STW 2014/15 Rugby Thread

Right decision

Glad our own JJ is looking slippery again

Roberts has made the scottish midfield his bitches.

Wales under the high ball today have been imperious.

Roberts has made the scottish midfield his bitches

😆

**** me that was some defending from Wales

Welsh defence winning this in the last few minutes of the game.

Well Fin Russel had a shocker!

Well done on wales for the time wasting, that’s what won them the game

Time wasting?

Yes, they delayed kick off after the conversion.

And kicked the ball away twice after scotland were given penalties

Two teams determined to make life difficult for themselves!

Not convinced the ref had a great grip on the game, Scotland looked good at the breakdown for 60 mins and some nice runs from the backs just lacking execution… Wales defended exceptionally well at the end, looked great with the ball in the air, good when the game broke up at the end but were pretty average at best given the massive territory and possession over the full game 😕

Liam Williams should start again. Really happy Biggar is looking in form again too as 10 has been a real problem area. Where are our locks after Ball and AWJ (and Charteris)? It is a shame Ian Evans has dropped off the radar for example after looking to be developing well a year or two ago. What happened to Bradley Davies as well?

I don’t think Scotland can complain about the way the game ended- Hamilton’s stupidity after the try should have been a penalty at the restart perhaps anyway. From a Scotland point of view I think they will feel hard done by but they got away with a lot of penalties near the try line in the first half without a binning so it is probably even overall…

From a Scotland point of view I think they will feel hard done by but they got away with a lot of penalties near the try line in the first half without a binning so it is probably even overall…

Maybe on the totting up but I think the high tackle should probably have been a yellow in its own right.

^ Can’t disagree, but there were a lot of binnable offenses let slide so it isn’t too shocking for how the entire game was reffereed

I don’t think Scotland can complain about the way the game ended- Hamilton’s stupidity after the try

Thought that at the time, crazy! Still as a neutral I would like to have seen a restart for the tension. Not great rugby but entertainment nonetheless. MJ and Jiffy doing a bit if a wind up on the red channel!!!!

er yes, Sexton looks world class, they look like they could compete with any Southern Hem team

I don’t know if you’re trolling or genuinely don’t know much about rugby.

Sexton is as World class as we get in the NH for a 10 at the moment, certainly as far as the home nations go. I wouldn’t say he is playing incredibly well at the moment but he didn’t have a bad game either. He was 10 for the Lions for a reason (possibly lack of other better options!). Compete with any SH team though…. 😐

Yeah, that was my emphasis too Dan.

Last time I checked SA and Aus were in the southern hemisphere 😆 29-15 and 26-23 the last time we played them

I don’t think any team has been that convincing but Ireland have been the most controlled. Much more to come from them in this championship.

Yep, kick for the corner -> lineout -> 3 points with little other attack won’t cut it against the SH sides… maybe even not enough against rubbish England or super rubbish, sloppy Wales, who knows! 😀

Last time I checked SA and Aus were in the southern hemisphere 29-15 and 26-23 the last time we played them

I don’t think that is relevant because it is clear that Ireland only won because they “wanted it more” on those days 😆 Joking of course. Scotland also have a decent recent SH record but I wouldn’t put money on them doing it again in the WC

More important some bloke called Henson got a try today!!

Ireland haven’t shown any of that in this competition so far though. A struggle against Italy, and a narrow win against the worst performance by a french side for years. BOD is sorely missed it seems.

Of course the best player we have ever had will be missed. Sorely missed? I’m not so sure, he wasn’t around in the autumn and we had our best series I can remember.

We were +23 pts in Rome conceding 0 tries. Eng at home were +30 conceding 3 tries to a terrible team. France were woeful but were never looked like we were going to lose the game. Plenty of room for improvement however.

Or you beat a miss firing Wales team and Italy. I agree with Wrecker they look the best team in the 6 nations thus far but I’d be wary of Ireland who have had two good wins whilst playing well within their capabilities.

Yup Engkand look best team so far and like Ireland they’ve had good wins playing some way below potential.

Liam Williams should start again. Really happy Biggar is looking in form again too as 10 has been a real problem area. Where are our locks after Ball and AWJ (and Charteris)? It is a shame Ian Evans has dropped off the radar for example after looking to be developing well a year or two ago. What happened to Bradley Davies as well?

I would bring North back and drop Cuthbert. I’d also be tempted to start with Charteris over ball, thought he was good when he came on, Ball has been quiet. Davies is in the squad and has been coming back to form for Wasps apparently. Problem is they are all font of the lineout jumpers as is AW Jones. Evans is our only middle jumper and he buggered off to Bristol to play semi pro.

England put how many tries on italy? By +30 do you mean 47??? Same team that ireland got a very flattering scoreline against obscured by a coup,e of quick tries. What was the try count vs a really dreadful france? At home?
I admire you’re confidence, blind melon, I’m just not sure it’s justified.

Defence wins games and indeed World Cups, you England fans should know that 😉

Sure I could have scored that quick tap! Seriously it’s going to be some battle in two weeks I agree with jambo that no side has been that convincing. but I do think that the front five is about evens, back row and half backs Ireland are superior. Centres advantage England on current showing and Ireland back three look much more accomplished. May in particular is a liability.

Well, I agree that it is going to be some game. I’ll stop hypothesising and wait until the game now, the proof is in the pudding. I’m as worried about slipping up against a rubbish france (again) as I am of ireland, who we beat last year with a team not as good as this.

Just typical frustration of being a Scotland fan. Could have won the game. No point moaning about what ifs with yellows at the line or for high tackles or there being time for kick off again. We blew it in the 80 minutes by not taking chances and basic errors like not kicking to touch.

I genuinely believed we were past such issues and hoped we could beat the Welsh. No chance unless we can tighten those things up.

Wonder if Duckman has sobered up yet!

I genuinely believed we were past such issues and hoped we could beat the Welsh. No chance unless we can tighten those things up.

I can’t help feeling Scotland played today against Wales a little like Wales played against England last week. There seemed a bit of similarity in expectations i.e. underdogs fancying their chances and execution, i.e. being a bit too overconfident and not really nailing things in the backs while getting out-muscled up front. I thought Scotland played pretty well against France but played a bit casually today which is where the errors came in (talking mainly about the backs and kicking game) like everything would just come together and happen without needing to concentrate so much at times. I really hate to say it but I wonder if their was a similar mentality in the approach of Scotland today and Wales last week based on the perhaps slightly over-hyped media expectations coming in to the game 😕 Just a random thought and admittedly Scotland played much better this week with minimal possession than Wales did last week!

Scotland’s decision making is woeful. I can’t believe that Laidlaw turned down an easy three points for a quick tap against an organised defensive line…if the ball and as quick and the Welsh players not aware of what was happening then yes, but not in that situation. Two missed kicks to touch isn’t good enough either. They butchered a couple of good overlaps too with lads getting excited about scoring.

Halfpenny was immense for Wales. His ability in the air is fab. Wales were pretty solid, but I think they were let off by silly decisions and mistakes. They didn’t seem to create too much.

Watched the rest of the Ireland game….didn’t really get much better. Ireland certainly seem to be playing within themselves so far compared to the autumn, no doubt saving up a monumental performance for our trip to Dublin in two weeks. Heaslip could be a big loss for them though if his back doesn’t get sorted…looked like a nasty cheap shot.

It’s being reported in the Irish press Heaslip has 3 broken vertebrae in his back. I hope they are wrong

Very sad about heaslip if true. Anyone got one of those giffy things of the incident?

Evans is our only middle jumper and he buggered off to Bristol to play semi pro.

The funny thing is that he’s earning more than the majority of that wales team AND he gets to live somewhere nice! 😀

Happy to of beaten Scotland 😆 I was driving a 7.5 back and fore to Hawkeshead from St Albans, so only heard a match report, both coaches alleging that there was reffing mistakes, is this an honest reflection?

I doubt he’s earning more than North, the french based players or those on a central contract.

I doubt he’s earning more than the French based players. The French clubs are not subject to a salary cap.

Ref got a few things wrong but was consistent Davies yellow was very harsh, Russell could have had a red. There was a high tackle by Webb on their sub nine. The better team on the day won though. Wales did piss about not taking kicks for goal which would have put the game to bed but went for the corners and **** it up as usual, they did this in the autumn, I do think they are using games as training at the moment, its very odd.

I doubt he’s earning more than North, the french based players or those on a central contract.

Agreed. But he’ll be earning more than the rest (and there are quite a few).

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