Scotland v England 17:00 @ Murrayfield

keith16

No match thread?

Good to sit back and relax after the Ireland game!

TEAM NEWS

Scotland: Hogg; Seymour, Dunbar, Scott, Lamont; Weir, Laidlaw; Grant, Ford, M Low, Swinson, Hamilton, Wilson, Fusaro, Denton.

Replacements: Lawson, Dickinson, Cross, J Gray, Beattie, Cusiter, Taylor, Evans.


England: Brown; Nowell, Burrell, Twelvetrees, May; Farrell, Care; Marler, Hartley, Cole, Launchbury, Lawes, Wood, Robshaw, B Vunipola.

Replacements: T Youngs, M Vunipola, Thomas, Attwood, Morgan, Dickson, Barritt, Goode.

Referee: Jerome Garces (France)

England by 7 for me.

Taco Corp

Was just about to start one.

Scotland:
15 - Stuart Hogg, 14 - Tommy Seymour, 13 - Alex Dunbar, 12 - Matt Scott, 11 - Sean Lamont, 10 - Duncan Weir, 9 - Greig Laidlaw (Capt); 1 - Ryan Grant, 2 - Ross Ford, 3 - Moray Low, 4 - Tim Swinson, 5 - Jim Hamilton, 6 - Ryan Wilson, 7 - Chris Fusaro, 8 - David Denton
Replacements:
16 - Scott Lawson, 17 - Alasdair Dickinson, 18 - Geoff Cross, 19 - Jonny Gray, 20 - Johnnie Beattie, 21 - Chris Cusiter, 22 - Duncan Taylor, 23 - Max Evans
England:
15 - Mike Brown, 14 - Jack Nowell, 13 - Luther Burrell, 12 - Billy Twelvetrees, 11 - Jonny May, 10 - Owen Farrell, 9 - Danny Care; 1 - Joe Marler, 2 - Dylan Hartley, 3 - Dan Cole, 4 - Joe Launchbury, 5 - Courtney Lawes, 6 - Tom Wood, 7 - Chris Robshaw (Capt), 8 - Billy Vunipola
Replacements:
16 - Tom Youngs, 17 - Mako Vunipola, 18 - Henry Thomas, 19 - Dave Attwood, 20 - Ben Morgan, 21 - Lee Dickson, 22 - Brad Barritt, 23 - Alex Goode

Match Officials
Referee: Jérôme Garces (Fra)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ire) and Mike Fraser (NZL)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (Fra)

Let the complaints about the pitch begin

keith16

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

Was just about to start one.

Apt username

Taco Corp

always love when the band stops and just lets the crowd sing

pitch a disaster.

Anthem glorious as usual.

ThisRegard

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

always love when the band stops and just lets the crowd sing

It's brilliant isn't it.

Pudsy33

This match is going to be garbage

I am pie

Pitch is woeful

keith16

3-0 England, Care with a DG

Farrell misses routine penalty, Care kicks a good drop goal.

Sco 0 - 3 Eng
6mins

.ak

Mon you scots.

If it starts to rain this pitch is going to tear apart. It's horrific

Laidlaw misses a 42m kick from the right touchline.

Pitch looks like Donnybrook used to after 3/4 rounds of the SCT and Leinster playing every other week on it.

keith16

Faz having a shocker

Luther Burrell barrels through for an easy try

.ak

Gonna be a long day for Scotland...

Burrell really is just a 12. It's gas, they're just using two different type of 12s and have forgotten about having an outside centre.

eigrod

Brainless from Lamont.

ThisRegard

England look like they'll take a big chunk out of our big points difference in this game.

Tox56

The difference in discipline and accuracy after watching Ireland to watching Scotland, it's like night and day

Tox56

And right on cue, Jim Hamilton must be the most penalty prone player in the history of rugby

Quint2010

Scotland are dire.

ednwireland

Quint2010 wrote: »

Scotland are dire.

so are england, should be a lot more points in front

corny

Garces let them away with murder there but fair play

.ak

Scotland would be dangerous if they had a brain...

trackguy

What's the story with England putting on new jerseys?

corny

Owen Farrell should be shot for that.

Annabella1

trackguy wrote: »

What's the story with England putting on new jerseys?

To make the sponsor on shirt visible!

Dravokivich

trackguy wrote: »

What's the story with England putting on new jerseys?

Could be hard to distinguish from the scots when ref is looking for white against blue. Happened last week as well I think. Well if not last week, recently enough in another match.

Tox56

England really don't have much threat at the breakdown, not as much as Wales did on paper anyway, hopefully this will free up some players when we go to Twickers and we'll see some better attacking play

corny

Realise its hardly an enthralling game but Hamilton does some amount of moaning in commentary

tayto lover

George Hamilton is very irritating. Little p****.

RoutineBites

Does Brian Moore always quote Macbeth when Scotland are playing?

"It is a tale. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Signifying nothing."

Succinct description of Scottish rugby all right.

corny

Terribly harsh penalty there. TH lost his footing.

Irlandczyk

Farrell having an absolute shocker here. Probably why a Scottish team this poor are actually still in it...

Pudsy33

This match is absolutely painful

Stev_o

Billy reminds me of that giant kid who would always be playing under 9's that would have 6 kids hanging off him.

trackguy

POM must be licking his lips looking at all these dummies and runs by Owen Farrell.

This is rubbish

trackguy

Conditions not helping but both teams are as dull as dishwater.

Irlandczyk

Denton off. Is he injured? The only Scottish player actually doing anything for Scotland!

trackguy

What does Twelvetrees bring to the party exactly? I've never been impressed with him any time I've seen him.

corny

Jesus what is it with both teams kicking away possession when they're massively on the front foot.

Hogg with a shocking attempt at a tackle there

Kanrith

Scotland are awful.

ednwireland

finally

laugh

England finally manage to score.

The Pheasant2

Christ this is woeful

ScrubsfanChris

Scotland with 23 missed tackles, thats just awful......

corny

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Scotland with 23 missed tackles, thats just awful......

Certain sympathy for a few though....they are physically outmatched.

fitz

Not seeing anything here from England to indicate that Joe won't be able to formulate a game plan that will take them apart.