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AA are you suggesting he was taken off the ball . . . early tackle ?
Where on earth did Murrayfield find the woman announcer with that horrible voice? I’d have to stuff cheese in my ears to sit in the stadium with her screeching every few minutes.
AA are you suggesting he was taken off the ball . . . early tackle ?
No I'm suggesting in a pre prepared piece of analysis you would imagine these "experts" might know the names of the players.
Cory BIL Hill...
Ah, the experts that regard scrums as black magic just because they <span style="text-decoration: underline;">used to be</span> backs.
Sorted - beer, crisps and sandwiches both sides of the sofa.
Can't decide if I actually want to watch this or not!
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Farrell involve in a scuffle pre match. Lol.
And only Farrell??
Dumb question possibly, but the advantage law. I know it's the ref's discretion and that sometimes a team will turn it down in preference for a kick, but is there a generally accepted sort of outcome after which advantage is over?
It came from watching FR - IT yesterday, and particularly a minor advantage (whatever the phrase is) for I think a knock on, that seemed over very quickly compared to some penalty advantages that go on for ages. Is that also laid down in law that a penalty advantage. is allowed to accrue for longer?
I guess they were worried about being beaten up in the air.
Wales easily won the battle under the dropping ball. I think they’d have rinsed Ireland in a reverse fixture. I’d love to be able to be within a shout of winning a game with that little possession. I don’t think there’s a team in the 6N that can match Wales for that.
Less than two minutes for Scotland to do us at the breakdown. When will we learn that we need to work with on that area? FFS.
Nigel’s there, so it should be good.
Three nil to Scotland that must be full time surely
@theotherjonv - yes you’re right. Knock-on advantage tends to be over once the team in possession goes through a set-piece or makes a controlled kick. Penalty advantage tends to be much longer, often many phases but not usually more than about 10-15m of progress down the pitch.
Farrell has the most punchable face since Percy Montgomery.
The knock-on (or anything else resulting in a scrum) advantage will always be shorter - I guess if you imagine where a team might be after a scrum - ie possession secured & recycling or a kick down the field. I think the refs allow a penalty advantage to go to a point where the team awarded the penalty might create a scoring opportunity. It gives the team playing advantage a “free play” so if you look at Ireland’s first try, there’s no way Sexton would have played such an interceptable pass had he not had the advantage. So, in essence, yeah, the penalty advantage is always longer then the scrum advantage but it depends very much on the field position of the team playing the advantage. IMO, the refs play this reasonably well. I’ve rarely had complaints other than when the attacking team scores a bloody drop goal.
Wow, I had not expected this. Looks like the Scotland team I’ve heard so much about have turned up.
Crikey. England at sixes and sevens.
Actually, no sevens .
When will England stop giving the ball away.
It's going to be a long afternoon if you're supporting England.
Russell having a much better game than the last two. Ford has gone awol.
another question - there's usually 3 defending backs covering about 1/3 of an acre, yet kicking downfield so often it doesn't find grass and instead goes straight to a defender who runs it back. What am I missing - why is it so hard to find the space between them?
Looked forward??
Showtime has to have his input.
Has TJ soiled his pants yet?
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Oh. Wheels have well and truly come off the chariot.
Fair play to Scotland they've been the much better team so far. Much better.
Wheres this ref from he's great 😁
Well, it would be nice to see at least one STW Plastique have his day. 🙂
CFH have you forgotten Ashton and Rhys Webb ?
Moores getting desperate!!!
Really impressed with Ecosse’s work at the breakdown...
oh cripes.
Ha ha ha ha.
WTAF is going on!
Yep. A long afternoon indeed. 🙁
Oh my!!! This is great. I cannot believe they did not stop him. England have looked woeful.
Englands lack of backrow balance has finally been exposed!
Looks like a reverse of last years fixtures.
Wow. #WorldBeaters looking rattled here. Hope Inverdale is ok at half time.
Someone call the AA!
The wheels appear to have come off the chariot.
Can I come out from behind the sofa yet?
Yup no genuine 7 in English rugby is biting us big time....affects 10 as well.....Ford can't play on the back foot.
Doubt we'll overcome a 16 point defecite.
England looked knackered after 60 minutes against Wales. Eddie Jones claims that they are 40% fitter than 2 years ago. Let’s see what they look like in 30 minutes or so...
AA you are right. Robshaw etc very slow, Scots all over Hughes and we don't have the answer .
What a mess. I wonder what EJ is saying now.
"Wow, I had not expected this. Looks like the Scotland team I’ve heard so much about have turned up."
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Its OK - we have the second half implosion to come yet.
I really can’t see the deficit being 16 points come the last ten. Cracking second half to come. I have to walk the bloody dog. Come on Scotland.
TJ,I fear you and I are both going to be proven wrong in our procrastinations.