The Rugby Thread

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[salmonbuddie]

Some bad news about (imo anyway)one of the best players ever in a Scotland jersey:

 

https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/former-scotland-captain-faces-his-biggest-challenge

[whydowebother]

Currently watching:

 

Scotland 0-3 England

 

Scrappy, England edging it.

 

Few kicking and handling errors costing Scotland with weather playing its part.

 

Scotland playing with wind at their back in first half.

 

Scotland 3-3 England (57 minutes )

 

[Cornwall_Saint]

2 defeats, managed to just about get bonus points in both.

Yet another year of sort of being competitive without doing anything.

[whydowebother]

2 defeats, managed to just about get bonus points in both.
Yet another year of sort of being competitive without doing anything.

Odd though it may sound, it’s more like we are gifting the opponents as opposed to being beaten by them.

Wee bit more concentration and decision making and the games are our for the taking.

[St.Ricky]

18 minutes ago, whydowebother said:

Odd though it may sound, it’s more like we are gifting the opponents as opposed to being beaten by them.

Wee bit more concentration and decision making and the games are our for the taking.

I missed most of the game as I was travelling home from the game but caught the last part. From comments made, it sounded like we had been competitive for most of the match but couldn't take chances when we had territorial advantage. 

[whydowebother]

Currently watching

 

Italy 0-5 Scotland

 

Pretty poor & scrappy

 

33 minutes played

 

ETA: The referee is in Rugby is excellent League or Union always admire the respect from the players

[whydowebother]

Italy 0-17 Scotland 3T

 

 

Underwhelming game

 

But job done

 

 

 

[St.Ricky]

Watched this. Better first half than second half. Too many changes in both teams during the game. High energy lots of tackles. More mistakes by Italy. 

[faraway saint]

43 minutes ago, whydowebother said:

Italy 0-17 Scotland 3T

 

 

Underwhelming game

 

But job done

 

 

 

Rugby is pish.

Rather watch paint dry. 😜

[St.Ricky]

Just now, faraway saint said:

Rugby is pish.

Rather watch paint dry. 😜

Great game to play. Played at school. Rugby captain. Great fun. Getting better to watch too since it went professional. Fitter and faster but time taken over scrums is still an issue in Union imo. 

[faraway saint]

7 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

Rugby is pish.

Rather watch paint dry. 😜

Aye. 👍

[BuddieinEK]

I love listening to the miked up refs.
Seem so assured and in control, and generally respected by players.

Aye, you still get the odd bampot... But football has so much to learn from rugby.

[BuddieinEK]

Brilliant try with w minutes to go... 15-0 Scotland....

[whydowebother]

I love listening to the miked up refs.
Seem so assured and in control, and generally respected by players.

Aye, you still get the odd bampot... But football has so much to learn from rugby.

Such a good part of watching any live game is listening & watching the referee in full control & only the captains are allowed to speak to him.

Football really could take a leaf out of the rugby book

[St.Ricky]

29 minutes ago, BuddieinEK said:

I love listening to the miked up refs.
Seem so assured and in control, and generally respected by players.

Aye, you still get the odd bampot... But football has so much to learn from rugby.

Would you trial it in football? 

1. The captain only allowed to approach the ref. 2. The use of the mike? 

[faraway saint]

There's seemingly a rugby match on...................................WGAF TBH. 

[salmonbuddie]

[salmonbuddie]

A few too many blows to the head for Greig methinks.....
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53328809

We weren't far away from beating both Ireland and England this year, we did beat Italy, we could have been heading to Cardiff aiming for a Grand Slam. I think he might have a point.

Having said that, it's Scotland we're talking about, wooden spoons for the next few years...

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[St.Ricky]

On 3/27/2020 at 3:53 PM, salmonbuddie said:

 

Those were the days 

Did our players all come from the Edinburgh Merchant Schools? 

[Scott-Leeds]

I quite enjoyed watching a dominant Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 beat England deservedly yesterday

[oaksoft]

8 minutes ago, Scott-Leeds said:

I quite enjoyed watching a dominant Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 beat England deservedly yesterday

First time I've ever seen Scotland dominate an entire match against England, never mind at Twickenham.

Hesgoal blew out at 79:23 mins just as England won possession in Scotland's half. 

[faraway saint]

19 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

First time I've ever seen Scotland dominate an entire match against England, never mind at Twickenham.

Hesgoal blew out at 79:23 mins just as England won possession in Scotland's half. 

It was on cooncil telly? 

[StanleySaint]

Jones was making his mouth go about it being Scotland's biggest game of the year and that we'd mentally blow up, nice to shove that back down his throat!

[oaksoft]

1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

It was on cooncil telly? 

Matches from Twickenham are usually not on cooncil telly (going back 20 years?) because England control their own TV contracts  and I don't watch cooncil telly anyway.

I think I can live with missing 30 seconds of action.