Scotland v Italy

Losty Dublin

Kicking off at 2PM, live on Virgin 1.

Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Tommy Seymour, 13-Huw Jones, 12-Sam Johnson, 11-Blair Kinghorn; 10-Finn Russell, 9-Greig Laidlaw; 1-Allan Dell, 2-Stuart McInally, 3-Willem Nel, 4-Ben Toolis, 5-Grant Gilchrist, 6-Sam Skinner, 7-Jamie Ritchie, 8-Ryan Wilson.

Replacements: 16-Jake Kerr, 17-Jamie Bhatti, 18-Simon Berghan, 19-Gary Graham, 20-Josh Strauss, 21-Ali Price, 22-Adam Hastings, 23-Chris Harris.

Italy: 15-Jayden Hayward, 14-Angelo Esposito, 13-Luca Morisi, 12-Tommaso Castello, 11-Michele Campagnaro; 10-Tommaso Allan, 9-Tito Tebaldi; 1-Andrea Lovotti, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3-Simone Ferrari, 4-David Sisi, 5-Dean Budd, 6-Sebastian Negri, 7-Braam Steyn, 8-Sergio Parisse.

Replacements: 16-Luca Bigi, 17-Cherif Traore, 18-Tiziano Pasquali, 19-Jimmy Tuivaiti, 20-Federico Ruzza, 21-Guglielmo Palazzani, 22-Ian McKinley, 23-Edoardo Padovani.

I'm expecting a home win but unlike other years they'll be made fight for it a lot harder than they're used to. The Italy 3/4 are capable of a lot of pace and they've been faring better in the Pro 14 as a whole compared to previous seasons. Oh and Finn Russell is playing as well, which is as good as a sixteenth man for them :pac:

troyzer

Kick off is 14:15.

Losty Dublin

troyzer wrote: »

Kick off is 14:15.

I guess we are early then

troyzer

I think we're all too busy watching the most important game of the day:

Cheetahs Vs Kings.

razorblunt

That lady in the Scotland jacket is Magnus Bradbury’s mam isn’t she?

errlloyd

It's the beeb for this one lads.

Losty Dublin

troyzer wrote: »

I think we're all too busy watching the most important game of the day:

Cheetahs Vs Kings.

I was watching it in Smithfiled; they justly had the big screen up for it.

Faugheen

Flower of Scotland at Murrayfield is unrivalled.

Stout Warrior

errlloyd wrote: »

It's the beeb for this one lads.

John Forrest is commentating on Virgin. Can’t not listen to John

Losty Dublin

TV3 missed the start :eek:

Stheno

Losty Dublin wrote: »

TV3 missed the start :eek:

With an ad break?

Losty Dublin

Good call to go to upstairs.

LuckyGent88

Correct decision.

razorblunt

That line out was very very crooked. Scotland very fortunate

Zzippy

Faugheen wrote: »

Flower of Scotland at Murrayfield is unrivalled.

La Marseillaise in a full Stade de France beats it hands down

troyzer

Zzippy wrote: »

Faugheen wrote: »

Flower of Scotland at Murrayfield is unrivalled.

La Marseillaise in a full Stade de France beats it hands down

Nothing beats the Soviet anthem.

Now played only in my heart.....

Like if you cried.

Burkie1203

That's a pen against Laidlaw for diving on the ball there

ClanofLams

Italy always disadvantaged by their level of English, don’t think they had a clue what ref was saying their about ball being out.

Losty Dublin

Great work and savvy by the Scottish pack to win that turnover, and ultimately a try.

Stheno wrote: »

With an ad break?

They ran an ad just before kick off. Next thing the ad cuts off short as the Italian forwards chase the kick off, ad music still playing in the background.

Burkie1203

Thats a deliberate knock on

razorblunt

Scottish defensive line offside, particularly the centers.

Bagpipers playing a blinder, fans just sit and listen though. Bunch of weirdos.

Gidea

Should have been a yellow really, Italy had a man on the outside

razorblunt

Quick line out wasn’t 5. AR missing basics on that side.

Losty Dublin

For such a dry day some of the handling errors are scary. Like the one that gave away the scrum that led to the try.

razorblunt

Ah bloody hell italy, from a 2 man overlap to a knock on and a try given away.

Dave_The_Sheep

Forward pass(es) in there surely?

ScrubsfanChris

Russel pass was forward, should have atleast been checked.

Italy look borderline hopeless here.

typhoony

Good example of getting your best players on the pitch, kinghorn normally a full-back scoring 2 tries on the wing

razorblunt

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Russel pass was forward, should have atleast been checked.

Italy look borderline hopeless here.

They’re getting no luck from the officials in fairness.
Very frustrating for COS I’d imagine

munsterlegend

Italy look out of their depth alright. Could be a big hammering in the second half.

Bridge93

Italy poor enough without getting completely shafted from this excuse for a referee

corny

Italy not getting a fair crack from the referee.

c.p.w.g.w

Deliberate knock on, not given. Forward pass from Laidlaw for 2nd try. Italy have no luck. Also how was the ball out for the first try?

ClanofLams

Italy not great but with correct decisions could easily be ahead

razorblunt

Absolutely zero atmosphere

munsterlegend

Yes Italy unlucky with decisions but will ball in hand pose no danger whatsoever.

Losty Dublin

36 minutes in and this line out is as close as Italy have been to a try. And it wasn't even their throw:rolleyes:

razorblunt

Not straight again. Toolis caught it low to his left

errlloyd

This game is very stop start.

razorblunt

errlloyd wrote: »

This game is very stop start.

Alexa show me the visual representation of Scotland under Townsend.

munsterlegend

Hard to see Italy scoring a try unless an intercept or something.

Southdubin6

Terrible game was expecting more from Scottish forwards.

LuckyGent88

Great turnover by Parisse

razorblunt

Was Pearce trying to get Allen to hurry up with the kick to touch there?

vienne86

Italy don't really seem to be at the races. Scotland should be way out in front. This is a pretty boring match.

Dubinusa

Italy are very poor! The protection of their own ball is terrible. Very inexperienced sided territorial.
Italy need to score something soon to get some momentum.
2nd try, I thought there was 2 forward passes.

eagle eye

Italy bench seems quite poor, would expect Scotland to score a lot in the last twenty minutes.

munsterlegend

Didn’t see anything wrong with any of the Scottish tries. Could argue deliberate knock on alright against Scottish winger and a yellow card.

Dave_The_Sheep

Nobody in the BBC studio mentioning that maybe, just maybe, both passes for Scotland's second try were forward.

razorblunt

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Nobody in the BBC studio mentioning that maybe, just maybe, both passes for Scotland's second try were forward.

Awful patronising stuff, just expecting Scotland to dominate. Cotter on commentary ignoring the obvious too, Moore had to point out the double movement the other two lads went quiet.

Polledri in the studio is playing it safe.

munsterlegend

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Nobody in the BBC studio mentioning that maybe, just maybe, both passes for Scotland's second try were forward.

Nothing clear and obvious from what I could see. Even Italians didn’t protest too much.