Georgia Double Header - Scotlands last warm up games 31st August and 6th September

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So after a mixed bag in the first two games, we now face a difficult away trip to Tiblisi followed 6 days later by hosting the same team at home at Murrayfield.

With the travelling involved, a 6 hour flight apparently, as well as a Georgian team with a lot to prove playing in front of a crowd of 50,000, this ill no doubt be a serious test and an indication of what playing in a hostile environment in unpleasant conditions will be like. A dress rehersal for the Japan game in many ways.

So who does he play first up?

The squad is being finalised after the away game, but you would imagine that he is not going to want to waste any spaces on players that he has already made his mind up about.

He certainly is not going to risk any injured players, so that rules out Thompson, Skinner, Seymour for sure, along with the possibity of Taylor, Bradbury, Gray and we are not sure if Brown and Johnson will be fit either.

I am going to assume that none of them are ready to travel and have a stab at a team along these lines:

1. Reid
2. McInally
3. Fagerson Z
4. Gilchrist
5. Cummings
6. Wilson
7. Ritchie
8. Fagerson M
9. Horne G
10. Hastings
11. Graham
12. Hutchinson
13. Jones
14. Maitland
15. Kinghorn

Subs
Berghan
Turner
Nel
Toolis
Barclay
Price
Horne P
Harris

Ali Price has played well, lets see what Georgie can do

Another dropped ball

This is getting very frustrating

Get Zander off

You can physically see the ref making the scrum decision at the last second.

Fagerson has been pish though.

Fagerson has played himself out of a bench spot. Shame.

These players will be very glad the squad's been announced - we've been pish.

Another one dropped!

Hastings the next one to be subbed

I think some passing and catching drills are needed...

Scrum a lot better with the Edinburgh props!

We had them on that scrum

Berghan has made a difference

Nel - berghan













Fagerson

Bad decision. - maul was still moving. Kick had to be deeper too.

That was a wasted opportunity...

Lets see what Pete Horne can do

Captain fantastic is here to defend the trenches

Aha the storyteller arrives! Let’s see what the very underrated, and really quite exceptional, don’t you know, Peter Horne can do

Ah Love sacks that's Toolis

Looks like tiny Tim could be getting goose this christmas

Eh, high tackle / swinging arm to face?

Monster scrum from Dell!

We've not been great this game but romain poite has been pretty poor. His scrum decisions are basically him rolling mental dice.

Lovely finish Darcy! Skinned.

Darcy dancing down the touch line, pure gas

Good pass by Harris as well

I disagree with previous posts that darcy shouldn't be first choice for Ireland. He's a player who takes chances, which against a team like ireland is essential. Seymour can provide excellent cover from bench if required.

Nice from Harris, held his line nicely and made the tiny bit of space Graham needed. Well worked try

Didn't look like much but Chris Harris once again doing the basics very well - if he'd passed that a fraction earlier Darcy wouldn't have had the space.

I knew Georgie would get one

29-9 Scotland

Crisis what crisis?

Lightning play from George. Makes you wonder why he’s had so little game time!

Thompson off again, even though we have no subs

Blade thomson again

Great pace from harris

Harris should have kicked that one

Pete Horne justifying his selection

Georgia have seriously run out of steam

Thomson does look to be worryingly fragile, although they may just be taking no risks.

Pete Horne answering his critics...!

Typical, Horne making us look silly. Cheers Pete

I was thinking that biggee, just a little chip ahead and he'd have dotted that down.

Horne has done well off the bench.

Pete scores. It’s the end of days

Cummings MoM for me, he has had a great game

Ah I knew Wilson couldn't go a whole game without a scrap!

Darcy Graham - I can probably live with that

Surely not a bit of rough and tumble for Ryan Wilson, I’ll never believe it

Well a bit wobbly at times, but I guess that is what warm ups are all about

6 tries to nil is not to be sniffed at that at the end of the day

Weird game, some lovely flowing rugby at the start of the match which fizzled out once Kinghorn went off. A big patch of looking very ordinary in the middle, then opening up and putting them away at the end. Let’s hope none of the injuries are serious

That score definitely flattered us - it wasn't a good performance and the late scores didn't really make up for that.

Winners today:
Graham
Kinghorn
Johnson
Harris
Horne the media darling
Price
Cummings
Berghan
Dell
Toolis

Losers:
Hastings
Turner
Fagerson

Pass marks:
The rest

On the whole for the team, probably a C. To give georgia credit they were grizzly b*stards for most of the game and caused us a fair few problems. We really need to practice the basics. As I've said in previous posts, under vern we did the basics well and the flourishes came after. We desperately need to sort our lineouts and for Fraser brown to be fit.

Bit of class from Ryan Wilson there to call out Stewart and Bradbury, fair play to him

Also with regard to cummings. First carrying SR since Richie. Could you imagine them in the engine room together 6Ns 2020!?

The worry is the injury to Ritchie. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him being diagnosed with a fractured cheek bone. We only have two proper sevens on the squad. If he goes down can Matt Fagerson cover adequately?

Cummings is really pushing for a start atm and has definitely jumped over Toolis in the pecking order, he had a very good game

Darcy Graham ditto over Seymour, though there will be huge pressure to go with Tommy's big game experience.

The Blade runner again was solid if not spectacular, but does seem worryingly fragile. If that was a concussion again, then surely he has to stay at home.

The centre combo worked well and good to see Taylor doing the whole 80 mins

Harris continues to surprise and it looks like he deserves his place

Both Hornes did well off the bench.

So I guess no more harping on about the squad and we get behind the team