BuddieInDundee

Yes, I have and still do. Set plays are pre set to a point, with varying options in each play. Rugby is a heads up type of game, players don't play every set play like programmed robots. I genuinely think my coach would have a coronary if I ran directly into one of the oppositions hardest hitters combined with they're best ball winner because 'it was a set play'

Price's offload looked slightly forward [emoji23] What a start to the second half, much much better, six point cushion will be nice

Swung back nicely, Warburton's puss when he pinged them for it was pleasing.

Cotter has sat them down and asked them to crash the ball into Tipuric and Warburton specifically?

How could you possibly argue that advantage would still be in play [emoji23] Fucking moron

Usually a coach doesn't ask ball carriers to crash it up directly into arguably the best counter ruckers in the tournament. Anyway what a try, this is much more like it. The more I hear welsh players whining the more I am desperate for a win.

Sums up the first 40 pretty well. We've been very naive with the ball in hand, crashing it up into guys like Tipuric and Warburton is never going to end well. The one occasion off the top of my head when we used our back three running at the outside shoulder, we broke into their 5 metre line. This Welsh side are pretty average, but we've been pretty poor as well. Hopefully Cotter puts a rocket up the arse at half time and we play with a bit more intelligence, do that and we will win.

Yep spot on, an absolute rock at the scrum. Oh well, onto Wales now where a victory would be delicious.

Yeah I'd agree, entertaining in a very strange way. You can't expect to win Test matches with a scrum going backwards like that, nor can you expect not to concede a stream of penalties with a scrum folding like that.

FUCKING HELL. Absolutely no complaints, completely shot ourselves in the foot time and time again.

Absolutely no need to be making ridiculous offloads in that area of the pitch with 10 minutes Togo and only 3 points behind. Russell will always have games like these due to the type of player he is, but Duncan Weir should've come on much sooner than this

Just a try needed then, ah well.

This has been ridiculous [emoji23][emoji23]

Jesus we are lucky

This is horribly inevitable

Big RBS logo painted in the middle of the pitch

I think I have a man crush for Josh Strauss

Also, this band need to fuck off with their playlist of mediocre songs that are usually heard on Radio 2 at 8pm.

Dunbar off but having Bennett as an option. Pleasing.

Thankfully France appear to love shitting the bed as soon as they have decent field position, great commitment from the boys to still be in this.

We need to get a grip, simple stuff here

That actually just happened

WTF?!?!

Pretty much this, been a couple of decent field positions we've had only to lose instantaneously due to our scrum getting completely minced.

Considering France have been the better side I'll take 13-11 at half time. Hopefully Laidlaw's injury isn't too bad as we appear to be missing his influence with the referee a bit.