Shaundy Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 Good for them. Not sure why the ref gave that decision at the end. cranberries is in my head 🤪😂🙏🥃👍🏻
vanderark14 Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hertsscot said: Great result for the Irish but hasn't done us any favours We are out barring a miracle.
Shaundy Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 Now we just beat Ireland in our last game
AlfieMoon Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 Result is a killer for Scotland. We couldn’t get close to SA though, so no reason to think we could beat that Ireland team.
Toepoke Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, Shaundy said: Now we just beat Ireland in our last game And score 4 tries in the process.
vanderark14 Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Shaundy said: Now we just beat Ireland in our last game We need more than that We need the boks to not get a bonus point from tonga. Even If they don't they will have 14 points which means we need a bonus against Ireland Edited September 23, 2023 by vanderark14
vanderark14 Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, Toepoke said: And score 4 tries in the process. There's something off about being out of a tournament after playing one game but having three left to play
Toepoke Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 1 minute ago, vanderark14 said: There's something off about being out of a tournament after playing one game but having three left to play Scheduling is bizarre. I think they should add four teams and use a format like the Euros.
AlfieMoon Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 Just looked at the table and I’m confused now. I’m sure I’m missing something. Ireland on 14 points with only Scotland left to play. You’d expect/hope Scotland to get bonus point wins v Tonga and Romania, taking us to 10 points? Then if we beat Ireland we potentially go level on 14, or with BP win could go to 15?
vanderark14 Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, AlfieMoon said: Just looked at the table and I’m confused now. I’m sure I’m missing something. Ireland on 14 points with only Scotland left to play. You’d expect/hope Scotland to get bonus point wins v Tonga and Romania, taking us to 10 points? Then if we beat Ireland we potentially go level on 14, or with BP win could go to 15? I think I've figured it out. We can get through with two bonus point wins v tonga and Romania but bonus points are an absolute must If we neat Ireland we go level on points with them and therefore knock them out as we beat them in head to head.
AlfieMoon Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 1 minute ago, vanderark14 said: I think I've figured it out. We can get through with two bonus point wins v tonga and Romania but bonus points are an absolute must If we neat Ireland we go level on points with them and therefore knock them out as we beat them in head to head. But we’d need to deny them a losing BP. Still, not as bad as I thought it was straight after the game. I thought we were basically out already.
vanderark14 Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, AlfieMoon said: But we’d need to deny them a losing BP. Still, not as bad as I thought it was straight after the game. I thought we were basically out already. Piece of piss then 😆
Hertsscot Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 The draw's killed us, just hope that the players have the mentality to perform well and put in good performances even with the realisation that their best will probably not be good enough.
vanderark14 Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Hertsscot said: The draw's killed us, just hope that the players have the mentality to perform well and put in good performances even with the realisation that their best will probably not be good enough. The draw and scheduling could not have been worse for Scotland I think south Africa have more than they showed yesterday, if they meet Ireland again I think they will beat them. Anyway, Mon scotland. Get those 4 tries today.
Stockholm 1980 Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 Not a Rugby fan myself but do keep an eye on what Scotland are doing in these kind of things. Bonus points for a narrow defeat is complete and utter nonsense. If you loose, no matter how narrowly, you’ve lost, get nothing. This is typical of Rugby Union pat on the back for “ jolly well played in defeat today old chap at least you get a losing point for keeping things close” Utter crap. Scotland are basically out the tournament after one match. Their only hope if they hammer Tonga and Romania getting bonus points to take them to 10 then carve up a high scoring win over Ireland where both sides get a winning and losing bonus point and eliminate South Africa. The draw is totally lopsided with a strong half and a weak half.
Toepoke Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Stockholm 1980 said: Scotland are basically out the tournament after one match. Their only hope if they hammer Tonga and Romania getting bonus points to take them to 10 then carve up a high scoring win over Ireland where both sides get a winning and losing bonus point and eliminate South Africa. The draw is totally lopsided with a strong half and a weak half. If we get our next two bonus points then beating Ireland by more than 7 will be enough. If the three teams end up on 15 points it goes to points difference in the group. We'll need to scud both Romania and Tonga by around 70 points to finish in the top two in that case. I agree it is a farce drawing the tournament so far in advance that the most in form teams end up playing each other though. Edited September 24, 2023 by Toepoke
Orraloon Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 We just need to focus on winning today and getting the bonus point. Won't be easy as Tonga are no mugs. You never know, SA might struggle to get the bonus point against Tonga, although I'm not sure that helps us much? I can see us going into the last game needing to beat Ireland and getting a bonus point, or stopping Ireland getting a losing BP, or possibly both. Let's face it's it's not going to happen. If we were to somehow miraculously knock out either Ireland or SA we would go from also rans, to all of a sudden, one of the favourites to win the whole thing. 🤣 Realistically can anybody see us beating this Ireland team? I suppose it could happen but we would need a lots or good breaks and ref decisions in our favour. We don't have a good record of decisions going in our favour over the years. Even last night when we weren't even playing the decisions were going against us. 😉 🤣
Toepoke Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 49 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Realistically can anybody see us beating this Ireland team? I suppose it could happen but we would need a lots or good breaks and ref decisions in our favour. We don't have a good record of decisions going in our favour over the years. Even last night when we weren't even playing the decisions were going against us. 😉 Given that Ireland are going for 9 wins in a row against us and the last time we beat them by more than 7 points was in 2007, I'd say it's not realistic!
Orraloon Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 Just now, Toepoke said: Given that Ireland are going for 9 wins in a row against us and the last time we beat them by more than 7 points was in 2007, I'd say it's not realistic! But we've got Finn Russell. 😉 🤣
Hertsscot Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Given that Ireland are going for 9 wins in a row against us and the last time we beat them by more than 7 points was in 2007, I'd say it's not realistic! Positively every winning streak has to come to an end sometime...Albeit I haven't checked Celtic's record v. East Fife!
Toepoke Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 24 minutes ago, Orraloon said: But we've got Finn Russell. 😉 🤣 He'll either have the game of his life, or get a red card.
ThistleWhistle Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 It's a bit of a farce that we've played one game in three weeks, it was against the world champions and we go into our second already needing snookers. They need to add a plate for the third place teams to make the group stage less pointless
vanderark14 Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 Anyone know who this Commentator is? He's annoying me.
ThistleWhistle Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 Played well so far but arguably could be a bit more ruthless. Would be surprised if it isn't a red card but fuck knows to be honest
Hertsscot Posted September 24, 2023 Posted September 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, ThistleWhistle said: Played well so far but arguably could be a bit more ruthless. Would be surprised if it isn't a red card but fuck knows to be honest Thought that was a pretty straightforward red.
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