Fnar, fnar CFH…sets it up for the big one next weekend.
The Scots had our cards marked for the first half – but in fairness, they should have turned that into a few more points and gone in more than three clear. The green machine came out with a little more oil in the second and played some lovely rugby. I hope Heaslip gets a little telling off for nearly bloody dropping that ball while he was celebrating. He has been a revelation this year, and though I wouldn’t wish injury on any man, I was relieved to see Leamy go off and Heaslip come on. He somehow makes our forwards look far more dynamic when he’s playing. Brilliant break by Stringer for the try too. After Ireland went seven clear for the second time, Scotland had run out of ideas…harrying the Irish at the breakdown was always going to work for a limited time only.
So next week, as bad as Wales were today, there was a raft of changes and the squad didn’t quite gel – the big guns will be out next week and I still think maybe the championship will be Irelands but Wales will win the game. Our scrum was very worrysome today – Hayes looked as vulnerable as I’ve ever seen him. If we scrummage like that next week, we’ll be in trouble and we can’t count on the Welsh line-out being as dodgy as the Scottish one today.
On another note, how the hell did so many tickets for that game today fall into Irish hands? At times, it sounded like Croker in there when the Irish were in full voice.
