Anyway, back to good old Premiership rugby now.......
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All this talk of high tackles, punches and citings - tssssk!
It's a man's game.
I bet if we'd had multiple angle video replays of everything that went on in the '74 Lions tour then most of the players would've been banned.
Whilst modern TV coverage gives us fantastic views of all the goings on it also picks up all the previously unseen indiscretions.
I'm not in favour of dirty play and cheap shots but I think too many players get penalised for high tackles when they're either round the shoulders or the tackler ducks into it. I also dislike the penalties where the tackler gets done for not using his arms even when he's tried to wrap up the man but the hit with the shoulder was so good that the guy has bounced off before being wrapped up.
With you on that Scamper.
C'mon you Saints!
Guscott 😆
My World XV would look something like this:15. Kurtley Beale 14. Chris Ashton 13. Conrad Smith 12. Sonny Bill Williams 11. Hosea Gear 10. Dan Carter 9. Ben Youngs 8. Kieran Read 7. Richie McCaw 6. Jerome Kaino 5. Victor Matfield 4. Courtney Lawes 3. Dan Cole 2. Bismarck du Plessis 1. Andrew Sheridan.
Lawes > Bakkies Botha, thats delusional, 3 of the front five that got torn a new one by SA last week
Must be room for one or two of the scots forwards in there. Better than the SA lot anyway 😉
Lawes might become worthy of a world 15 place but not yet. Ritchie Grey is the same. He was immense against SA but he is still young and learning
Scotland do have a greatly improving pack, no doubt. Their main problem is highlighted by this table. They managed only one try in the Autumn - a well-worked training ground move from set piece against Samoa that I witnessed as I froze my a*** off at Pittodrie.
The team that scores more tries usually wins. A strong pack doesn't normally earn you the win without some other factors. Just look at the French pack crushing the Wallabies in the first half. Didn't help much did it?
I'd like to see the Scots be able to cut loose but can't see it TBH. Especially with the sad loss of Thom Evans.
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Namastebuzz- there is no doubt. You could easily argue for the inclusion of lots of the scots forwards in a NH select / lions team but even the most one eyed of scots fans would not argue the same for the backs!
A stand off who can throw an attacking pass would help, but it would still get stuck at inside centre 🙂 Being a scots winger ATM mus tbe a dull task
Weir looks the man for the future in the no 10 shirt but he is out for 3 months now.
I don't think it's purely the stand off who can dictate whether a team can play good running rugby or not. Sure, having a Carlos Spencer type helps but if you have an attacking scrum half and centres and the whole mindset of the team is to try and score tries then any half decent no.10 should be able to make a fist of it.
Ireland have played some good stuff with Ronan O'Gara at the helm over the years after all.
I'm just looking forward to some half decent 6N games this time round after some pretty poor ones last time. Sco/Eng has to be one of the worst games I've ever seen. Mind you, Wal/Sco was one of the most exciting ever - unless you were a Jock!
Anyone know the deal with Euan Murray - he's left Northampton "by mutual consent". No mention of who he's going to?
