Scotland vs France | Auld Alliance Trophy

Great turnover from Aldrit

Ffs. Both hands clearly on the ground before going for the ball

Hope Alldritt is alright. Absolutely top quality player and should have elected to play for Scotland

Nige reckons he was supporting his own body weight - I'm not so sure ...

Saved his team but cost him, that might be his champs over

tigertattie wrote:Ffs. Both hands clearly on the ground before going for the ball

Well explained by Nige I thought. Ok as long as supporting own weight, and not using the hands to do so.

Christie has had a great impact so far. Depending on the rest of the half I reckon he should get a chance starting against England.

Kick the points

Penalties really have such massive say on who wins games.

Another pen for Scotland and this time they kick

16-10 Scotland

France look really powerful but execution leaves a lot to be desired

Neither team seem to be able take control of this game

What the f**k was that?

One of the worst international matches Ive seen in years. Dreadf from both sides.

This has been absolute garbage.

Can we not go back to the clear and obvious Penaud knock on????

A try from nowhere

17-16 France

Scotland need to play now

Collapse2005 wrote:One of the worst international matches Ive seen in years. Dreadf from both sides.

Lucky you don't watch many England games then...

Collapse2005 wrote:One of the worst international matches Ive seen in years. Dreadf from both sides.

England and Wales "Hold me beer"

tigertattie wrote:Can we not go back to the clear and obvious Penaud knock on????

So obvious that he stopped playing after it. The clearest indicator, yet Berry missed it.

Go back to the old rule for kicks and offside

Scotland are going back to penalty machines and retreating into our shells

Bye bye win

If we lose this, we can't really complain. We've had our chances.

Well f**k

Duty281 wrote:

tigertattie wrote:Can we not go back to the clear and obvious Penaud knock on????

So obvious that he stopped playing after it. The clearest indicator, yet Berry missed it.

I hate when this happens. “Moaning Scot’s blame referee for those loss” but something so clear and obvious so far up the field and his insistence on playing on has completely swung the momentum of this game

Come on miracle try.

Oh look. The fcuking refs managed to spot that knock on from rowe

That's it now. Game over

Exciting ending

That is down!

Jeeeeeez

That's probably a try but not sure that can be said be conclusive.

This is tense

That is so wrong!

Smeg it. I’m out. Done. Why bother.

Sorry, Scotland, you've been mugged.

TMO talked Berry out of it. Clearly grounded.

Heartbreaking

We have been done there. anyone could see it was down

A game decided PURELY on the way a ref phrases a question.

And an absolutely clear and obvious french knock on which led to the french try

As they say, it’s Poopie being Scottish

Duty281 wrote:Sorry, Scotland, you've been mugged.

TMO talked Berry out of it. Clearly grounded.

No. You couldn't see the ball on the ground. Berry's on field decision did it for them. Clearly on replay everyone watching will think its probably a try but you can't give that on the video evidence ie turn over the on field decision.

Duty281 wrote:Sorry, Scotland, you've been mugged.

TMO talked Berry out of it. Clearly grounded.

Harsh on Scotland but it haa to be clear

Duty281 wrote:Sorry, Scotland, you've been mugged.

TMO talked Berry out of it. Clearly grounded.

It's on the ref. On field decision (his) was no try. As soon as he said that and with no clear evidence that was it.

Duty281 wrote:Sorry, Scotland, you've been mugged.

TMO talked Berry out of it. Clearly grounded.

He didn't though. Berry asked the wrong question. TMO couldn't find clear evidence, he would have to see the ball in contact with thr ground, clearly in contact. There was no footage good enough.
For the record, that was a try, Scotland you were robbed.

tigertattie wrote:A game decided PURELY on the way a ref phrases a question.

And an absolutely clear and obvious french knock on which led to the french try

As they say, it’s Poopie being Scottish

Scotland really should have killed the game much earlier, France were there for the taking.

I think I'm with the ref on this, if this was pre tmo that would have been just held up. There wasn't a clear enough angle.

Tbh I think we made a rod for our own backs that second half. Much a case of should've, would've, could've. Much much better than last week but France just ground that one out with sheer belligerence. Still 3 to play. Lets see if the boys can put themselves in the race to win.

sh!te way to lose a game though.

You can argue about individual moments but Scotland were not good enough in the 2nd half. France weren't much better though.

So sorry for you Scotland fans. I like both teams and not bothered really who wins, but that was a rough call. I clearly saw the ball touch the ground, no idea how that wasn't given by the TMO.

I counted at least 3 terrible decisions by Berry today and that is not including the claim of a French knock on for their try - Id have to revisit that one.

Van DeMerwe was guilt of a high tackle and was offside - how he played on was beyond me
Very disappointed in Nigel Owens spouting nonsense to defend the referee.

Alldritt got injured because Berry took to long making a decision

That was a try at the end all day long.
By saying he clearly saw it held up he put the TMO in a very difficult position.
He should not have made that call

VDM was defo offside but the directive around high tackles has been clarified and that is not regarded as a penalty offence, this week.
There seemed to be a knock on for the French try along with Christie being held in at the scrum.
The standard of officiating is just not up to the speed and complexity of the game these days.
However they should be catching the low hanging fruit decisions.

Aldritt was off his feet when he got injured,looked a nasty gash on his leg.
I think they need to end jackling and go back to shoving teams off the ball. And adopt the use it or lose it 5 sec policy if it’s at the back more stringently. Would also go back to as soon as a hand touches the ball it’s in play.

NeilyBroon wrote:I think I'm with the ref on this, if this was pre tmo that would have been just held up. There wasn't a clear enough angle.

Tbh I think we made a rod for our own backs that second half. Much a case of should've, would've, could've. Much much better than last week but France just ground that one out with sheer belligerence. Still 3 to play. Lets see if the boys can put themselves in the race to win.

Yeah it was a weird decision to not take the game to France in the second half. A home game with France playing very poorly, they were there for the taking.

I really do think Toonie has taken this team as far as he can. Both games so far Scotland have wasted good first half performances to then lose the second half. Incredibly frustrating to watch as a fan as Scotland have been so wasteful yet had the players to now be sitting on 9 or even 10 points rather than 5.

England will be a really interesting challenge for this side and having Kinghorn and Graham back will help take the pressure off Russell a bit. We have missed that spark those two can provide despite admirable performances from Paterson and Rowe. Paterson is certainly one for the future, he looked comfortable at international level but needs time to develop.