In fairness, Scotland have struggled for a long time to score tries and really got it together last season. Credit where it is due.

Scotland scored 5 against the notoriously tough USA defence.

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And only three against OZ,which pales into insignificance with the way England put them to the sword with a masterclass of running rugby…Oh wait… 😀

I had Scotland down to beat England last week. They seem to have dropped form since the WC.

Good to see an unchanged side from Wales, a bit more time together to work on the wide channels and hopefully we’ll use some of the overlaps we create this time. I suspect we may well see a few more tries.

Interested to see how Rhys Webb gets on on his return to domestic duties, as I thought Gareth Davies looked tired & slow last week, so maybe a possibility to get web back for the England game a get a bit more quick ball

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indeed it was, but he wouldn’t be coming back domestically unless he was fully recovered. there’s obviously a big difference between recovered and match fit, but with a month to the england match he’s got the opportunity to get some decent game time in.

hopefully it’s a moot point anyway and davies will be a bit sharper this week.
also hoping that sanjay and warbs are also a bit more on point (not that either had a bad game last week, but neither looked at their best)

wales by 10 i reckon

True, always going to bit a little cautious after an injury like that. Any news on 1/2p’s recovery, obviously not going to be back for he 6N, but haven’t seen any updates on when he’s likely to return?

My two fav Scotland rugby facts:

0 tries v England at Murrayfield since 2004
3 games won in the 6N’s between the last two WC’s

For balance, my two fav England rugby stats

We started Sam Burgess at centre in a world cup

James Haskell put in the best performance in an England 7 shirt for a few years last week!!!

Who was whining about being knocked out?

The RWC is history, as are the results from last week. It’s there for the record. Two teams head to head and a clear result. Next…..?

Now everyone can move on to how their teams will play in the next match….or can they?

I think both big Gav and wee Andy N need your lessons about expectations management duckman, they seem a little off script at the moment (even last night on R5L in Gav’s case), rather like the excitement and decibel levels in Cotter’s commentary.

Thanks for the offer AA, but really need, most have moved on (ok I guess this is still a RWC thread for one suffering from nostalgia)

So this weekend….?

You were expecting the tight Speedos?

That’s ‘did I leave the gas on?’

1 centre in the whole match day 23!

I think the pack looks as good as it has in the last few years. Only a good 7 from being pretty badass.

The backs, not so much. Ben Youngs? why? He was shit last week.

Got tickets for Wales – Scotland tomrrow so hope its not like the time Hogg was red carded a couple of years ago!

Just to remind the English fans of a few stats (from 2014 world rugby year in review)

Country – registered players – total players
England – 340,347 – 2,057,797
France – 291,202 – 383,757
Ireland – 96,880 – 172,491
Italy – 82,143 – 82,143
Wales – 73,444 – 73,444
Scot. – 49,305 – 169,231

It’s a miricle England aren’t better and smashing grand slams every year, it just shows what a massive cluster fvck the English Rugby Union is making of things.

BOOOOOOOORING!!!!!!

Harsh but 😀

I think the 6N is much more fun when the games are close and any one of several can win as has been the case in recent times. Even if it is tense to watch. Take last weekend, one underdog won, another almost/should have done so and one draw. ok lots of errors but entertaining nonetheless.

Loads of Scots wandering around town (Swansea) wearing kilts.

Q to the Scots on here – do you get self conscious wearing a kilt in public places outside Scotland? One bloke on his own looked it.