Winters coming;all inclusive rugby thread.

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hope thats not as bad as it looks

I’m enjoying this

To be fair to Hamilton, Philips hands were on the ball.

To be fair Hamilton had a bit of brain fade 😆

He has a brain?

😆 not on that evidence

it would appear according to that former shite scottish scrum half that if you cant kick very far and manage to scrape a few over you are a great kicker. It also kind of ignores the fact that Laidlaw is utter shite in all the other elements of the game thus far!

Blimey, AA are the grapes soaked in vinegar today? Just enjoy that fact that your man Philips is playing well, even with a quick pass today. Without the 5 steps in advance, ok 1 step. He’s still one of my fab 9s. 45 mins an no “numbers” yet, too much kicking and too little good back play so far. Lets hope it opens up now.

Biggar can do some headless stuff 😕

Joubert is bewildering me as usual 😆

Scotland starting to open up now and Warbs and Tips are working them over.

wtf is Joubert looking at?

Have the scots got a back line?

Warburton and Phillips for MoM for me.

Adam Jones has been immense MOM for me

Horrible game but happy with the win 😆

When is a player offside/off his feet/engaging early? When he is in blue it would seem.
Joubert was Wales best player.

Ref completely ruined that one. I’ve always said that Laidlaw is a crap 9.

Warburton is still shit 😈

As the coverage said at the end, the ref refs the game, it’s up to the players to respond. We are all told that at any level. Ok, there was the one blatant early hit that Wales did (after the warning to Ford) and then got the penalty but RB got it right. Players have to look at themselves and take the blame. Too much kicking at 10 and 68 (?) penalties so far tells a clear story.

But if it in 64mins before the first “numbers” you know you are not watching a classic!

true. Joubert was Wales most effective player.
He only carded Mitchell so he could swap shirts with Murray at the end.

Tom B classy as ever 😕

Twas just a bit of banter Pigface…. a_a does it! 🙁 sorry if I upset you though. I thought the smiley that I put helped make it clear that it was said in jest!

Christ just noticed that Freddie is at 10 for France again……in the pouring rain 😯

Breadboy played well today, made a proper nuisance of himself. Scotland’s ill discipline cost them any chance of winning.

No worries Tom I never know what to make of 😈 anyway I am full of a cold and a bit humorless today.

French selection is as mystifying as the moderation on here 😉

I’m a bit of a Moore fanboi……he is getting really tedious with his whining about the scrum though. When did the none Englishists get fed up with it?! 🙂

He only carded Mitchell

Mitchell wasnt playing.

For all the scottish bitching about the ref, Wales were comfortably the better side and had the upper hand in the scrums by a massive margin. Scotland did well in playing the ref and drawing Wales into a dog fight but he should have binned a scot early on if he wanted a game, the fact that a welsh player got binned at the end (Paul James for those who want to know) was an utter joke and far too late.

steve walsh has a lovely beard but that should have been yellow

michilak is **** awful and just ran away from healey

Rory Best has got to start for the Lions.

could someone shut up brian moore?

Just how much did Wales pay Joubert?

He needs to get looked at, very poor ref today. Wales were the better side for sure, but the ref seriously better get a police escort out of Scotland.

**** me. Freddie has only slotted one over…..Parra steps up a nails his first one. Why do they keep playing him? The whole match fixing theory is seeming less tin foil hat each game!

Scotland were shit, the ref didnt change that.

Quality post from AA, keep up the good work. 🙄

So name a part of the game scotland did better at?

PS given your post above it would seem tricky to try and claim the moral highground

Oof that was a dubious grounding

Wales,although crap themselves, were better,just as Ireland were better. What is galling is the way Joubert changed his interpretation of the rules at almost every contact situation.The one they highlighted was Beattie off his feet, yet Warburton did exactly the same thing,same body position the entire game. He pinged the Scottish defence out of the game, despite your typically one eyed comments about Laidlaw, if Joubert has been consistent you would have conceded more penalties,which he would have kicked 70% of.

Its not one eyed, goal kicking apart laidlaw is shit

This looks nasty

can someone explain why France kicked an up and under at the end there?