6N: Scotland vs Wales, Sat 9 Mar 1430 RTÉ/BBC

Pudsy33

No match thread? Might aswell open one. Hope the Scotts can give a good account of themselves and make a game of it. The Lions fullbacks battle should be exciting, with the electric Stuart Hogg facing the defensively solid Leigh Halfpenny.

danthefan

Pudsy33 wrote: »

No match thread? Might aswell open one. Hope the Scotts can give a good account of themselves and make a game of it. The Lions fullbacks battle should be exciting, with the electric Stuart Hogg facing the defensively solid Leigh Halfpenny.

No reason why they can't imo, there's not a huge amount between the sides and if they stay organised they can stay in it. Would be remarkable if they won it, they'd have 3 wins from 4 so far.

Pudsy33

Leigh Halfpenny is rugbys Gareth Bale according to the BBC! Also they said he hasn't missed a tackle in.......wait for it...... over 700 minutes of international rugby!

decisions

Impressive stat.

Pudsy33

decisions wrote: »

Impressive stat.

Last missed tackle was 2 years ago against Ireland, I wonder who bumped him.

Buer

The missed tackles statistic refers only to 6N rugby. He has missed tackles in plenty of other games.

Glass Prison 1214

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Leigh Halfpenny is rugbys Gareth Bale according to the BBC! Also they said he hasn't missed a tackle in.......wait for it...... over 700 minutes of international rugby!

I don't have a video of it but I'm almost positive he missed a tackle against the All Blacks in Autumn.

Pudsy33

Oh right, didnt realise. Still impressive regardless

decisions

Great take from 1/2penny

Cool_CM

danthefan wrote: »

No reason why they can't imo, there's not a huge amount between the sides and if they stay organised they can stay in it. Would be remarkable if they won it, they'd have 3 wins from 4 so far.

I'd be leaning towards Scotland on this one. They've always had the guts of a good team but failed to perform on the day or when they do, fail to keep it up for the full 80 mins. There's always been something unpredicable about the Scots and a lot of people seem to forget that the notion that a comfortable away win at Murrayfield for Ireland being a forgone conclusion is a relatively recent thing.

RandolphEsq

Scotland back-to-back 6N victories and at home. Easy to see they are up for it!

Neil3030

Frankie is actually a decent co-comm, shame he is such a profiteering mountebank.

accidentprone1

Good to see Hogg check if Halfpenny was ok after he hooked his arm accidentally in the air.

Burgo

poor again from halfpenny.

Taco Corp

3 missed kicks from 1/2penny now

irishbucsfan

North doing his best Earls impression there!

Scotland going to win another one of the "How on Earth?" games?

North showing a fair bit of Earlsism there

Hibbard wriggles over finally.

Scotland 6 - 10 Wales (22 min)

Neil3030

North doing an Earls

Halfpenny doing a Jackson

:pac:

Pudsy33

That could be the end of Gary's lions hoped

19543261

Slow arse game. Cant believe we're only 30 odd mins in.

I wonder if Gray would beat a big horse in a fight. I think he would.

Nice from Weir.

Reminiscent of what we were screaming for during the WC vs Wales!

opinionatedfan

great kick by weir

Pudsy33

Boneheaded mistake from Scotland

opinionatedfan

scotlands technique on engagement at the scrum is very interesting

Pudsy33

The scrum is an absolute shambles

Laidlaw could only make this by an inch or two



ha, so he does!

opinionatedfan

a lot of talk at scrum time

braindead

Tox56

Jim Hamilton is the most brainless player I've ever seen. There was one 6N game last year where he gave away 5-6 ridiculously stupid penalties, i'm no Scotland fan but it was infuriating to watch

.ak

In fairness to him Phillips had his hands on the ball and was looking to move it. I know it's down to the ref, but the laws state he's open to be played at that stage. However, Hamilton is very naive to think Joubert would interpret that close to the law.

Howjoe1

is Tom McGuirk looking very grey in the face these days or is it just my TV?

Diabhal Beag

George Hook: "Camps in Poland are not something I like to talk about."

Think i just had a stroke after hearing that.

Gray off for a Hamstring injury apparently (BBC). Only taken off as a precaution.

Didn't look like a hammy to me!

That's more like the Warburton we used to know.

ThisRegard

I could have flown over and still got in for support before any of the Scottish players for that penalty.

danthefan

danthefan wrote: »

No reason why they can't imo, there's not a huge amount between the sides and if they stay organised they can stay in it. Would be remarkable if they won it, they'd have 3 wins from 4 so far.

Must correct myself here, there's a very significant reason. Craig Joubert.

bluefinger

ridiculous

randomname2005

bluefinger wrote: »

ridiculous

Which exactly?

bluefinger

early engagement from scots

randomname2005

bluefinger wrote: »

early engagement from scots

Yeah ridiculous that the ref is having to talking about yellow cards for early engagement

Davei141

This is just awful

19543261

randomname2005 wrote: »

Yeah ridiculous that the ref is having to talking about yellow cards for early engagement

He already told them he would. They new what they were risking. Ridiculous from the Scots, more like.

My Nanny is more attractive than this game. Snore.

opinionatedfan

horrrible game, want scotland to win though

Imagine if rugby had never been shown on TV before.

jamiedav2011

Pure spoof from Frankie there.

jimbomalley

No wonder we have such difficulty beating southern hemisphere sides when this is the standard of the 6 nations....roll on the heineken and amlin challenge cups

ScissorPaperRock

The standard has been awful alright

bluefinger

two knock ons missed.

toomevara

Holy Mother of God, this is the rugby equivalent of two bald men fighting over a wig. Hard to believe this is supposed to represent the pinnacle of NH rugby...as bad a 6N game as I've seen....utter drivel. And we think Irish rugby is in a parlous state...

randomname2005

19543261 wrote: »

He already told them he would. They new what they were risking. Ridiculous from the Scots, more like.
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Sorry, meant that rather than the ref was being ridiculous