 Drawn 18
42 Lost 74
1,562 Points 1,141

B. Recent Form

6 February 2016
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
9 – 15 to England

14 March 2015
Twickenham, London
25 – 13 to England

8 February 2014
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
0 – 20 to England

2 February 2013
Twickenham, London
38 – 18 to England

4 February 2012
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
6 – 13 to England

C. Teams

ENGLAND


Starting XV:

15. Mike Brown (vice captain, Harlequins, 58 caps), 14. Jack Nowell  (Exeter Chiefs, 21 caps), 13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 31 caps), 12. Owen Farrell (vice captain, Saracens, 50 caps), 11. Elliot Daly (Wasps, 11 caps), 10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 33 caps), 9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 68 caps), 1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 49 caps), 2. Dylan Hartley (captain, Northampton Saints, 82 caps), 3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 72 caps), 4. Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 40 caps) , 5. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 56 caps), 6. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 10 caps), 7. James Haskell (Wasps, 73 caps) , 8. Nathan Hughes (Wasps, 6 caps).

Finishers

16. Jamie George (Saracens, 15 caps), 17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 40 caps), 18. Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 6 caps), 19. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 48 caps), 20. Billy Vunipola (vice captain, Saracens 32 caps), 21. Danny Care (Harlequins, 69 caps), 22. Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors, 6 caps), 23. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 24 caps).

SCOTLAND


Starting XV

15. Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) – 51 caps; 16 tries, 3 pens, 89 points
14. Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) – 34 caps; 15 tries, 75 points
13. Huw Jones (Stormers) – 6 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
12. Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors) – 22 caps; 6 tries, 30 points
11. Tim Visser (Harlequins) – 29 caps; 12 tries, 60 points
10. Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) – 25 caps; 2 tries, 5 cons, 8 pens, 44 points
9. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) – 3 caps

1. Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors) – 22 caps
2. Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) – 23 caps
3. Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors) – 7 caps
4. Richie Gray (Toulouse) – 63 caps; 3 tries, 15 points
5. Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors) – 31 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
6. John Barclay CAPTAIN (Scarlets) – 58 caps; 4 tries, 20 points
7. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) – 8 caps; 1 try, 5 points
8. Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) – 25 caps

Substitutes:
16. Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) – 105 caps; 2 tries, 10 points
17. Allan Dell (Edinburgh Rugby) – 6 caps
18. Simon Berghan (Edinburgh Rugby) – 1 cap
19. Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) – 27 caps; 1 try, 5 points
20. Cornell Du Preez (Edinburgh Rugby) – uncapped
21. Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors) – 19 caps; 4 tries, 3 pens, 29 points
22. Duncan Weir (Edinburgh Rugby) – 25 caps; 2 tries, 7 cons, 10 pens, 1 drop, 57 points
23. Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors) – 19 caps; 6 tries, 30 points

Very tight knit squad by the looks.

This is very disappointing, Scotland did so well to beat Wales and have gone backwards to a huge extent in such a short time.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Scotland hold it up then get penalised for being mouthy?  well done there Barclay.  The work was done for a change. Learn from that.

He'd been warned at least once and possibly twice about handbags after the whistle. Completely stupid.

Shifty wrote:This is very disappointing, Scotland did so well to beat Wales and have gone backwards to a huge extent in such a short time.  

Duncan weir is at full back and Ali Price has been on the wing since the 20th minute.

Has there been a better lock this championship than Launchbury though.

He's been remarkable every game, even when the rest of the team has been average

Disappointing touch finder from Brown.

Surely you can't regather the ball once you've lost it and are on the ground?

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:

Shifty wrote:This is very disappointing, Scotland did so well to beat Wales and have gone backwards to a huge extent in such a short time.  

Duncan weir is at full back and Ali Price has been on the wing since the 20th minute.

And yet the majority of their tries have come through our first choice centre pairing

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:

Shifty wrote:This is very disappointing, Scotland did so well to beat Wales and have gone backwards to a huge extent in such a short time.  

Duncan weir is at full back and Ali Price has been on the wing since the 20th minute.

There's 30 players on the field though, and Englands total dominance has been through the forwards, not cutting england to pieces out wide on the wings.

Why can't Scotland travel south?

Ouch! Another round of HIA coming up.

What's the Square root of 7467?

TightHEAD wrote:Why can't Scotland travel south?

England may be doing what Wales did in 2005, be pretty lack lusture for the first 3 games, then explode on the 4th against Scotland, before the grand slam game against Ireland at the end.

TightHEAD wrote:Why can't Scotland travel south?

Hopefully Scotland will put this down to experience and move on pronto.

TightHEAD wrote:Ouch! Another round of HIA coming up.

What's the Square root of 7467?

Are head injuries really that amusing to you?

England being let down by Billy Vunipola's haircut.

TightHEAD wrote:What questions are they asking these guys during the HIA, or are the Sweaties just thick? They keep failing them

What great banter from the England fans.

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:Ouch! Another round of HIA coming up.

What's the Square root of 7467?

Are head injuries really that amusing to you?

Calm down dear

TightHEAD wrote:

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:Ouch! Another round of HIA coming up.

What's the Square root of 7467?

Are head injuries really that amusing to you?

Calm down dear

Cracking banter

We've taken our foot off.

England are struggling to maintain the accuracy.

Griff wrote:England being let down by Billy Vunipola's haircut.

Might get one for next week.

But I'm not getting a Marler.

kingelderfield wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:Why can't Scotland travel south?

Hopefully Scotland will put this down to experience and move on pronto.

They're a relatively young snd inexperienced team. They'll get better with experience. The early Yellow Card killed the game as a competition.

David-Douglas wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:What questions are they asking these guys during the HIA, or are the Sweaties just thick? They keep failing them

What great banter from the England fans.

Just want to point out tight doesn't speak for all of us

Is it sacrilege to think that Hughes was playing better than Billy has shown subsequently (try notwithstanding)?

David-Douglas wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:What questions are they asking these guys during the HIA, or are the Sweaties just thick? They keep failing them

What great banter from the England fans.

It was pretty funny, to be fair.

Refs having a good game.

Good try

TheMildlyFranticLlama wrote:Can we just call it a day now?

Yes, we are now firmly into garbaage time. End it with no injuries.

Huw Jones starting to make up for his fairly terrible first half

England need to grab this game back.

Bit worried our defence hasn't looked great today.

feel like England have sat back a bit now and Scotland have capitalised. Fair play though. They can get the bonus point here because Engs defence has got a bit soft.

Finishers apparently not finishing. Look forward to sweeping generalizations being made about that.

Take the points

Focus England, focus.

Bad choice to kick for the corner,

The finishers have disrupted the flow today ... (sweeping generalisation)

I want 60

oh that woke England up.

Well played England.

Heaf wrote:The finishers have disrupted the flow today ...

Scored three tries from the bench so far

Finn Russell's arm was as high on Care as Hughes was on the Scottish chap!

I think England should let Scotland have a TBP so they can finish higher in the table ...

TightHEAD wrote:Finn Russell's arm was as high on Care as Hughes was on the Scottish chap!

?

There was nothing wrong with either.

Watson looks out.

I'll be mighty annoyed if Scotland get a 4 try bonus point.

kingelderfield wrote:Watson looks out.

Stinger!

to be honest this has been a total hammering. what the hell went wrong with Scotland?

nathan wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:Finn Russell's arm was as high on Care as Hughes was on the Scottish chap!

?

There was nothing wrong with either.

I agree but the touch judge wanted a yellow on one but not the other.

Ireland next.. Paddies weekend.. stopping England. Big favourites to beat England well I am sure.