Scotland v Tonga, 22 November

by **RDW** Mon 17 Nov 2014, 10:54 am

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Scotland v Tonga, 22 November - Page 4 Scotla10

Scotland v Tonga

Date: Saturday, November 22
Venue: Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Kickoff: 14:30 local (GMT)
Referee: JP Doyle (Ingerlund)
Assistant Referees: ?
TMO: Gareth Simmonds ?

Autumn tests so far

Scotland 41 - Argentina 31
Scotland 16 - New Zealand 24

Tonga 40 - USA 12
Georgia 9 - Tonga 23

Teams

Scotland
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Scotland v Tonga, 22 November - Page 4 5750750-3x2-700x467

15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors); 26 caps
14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors); 12 caps
13 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors); 90 caps
12 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors); 3 tries
11 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby); 14 caps

10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors); 4 caps
9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN (Gloucester); 33 caps

1 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby); 38 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby); 79 caps
3 Geoff Cross (London Irish); 34 caps
4 Richie Gray (Castres); 41 caps
5 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors); 7 caps
6 Rob Harley (Glasgow Warriors); 9 caps
7 Blair Cowan (London Irish); 5 caps
8 Johnnie Beattie (Castres); 33 caps

16 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors); 2caps
17 Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors); 5 caps
18 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors); 18 caps
19 Kieran Low (London Irish); 4 caps
20 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan); 41 caps
21 Chris Cusiter (Sale Sharks); 69 caps
22 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors); 17 caps
23 Duncan Taylor (Saracens); 11 caps

Tonga
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Scotland v Tonga, 22 November - Page 4 An-excited-Tongan-rugby-f-001

[TBC]

by nathan Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:08 pm

What do they feed these Tongans, there huge!

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:09 pm

Lucky break - certainly not deserved just now

by highland_scot Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:09 pm

HOGGY!

by nathan Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:10 pm

Why was hoggs dad turned away from the car park?

by cakeordeath Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:10 pm

Extremely lucky on Scotland's part.

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:13 pm

Lamont has been anonymous so far

by alive555 Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:14 pm

anyone got a decent link ?

by glamorganalun Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:15 pm

Scotland making the same mistakes as Wales against Fiji far too open before grinding the oposition down.

by highland_scot Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:15 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Lamont has been anonymous so far

He's playing?? censored

by cakeordeath Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:16 pm

alive. Not sure you want to watch it.

by Guest Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:16 pm

alive555 wrote:anyone got a decent link ?

Google BBC, go to sport, rugby union and then press play!

by glamorganalun Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:17 pm

That scrum was so squint

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:17 pm

Russells kicking to touch is superb

by cakeordeath Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:18 pm

This reminds me of Scotland of old. Too many mistakes

by TJ Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:19 pm

Enjoying the game - two sides playing entertaining rugby. Scotland have blown two or three trick linouts tho

by BelfastDickVet Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:21 pm

These commentators are morons! Their "views" on scrums in rugby are horribly deluded and just wrong. "Almost every scrum these days collapsed" they are just wrong about that, on this game maybe, but not across the board. BBC rugby commentary is really going down hill, the two clowns commentating on the ulster match mentioned more about the ospreys prob being from Moldova than they sole about the actual game.

by BelfastDickVet Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:22 pm

The Tongan lineout looks slick though. The Scottish backs are showing glimpses of their potential class.

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:24 pm

To be fair, all 3 scrums have collapsed this game...

by glamorganalun Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:30 pm

Scotland supporters have not got what we Welsh have to put up with the English (redundant) pundits for the next game. If B Moore is on I will switch to S4c.

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:33 pm

Harsh on Ford there - the guy Was lying on top of him

Came fron our scrum though

by reallybored Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:34 pm

There were two Tongans on top of Ford there, that is a daft penalty.

by tigertattie Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:35 pm

Ref loves interrupting the game eh

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:36 pm

Our first penalty for a while

Beattie is having a very strong game

by A Simply Mesmeric Try Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:37 pm

Cowan strips the ball, it goes forward but then he catches it. Scrum Tonga. Wut?!

by highland_scot Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:37 pm

Yasss!

by **George Carlin** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:38 pm

Oh my god. Just reached my local and the bastards are showing the Springboks games instead.

by tigertattie Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:38 pm

Finally. A try from some good heads up playing

by A Simply Mesmeric Try Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:38 pm

Good try Dunbar!

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:39 pm

Great try

by BelfastDickVet Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:40 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:To be fair, all 3 scrums have collapsed this game...

That was the point I was trying to make, just because the scrums are crap in this game doesn't mean all scrums in rugby are the sane, which they were inferring. The Italy RSA match has had some cracking scrums, ulster ospreys last night the same. Scrums have been decent this autumn.

by A Simply Mesmeric Try Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:41 pm

HAHA, Johnnie Beattie Jnr, making a mess of his possession and Beattie Snr obviously biting his lip!

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:41 pm

Poor from Russell - had to go!

by tigertattie Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:41 pm

20p says lamont gets a try

by nathan Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:41 pm

Who's the commentary? (Don't mean nicol)

by **George Carlin** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:42 pm

What happened? What happened?

In recompense I'll describe what's happening on the fecking SA-Italy game...

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:42 pm

Cowan has been excellent too!

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:43 pm

nathan wrote:Who's the commentary? (Don't mean nicol)

John Beattie - ex Scotland number 8, and Johnnie Beattie's dad!

by A Simply Mesmeric Try Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:43 pm

John Beattie and Andy Nicol are the commentators

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:45 pm

We've been so much better this half

by **George Carlin** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:45 pm

What happened? What happened?

In recompense I'll describe what's happening on the fecking SA-Italy game...

by highland_scot Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:47 pm

Stupid penas there for the pull...

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:49 pm

Johnny Gray obviously been listening to Hamilton too much - he's given away a lot of penalties!

by Tramptastic Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:50 pm

not commented on here for a while but watching the game and the scottish line out is so so so much better than its been in a long while. Quick ball from the middle and back letting us play fast - whats changed? Ford or the jumpers?

by The Saint Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:51 pm

Where's this Cowan guy from? He's not Scottish, is he...

by **Pal Joey** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:52 pm

What's the current score?

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:52 pm

Edinburgh front row dominating!

by highland_scot Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:52 pm

The Loaded Dog wrote:What's the current score?

22-12 tto Scotland

by **RDW** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:53 pm

The Saint wrote:Where's this Cowan guy from? He's not Scottish, is he...

Kiwi, Scottish mum

by tigertattie Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:54 pm

Our forwards are playing so much better than our backs today

by **Pal Joey** Sat 22 Nov 2014, 3:54 pm

highland_scot wrote:
The Loaded Dog wrote:What's the current score?

22-12 tto Scotland

cheers mate

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