Rugby Union

[honestly united]

FFS, 2 minutes

 

[John Lambies Doos]

Oh well, that will be the inability to cope with a fast start and defence fragilities sorted. Tom English bang on.

[Swarley]

Have the rules changed? I thought if there was a colour clash that the Home side traditionally wore their change colour?

[honestly united]

3 minutes ago, Swarley said:

Have the rules changed? I thought if there was a colour clash that the Home side traditionally wore their change colour?

Normally, although it might have been agreed before hand between the 2 countries.

[honestly united]

8 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said:

Oh well, that will be the inability to cope with a fast start and defence fragilities sorted. Tom English bang on.

So far defence is much better, and the odd stupid mistake aside the attack looks mich better

Gordy Reid having a good showing so far, but Finn not having the best of games so far

Edited August 24, 2019 by honestly united

[John Lambies Doos]

So far defence is much better, and the odd stupid mistake aside the attack looks mich better
Gordy Reid having a good showing so far, but Finn not having the best of games so far

Not disputing this, but despite hype over last couple of years I still feel we are a bang average side. Yes, on our day we can beat anyone especially at home..but on a consistent basis we are bang average

[honestly united]

Just now, John Lambies Doos said:

5 minutes ago, honestly united said:

So far defence is much better, and the odd stupid mistake aside the attack looks mich better
Gordy Reid having a good showing so far, but Finn not having the best of games so far

Not disputing this, but despite hype over last couple of years I still feel we are a bang average side. Yes, on our day we can beat anyone especially at home..but on a consistent basis we are bang average

Agreed, when everythings firing we can beat anyone, when were not we can lose to anyone. THe issue is our game plan doesn't lend itself to consistent performances, and some of our players are prone to blowing hot and cold as well

[John Lambies Doos]

Agreed, when everythings firing we can beat anyone, when were not we can lose to anyone. THe issue is our game plan doesn't lend itself to consistent performances, and some of our players are prone to blowing hot and cold as well

No plan B, and lack of leaders.

[John Lambies Doos]

We really are shite. Japan will beat us at WC

[Mark Connolly]

Blair Kinghorn actually made a tackle

[Mark Connolly]

What a line by Harris!

[Savage Henry]

We really are shite. Japan will beat us at WC

Scotland could equally beat them by fifty. They’re never going to be consistent under Townsend. It’s the choice they made - I don’t think Fern Cotton had remotely finished her job when the SRU made that change.

I’d certainly feel more confident with him leading the side into the World Cup, but at least we know Scotland will throw the ball about and play some pretty rugby.

The real problem is that the back up guys are nowhere near as good as the starting XV.

[Mark Connolly]

That didn't look good for Skinner, looked like a twist of the knee as he got cleared.

[Mark Connolly]

Lineout has been shite

[Savage Henry]

That didn't look good for Skinner, looked like a twist of the knee as he got cleared.

Nope. He’s done. Could be a chance for Gray senior.

[Mark Connolly]

Well played Wayne.

That's the sort of penalty that we always seem to get against us but never in our favour.

[honestly united]

Kinghorn has been ok on the wing, if weve lost skinner that will be a blow. A bit of a more controlled performance in the 2nd half

 

[honestly united]

will take a win, and an improved performance, but still short of were we need to be.

[Detournement]

Night and day from last week. Winning and keeping them scoreless in the second half despite the line out problems was impressive. 

I thought Ryan Wilson was outstanding and he's a certain starter versus Ireland. Chris Harris might be the best option at 13 for Ireland as well. He's definitely the best defensive centre we have. Kinghorn was much better as well.

I'd still have Price over Laidlaw.

[Mark Connolly]

Absolute shocker from the ref right at the start of the Challenge Cup Final as he doesn't bother going to the video ref and gives a dropout, only for the replays to show St Helens scored a try.