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As long as the wingers come looking for work
Daly, Watson & May as a back three.
Two off those will look to work & come in the line, the other will be traversing the pitch offering the ability to unload to anybody willing to take a step back behind him.
Can't say I ever saw him look particularly bad in club rugby (didn't see a single Celtic league game last season though)What's happened to North? Injured I take it?
Cuthbert was a hopeless figure for the whole of last season at all levels just lost all confidence. He seems to have also lost a yard of pace which was his main asset. He seems to have moved his game in now though and is doing a passable impression of a big strong winger. Would prefer him to not be in thw Wales team though.
North is indeed broken again.
We will go for interceptions...
Surely not 😆 If any team other than Scotland set out to win by interceptions they'd be laughed off the pitch but somehow they pull it off time and time again! 😀
Daly needs to be tried as a 13. Farrell at 10, Slade at 12. I'd put Nowell on one wing, May on the other and Watson at FB. With Ford, Roko and JJ on the bench, there is cover for an injury to any position.
England need to try all of their combinations to establish the most potent.
Dan - its part of the way Scotland and Glasgow especially have been playing for years. Its not by luck - its played for. Part of the high risk high reward strategies Townsend is so fond of. Get it right, score a try, get it wrong - lose one.
Nothing venture nothing gained and you score 4 we will score 5 has always been Townsends way. When it comes off its great, when it goes wrong its a disaster ( England last year?)
Whatever else it is Scotland and Glasgow games are allways entertaining now. Compare that to the bore fests of few years ago.
Rugby is an entertainment business and Scotland are always entertaining these days. However I will still be watching on Saturday from behind the sofa
Nothing venture nothing gained and you score 4 we will score 5 has always been Townsends way. When it comes off its great, when it goes wrong its a disaster ( England last year?)
I fear NZ are just the team not to play this way against. Still everyone will be too busy laughing at Wales losing to Georgia to remember the Scotland NZ score!!!
Cuthbert does get a fair amount of stick. For balance Someone stick a clip up of his lions try against Australia or him skinning Poundland.
More than aware of that TJ. Their success rate for interception tries is phenomenal and rather unique in rugby
Hope Mcguigan gets of the bench for you lot TJ. He's been going great for Sale this year (interception king!) and is a bloody good guy apparently.
I think he will. Still going to be watching from behind the sofa - In fact I may just stay there for ever
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/42025775
Steve Diamond given a ban for complaining about the referee.
[i]"Well, he [Maxwell-Keys] was making it up, wasn't he?" Diamond said.
"The ref was making the decision up. There were 40 or 50 rucks that should have been penalised if that's a penalty.
"We found out in Europe the refereeing is abysmal, and we found out tonight [against Exeter] that if referees want to come up here and make it up, then they can do."
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Perhaps the ruling bodies would do better to address the ridiculously inconsistent reffing, rather than trying to stop people from mentioning it.
Its not his first time is it? all leagues complain about their refs. The game is simply too complex and with too many subjective decisions possible for reffing to be 100% right. I find I complain about refs decisions in the heat of the moment but if you watch the incident again yo can usually see the ref was right or at least why he made the decision he did.
yo can usually see the ref was right or at least why he made the decision he did.
Of course you can. That's not what he (or I) am complaining about. There's not point not reffing a particular issue for 60 minutes then deciding to penalise a player for it in the last few minutes of the game. Either it's a penalty or not. It was a penalty in the first minute, it was a penalty in the last minute. Or not.
If the laws are too complex and the ref can't apply the laws [u]consistently[/u] then they need to be simplified.
I didn't see the game so I cannot really comment but I bet thats not what happened
Not sure why tj, it happens in every single game.
You see I simply don't agree. I see refs doing and impossible job well, I see continuity and consistency. I see the governing bodies constantly training refs. I think they do a fantastic job. without them we wouldn't have a game
I also see one eyed fans constantly complaining about decisions usually because they don't understand the laws and the guidance for refs.
Odd one
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/ross-moriarty-brink-signing-dragons-13915403
Odd in what way? That he'd go to Dregs?
I guess that he fancies more test caps, hence going to Wales.... presuming the Dregs choice makes it easier to sort a dual contract?
I do feel sorry for the Welsh guys. Webb and Moriarty are both class, could be on what 250-300k at an Aviva Premiership team and probably more like 500k at a French team.....what will they be in at one of the Welsh regions?
I also see one eyed fans constantly complaining about decisions usually because they don't understand the laws and the guidance for refs.
Nice little dig! I've always admitted to being one-eyed. Understanding the laws? Coming from a person whose nation suddenly had collective amnesia over the laws in the last RWC. 😛 <---- that's a tongue poking out at you, just so we're clear!
Good win for Glaws. On the ropes for much of the match, but good defence and then a couple of nicely taken tries by the academy boys.
Odd in what way? That he'd go to Dregs?
Yep Dregs seem a strange choice. I guess he can do a Warburton and call in club performances and only the U12 girls go to away games for the Dregs.
Would have been a great addition to Scarlets.
I do feel sorry for the Welsh guys. Webb and Moriarty are both class, could be on what 250-300k at an Aviva Premiership team and probably more like 500k at a French team.....what will they be in at one of the Welsh regions?
I would guess he'll be a dual contract so not doing too bad and he will be looked after better and expected to play less. He'll also likely get to 60 caps quicker and be able to bugger off again after that.
Such an odd team Glaws.....I was there when Sale put 50+on you last month, yet last night you beat the top team in Europe!
Hooper looks like someone's pished in his pint!!!!
Wallabies hanging on ominously here. England need some points quickly
On the otherside, jiffy being one eyed and whinging as usual, but Georgia are doing well (aided by a fair few Welsh mistakes)
How the hell can beale protest that yellow!?!?
Good game at HQ. Robshaw is everywhere. Itoge has bulked up hasn't he? He's a monster now. Launch quiet, not sure why they didn't put Simmons in for underhill.
Aussie defence is holding well so far, bloody quick off the line.
Blimey just switched back to the Beeb and only 10:6
What’s been going on in Cardiff??
Lawes playing well - more visible with carries and tackles
Need some fast hall and something from the pretty boys. Bit frustrating to watch
Launchbury has been a beast! All the hard work being done by him and Robshaw....not the pretty stuff, but Launchbury isn't conceding an inch in tackles.
Add Beale to the 'who's tampered with my beer club's 😆
No good if we can’t score with the bin advantage
But it is - they have now had 20 min a man down - that’s hard work.
Plus, we have scored 3, with 9 min left on the 2nd card
This is why I don't really like watching England - it's too stressful and frustrating. The inability to execute with such an advantage. Forcing play, poor decision making. I know conditions are dire but...aaarrrggh.
Bloody ‘ell
We are going to regret this.....
teamhurtmore - Member
Blimey just switched back to the Beeb and only 10:6What’s been going on in Cardiff??
Absolutely nothing - that's the problem.
😀 or 😯
Looking forward to the ref/eng haterz coming up!!!
Beale looks like he's had the stuffing knocked out of him. I bet he could murder a pint.
Well I was expectinga loss but cheating to win is worse!
What happened
Lawes has been superb so far.
God I’m bored of box kicks
Cheating to win, but then the ref allowed Georgia changed their penalty decision, which they aren't able to. Good job the refs do such a good job. 🙄 (To be fair to him, he wasn't too bad, but that's because neither team really did much through the match. It was like watching 30 disinterested teenage goths playing rugby.)
Lucky lucky England
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There you go thm! Tired defence after 2 men in the bin!!