Savage Henry Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Snobot said: Good choices. Ritchie seemed to constantly rub the referees up the wrong way and I’m not sure he is actually guaranteed to start at the moment. I’d suggest he absolutely isn’t. And get keeps getting in brawls over very little, which doesn’t help his case. The mass brawl versus Argentina was why he shouldn’t be captain. Edited January 21 by Savage Henry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, Left Back said: Wee Darcy out for first two 6N games with a quad injury. Ross McCann in. Who is Ross McCann? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 7 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Who is Ross McCann? GB 7's winger. Played a couple of games for Edinburgh at the start of the season. That's my knowledge exhausted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 41 minutes ago, Left Back said: GB 7's winger. Played a couple of games for Edinburgh at the start of the season. That's my knowledge exhausted He's also Ali McCann's older brother 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 4 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: He's also Ali McCann's older brother Who? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 39 minutes ago, Left Back said: Who? Lewis McCann's brother. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, Left Back said: Who? The ex-St Johnstone player 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Townsend needs to work on his excuses, Ritchie dropped as captain as hes been out injured and not guaranteed to be picked to start, so picks Darge as co-captain who is out injured and definitely wont play first 2 weeks. Agreed Ritchie probably rubs refs up the wrong way, but I dont think picking Russell as captain is a good choice, your better leaving him to concentrate on his own game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHF-23 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I think the rise to prominence of Darge and Dempsey in a relatively short time has had to prompt a change tbh - I think there's a strong argument that the most impactful back row is Fagerson, Darge and Dempsey. It's a shame Ritchie doesn't have an extra couple of inches (oooh er) as if he was able to play lock that would be a pretty perfect solution. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Ritchie will come back, he's a good player who has been a bit off form for a while. Sometimes it needs something like this to drive these guys back up to where they've been. I actually think Russell is a good captain and will do well, I think Ritchie is more the kind of guy who just needs to concentrate on his own game. I think it'll be an interesting 6 nations. we are kind of being written off again. England are the best team in the world again, followed by Ireland and France. Wales have Gatland so they can't be bad which seems to be leaving us as an afterthought, fighting out the wooden spoon with Italy. I'm not so sure it will go down like that. Our pack isn't amazing, but I also don't think it will get hammered the way it has in the past. I think we still get judged on the Scotland teams of the late 10's but it's not like that now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 28 minutes ago, GAD said: Ritchie will come back, he's a good player who has been a bit off form for a while. Sometimes it needs something like this to drive these guys back up to where they've been. I actually think Russell is a good captain and will do well, I think Ritchie is more the kind of guy who just needs to concentrate on his own game. I think it'll be an interesting 6 nations. we are kind of being written off again. England are the best team in the world again, followed by Ireland and France. Wales have Gatland so they can't be bad which seems to be leaving us as an afterthought, fighting out the wooden spoon with Italy. I'm not so sure it will go down like that. Our pack isn't amazing, but I also don't think it will get hammered the way it has in the past. I think we still get judged on the Scotland teams of the late 10's but it's not like that now. At the moment, Im expecting us to beat Wales and Italy away and lose in Dublin as per. Apart from Sexton Ireland havent lost anyone that makes a difference, a different 10 probably makes them less efficent / accurate, but there pack will still be bossing everyone and will get the 'rub of the green' from the refs The 2 home games are the most interesting that I think could go either way. France at home is usually close, the old adage of France not travelling well, the 2 pre WC games were fairly close, and we've given them a game the last few years so I can see go either way. The England game I've no idea. On the one hand over hte last few years we've had their number, and they have been pretty dreadful for a while and the WC will have lulled them into a false sense of security. However they have also cleared out a lot of dead wood and have a crop of youngsters coming in. They also have a full team of players in France who they arent picking (for example I thought Willis was excellent for Stade against Bath). I think it either clicks and they are challenging, or they are scrapping with Italy and Wales for the wooden spoon. Im thinking it'll finish, could be either in each position 1/2 - Ireland / France 3/4 - Scotland / England 5/6 - Wales / Italy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Left Back Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 That was a great tackle on Woki. He put in another great hit in that game. Can’t remember who on though. Have it in my head it was the other lock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 fly halves making legal tackles will never catch on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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flyingscot Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 5 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Has Adam Hastings been fit at all recently? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 6 minutes ago, peasy23 said: That’s… not a player I was particularly aware of. The front row isn’t looking too great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 53 minutes ago, flyingscot said: Has Adam Hastings been fit at all recently? He played vs Bath & Edinburgh this month and looked OK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 58 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: That’s… not a player I was particularly aware of. The front row isn’t looking too great. His 2 sisters are both internationals 1 plays for England, the other Scotland. He's had 2 stints at Edinburgh and manged a combined 4 apperances, he's hardly played above Championship level, was at Wasps where he manged 9 games over 2 seasons, and this season he's only started twice for Northampton, and come off the bench 13 times. He's 31 and only played about 60/70 games, surely we have someone at Glasgow or Edinburgh more worth of a call up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 9 minutes ago, honestly united said: He played vs Bath & Edinburgh this month and looked OK Haven't been paying much attention then. Apparently only played 4 and bit games for Gloucester this season. Aye, I don't understand how rugby is refereed any more. This looks like a clear red card. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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