Toepoke Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 1 hour ago, bonzo said: Better today, first half bonus point. Second half, nul points 😖
bonzo Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 7 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Second half, nul points 😖 Definitely made that more difficult than it should have been.
StirlingEgg Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 1 minute ago, bonzo said: Definitely made that more difficult than it should have been. That phase when they were on the line for ages was frustrating as was hoping they'd pass the ball out wide.
bonzo Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 7 minutes ago, StirlingEgg said: That phase when they were on the line for ages was frustrating as was hoping they'd pass the ball out wide. I know, we seemed to want the heavies to do the work, if Russell had still been on the pitch I think width would have been used.
Toepoke Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 So frustrating also that Finn kicked all the conversions today, just one of those at Twickenham and we'd be going to Paris for a title decider 😕
StirlingEgg Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 3 hours ago, bonzo said: I know, we seemed to want the heavies to do the work, if Russell had still been on the pitch I think width would have been used. Not sure if when he goes off it dents the team confidence or it's missing his skills that has such an impact on the performance (or both of course).
Dairbee Posted March 8, 2025 Posted March 8, 2025 Once the subs came on the scrums and line outs became a problem. Jordan put his hand up for the Lions, and its a shame we haven't seen more of Horne because he might be a bolter for Aus as well.
morrie21 Posted March 9, 2025 Posted March 9, 2025 11 hours ago, Dairbee said: Once the subs came on the scrums and line outs became a problem. Jordan put his hand up for the Lions, and its a shame we haven't seen more of Horne because he might be a bolter for Aus as well. Honestly, who cares about the Lions tour, it's a load of outdated shite. I'd rather the player got the summer off to rest. That game yesterday perfectly encapsulated Scotland under Townsend. Capable of brilliance and free-flowing rugby mixed in with long periods of frustrating play and poor decision making.
Orraloon Posted March 9, 2025 Posted March 9, 2025 (edited) Our game management is awful. If we get a penalty in front of the posts we should just kick it. Get another 3 points on the board and move on. Concentrate on winning the ball back at the kick off, and start again. We tend to score a lot of our tries out wide, so the conversion kick is often quite tricky. We continually take the risk of going for the 5 metre lineout for the sake of the chance of getting an extra 2 (maybe 4?) points. Just kick the easy penalties. Grind the opposition down and force them to give away anther penalty. That's what we are good at. We are currently pretty good at scoring tries as well, but we shouldn't be going down the kick to touch route every time. Edited March 9, 2025 by Orraloon
stocky Posted March 9, 2025 Posted March 9, 2025 2 hours ago, morrie21 said: Honestly, who cares about the Lions tour, it's a load of outdated shite. I'd rather the player got the summer off to rest. That game yesterday perfectly encapsulated Scotland under Townsend. Capable of brilliance and free-flowing rugby mixed in with long periods of frustrating play and poor decision making. Totally agree, phukk the Lions. Outdated, colonial Superiority idea. And against any sporting principals as well. Phukk the Lions 👎🦁👎
vanderark14 Posted March 9, 2025 Author Posted March 9, 2025 4 hours ago, morrie21 said: Honestly, who cares about the Lions tour, it's a load of outdated shite. I'd rather the player got the summer off to rest. That game yesterday perfectly encapsulated Scotland under Townsend. Capable of brilliance and free-flowing rugby mixed in with long periods of frustrating play and poor decision making. 1 hour ago, stocky said: Totally agree, phukk the Lions. Outdated, colonial Superiority idea. And against any sporting principals as well. Phukk the Lions 👎🦁👎 Thank fuck I'm not alone in thinking Feck the lions
Dairbee Posted March 9, 2025 Posted March 9, 2025 Looks like I'm in the minority regarding the lions. Fair enough, there should be more Scots on show than the recent tours.
Orraloon Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 Looks like a Scotland win tonight would give the Championship to England.
Hertsscot Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 1 hour ago, bonzo said: Wales are pish. Gutting that 3 English players have Scottish fathers and another one was born in Inverness!
Hertsscot Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: They all probably support Scottish Independence which is why they knocked back the USRU ... I'm not sure the team are quite as pro-union as they were once were.
vanderark14 Posted March 15, 2025 Author Posted March 15, 2025 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: They all probably support Scottish Independence which is why they knocked back the USRU ... Zzzzzzzzzzzz
vanderark14 Posted March 15, 2025 Author Posted March 15, 2025 It's bad enough that we know Scotland should be playing for the title tonight but jesus fuck when your luck is out it's out France should 100% be down to 14
Hertsscot Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 2 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: It's bad enough that we know Scotland should be playing for the title tonight but jesus fuck when your luck is out it's out France should 100% be down to 14 Dodgy ref against France last year if I remember. How on earth it is possible to deliberately headbutt an opponent and not be sent off is totally beyond me.
Orraloon Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 Every single decision going to France. WTF is the point when they make it so blatant.
vanderark14 Posted March 15, 2025 Author Posted March 15, 2025 21 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Every single decision going to France. WTF is the point when they make it so blatant. I've switched it off......every time we play a higher ranked side it's the same fucking story. France not being down to 14 should be a huge story but it won't be because it's Scotland
Hertsscot Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 (edited) 8 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: I've switched it off......every time we play a higher ranked side it's the same fucking story. France not being down to 14 should be a huge story but it won't be because it's Scotland I'm fed up of 'playing bravely' and getting beat. Maybe we should campaign for 40 minutes games, we lack depth and struggle because other teams can put on better players in the second half. Edited March 15, 2025 by Hertsscot
StirlingEgg Posted March 15, 2025 Posted March 15, 2025 51 minutes ago, Hertsscot said: Dodgy ref against France last year if I remember. How on earth it is possible to deliberately headbutt an opponent and not be sent off is totally beyond me. Seemed clear cut for a change with it being obvious the other French player initiated it with his push. Also didn't see the replay for the try being disallowed after Kinghorn's run...Would have made a difference though when the second half started.
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