Ireland vs Scotland 6 Nations - Saturday 1st February 2020 - Match Thread

[Tramptastic]

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IRELAND V SCOTLAND

1st of February 2020 16:45 Kick off

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant 1: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant 2: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Ireland: 15 Jordan Larmour, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Jonathan Sexton (c), 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 CJ Stander, 5 James Ryan, 4 Iain Henderson, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 John Cooney, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Robbie Henshaw

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg (c), 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ali Price, 8 Nick Haining, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Ben Toolis, 20 Cornell du Preez, 21 George Horne, 22 Rory Hutchinson, 23 Chris Harris

Perennial World Cup Quarter Finalists vs A Team With No Clear Strategy That Doesn't Currently Play To It's Strengths, Please Come Back Vern

Historical head to head data is useless as Scotland won for the 1st hundred years but Ireland have been dead good since the year 2000, except in 2010 at Croke Park which tells you Dan Parks is the finest rugby player Scotland has ever poached from Australia.

New head coach for Ireland in Farrell vs Townsend with new back room staff

Captain Sexton vs Captain Hogg - Eurgh, there's going to be so much moaning at the ref.

I'm looking forward to seeing a healthy amount of abuse in the thread below, please enjoy.

[tigertattie]

Half time summary

Too many penalties
Out back row aren’t getting to the breakdown either quick enough or when they do, being strong enough to remove the Irish jackler

Still in the game, but composure and last touch of quality are lacking

What’s Huw done all game? Haven’t seen much of Blairhorn. Ali price is mince

[BigGee]

Well you would have to say all our new boys have fully justified their selection

Haining, Hastings, Sutherland and Cummings have all been good

Just need a touch more composure

Still we are still in the game at HT, that had to be our first objective

[bsando]

wow wow wow! What a game so far. Scotland still their own worst enemies at times and getting killed at the breakdown but what an improvement from the RWC! Very good aggression and some very good stuff but Scotland have to stop giving Ireland easy outs and try and take some of their chances. Haining has been spectacular, my standout for Scotland, second would be Cummings who has been a tackling machine. I can't wait for Horne to come on and add even more tempo to the game and Hutchinson on for Jones might be a good idea, the midfield have been caught out in defence a few times.

[Brendan]

That was a really harsh call

It was, but we've got away with plenty this half!

You have but you are killing us everywhere

[RDW]

That was a really harsh call

It was, but we've got away with plenty this half!

You have but you are killing us everywhere

Yet you're winning!

[tigertattie]

Ireland are better at the breakdown. Just kills us off when they need the ball back

[Duty281]

Scotland should be ahead. Great intensity from them, Ireland struggling to match it, and if the Scots keep it up and cut out the careless errors in the second half, they should go on to win.

[majesticimperialman]

Great game so far.
 Scotland? how many times have they coughed the ball up on Ireland's goal line?

Ireland are unlucky not to be further a head than they are. some great tackles going in for both side....just hope the second half is as exiting as the first half.

Does any one think believe that Scotland are missing Fin Russell?

[SecretFly]

Ireland pretty much playing in 2019 static mode.  Yes, they're making attempts to look quicker but largely for me an illusion of grandeur so far.
Nothing clear cut or slick looking but then Scotland are all over us.... so no time to think about much obviously, much less trying to be 'new'.  We're trapped now in this game at least - not enough fluidity or familiarity with a looser gameplan but seemingly not willing to be more Schmidt-like dogged and slow it all down.
If Ireland don't find a more smooth rhythm, we're fried by this Scotland by full time

[carpet baboon]

Cooney needs to be on

[Gooseberry]

Great game so far.
 Scotland? how many times have they coughed the ball up on Ireland's goal line?

Ireland are unlucky not to be further a head than they are. some great tackles going in for both side....just hope the second half is as exiting as the first half.

Does any one think believe that Scotland are missing Fin Russell?

Great in terms of excitement but not really quality. Odd flashes but Scotland losing possession in scoring positions and Ireland mostly turgid.

[RDW]

Ah come on ref he literally fired it at Watson - in the Wales game the ref told the 9 he deliberately did it.

Where's the consistency!

[BigGee]

Another penalty, this one easy

[RDW]

Ireland being very streetwise at tying our players into rucks to milk pens.

[BigGee]

13-6 Ireland

[Duty281]

Ireland being very streetwise at tying our players into rucks to milk pens.

They’re certainly more canny than the Scots at the moment.

[RDW]

Scotland scrum well - Sutherland standing up despite much gametime.

[tigertattie]

Rory Sutherland just destroyed mr Furlong

[RDW]

Price has been poor - bring on Horne

[tigertattie]

Price has been poor - bring on Horne

Said by me in every game price starts

[RDW]

Did he drop it??

[BigGee]

Did he drop that?

[RDW]

Hogg!!!!

[BigGee]

Hoggy what were you thinking?

[Brendan]

What a captain

[RDW]

That an embarrassment

[tigertattie]

Jeez Hogg. What are you told as a kids? Under the arm and fall over the line.

Oh captain my captain

[BigGee]

Why not dive in from there

[RDW]

You know we're going to lose this, and you know we're going to look back on all these chances.

That was an open goal!

[BigGee]

Hope Hogg does not try and over compensate now

[RDW]

I think we could do with some subs - the boys must be tiring.

[BigGee]

Another easy penalty for Sexton

[RDW]

A try would make all the difference and we've messed up so many opportunities

[tigertattie]

Great. Now I’ve got chicken wings for tea. You know, the part of the animal that isn’t used so there’s no flesh on them!!!

Feckin chippy for me on the way home

[BigGee]

16-9 Ireland

[SecretFly]

Thank you Scotland. I think you're playing us hard enough that I see the beginning of Ireland thinking on their feet and talking to each. This could be the beginning.....

[RDW]

That lineout was so easily stolen is looked like an Ireland throw

[tigertattie]

No knock on???

Jeez man. We’re trying. We need a bit luck

[BigGee]

What a turnover from Watson

[Brendan]

Have Ireland done anything with the nail

We have been rubbish at it today

[Brendan]

Let's see if Cooney ups the tempo

[BigGee]

Haining looks like he can hardly take a breath!

[BigGee]

Penalty Scotland and the cavalry all come on

[BigGee]

JG has made 26 tackles as he gets subbed at 65 mins

[BigGee]

16-12 Scotland

[Cyril]

You can’t see either of these sides challenging France, England or Wales on this showing.

Hogg really is a numpty. No sympathy for him though after all his diving and cheap trick antics in the past.

[RiscaGame]

Absolute disgrace Hogg claiming a try, like he did. Everybody pans Biggar for things, but at least he had the grace to admit when he didn’t score a try last year.

[Heaf]

Odds on Ireland getting another pen then Scotland get a late try to draw it?

[TheMildlyFranticLlama]

More muppetry when it matters. Ridiculous

[RDW]

That would be Johnson the latest 10k fine.

Ref should be speaking to the Ireland players for panning Hastings after he called the mark though.

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