Fiji vs Scotland - Second Summer Test - Teams and Live match thread

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Fiji vs Scotland - Second Summer Test - Teams and Live match thread

Fiji v Scotland

Churchill Park, Lautoko, Fiji
June 16: Kick off: 3.00am (BST)

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Ian Smith, Andrew Lees (both Australia)

Weather: 25 degrees and sunny (although was p!ssing down earlier in the week): http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2204506?day=2

FIJI:

15 Isimeli Koniferedi
14 Waisea Nayacalevu
13 Wereniki Goneva
12 Aloisio Buto
11 Watisoni Votu
10 Jonetai Ralulu
9 Nikola Matawalu
8 Netani Talei (c)
7 Malakai Ravulo
6 Iliese Ratuva
5 Leone Nakarawa
4 Apisai Naikatini
3 Setefano Somoca
2 Viliame Veikoso
1 Jeremaia Yanuyanutawa.

Replacements:
16 Tuatpati Talemaitoga
17 Waisea Daveta/Graham Dewes
18 Josefa Domolailai
9 Kelepi Ketedromo
20 Nemia Kenatale
21 Kameli Ratuvou
22 Metuisela Talebula.

SCOTLAND:

15 Stuart Hogg
14 Max Evans
13 Nick De Luca
12 Matt Scott
11 Tim Visser
10 Greig Laidlaw
9 Mike Blair

1 Ryan Grant
2 Ross Ford
3 Euan Murray
4 Alastair Kellock
5 Richie Gray
6 Alasdair Strokosch
7 Ross Rennie
8 John Barclay

Replacements:
16 Scott Lawson
17 Geoff Cross
18 Tom Ryder
19 Richie Vernon
20 Chris Cusiter
21 Duncan Weir
22 Sean Lamont

Last 6 Results:

Fiji

Wales - Fiji 66-0
Fiji - Samoa 7-27
South Africa - Fiji 49-3
Fiji - Namibia 49-25
New Zealand - Fiji 60-14
Italy - Fiji 24-16

Scotland

6-9 Australia - Scotland
13-6 Italy - Scotland
32-14 Ireland - Scotland
17-23 Scotland - France
27-13 Wales - Scotland
6-13 Scotland - England

Build up threads:
https://www.606v2.com/t30529-scotland-team-vs-fiji

[IanBru]

Hey, it's all part of ESPN's quality coverage.

You didn't know you cared about the Copa America...

...but you do.

[RDW]

We're back!

Some huge hits by the Fijians.

[George Carlin]

We're on again. Er. Why are we still playing? 47 mins?

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Yay, someone put the cable back in!

[KickAndChase]

Go for the lineout...

[KickAndChase]

I can't remember the last time Scotland had a score as exotic as 17 ...?

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Pen Laidlaw, 17-11

[Tattie Scones RRN]

I can see Laidlaw keeping the 10 shirt for a while

[George Carlin]

Penalty Scotland, BA Baracus infringes.

Gregory smacks that bad boy over. 17-11

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Lucky restart, Richie quite isolated

[KickAndChase]

Hogg's related to GEORGE BEST?!

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Cool your jets, de Luca, they play 7s, not us

[Tattie Scones RRN]

Jesus De Luca

[KickAndChase]

Fiji making more unforced errors than Tim Henmann though...making it easy.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Hogg's related to GEORGE BEST?!

Georgie was his mum

[RDW]

Boys look knackered.

Still trying 7s though

[KickAndChase]

Why do refs always smile when it hits them? Don't smile, GET OUT OF THE WAY.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Ref knocks on

[RDW]

He is actually related to George Best btw!

[KickAndChase]

Come on 3,5 or 7 more points before the end of the half

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Try Visser!

[Tattie Scones RRN]

VVVVIIIISSSSSEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[RDW]

Visser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KickAndChase]

YAYYYYY VISSSSSERRRRR

Reckon Seany woulda been better in 14 for Fiji? Hope to see him there next week tbh.

[George Carlin]

VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSER

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Pls someone tell Maxy he's not going thru my new Chief!

[KickAndChase]

Thing is, all of our other wingers Paterson excepted for the last 10 years would have messed that score up ...

[IanBru]

Woohooo!!!!

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Better restart

[GLove39]

VISSSSSSER for the LINEEEEEE

The first of many hopefully for big Tam McVisser

[KickAndChase]

24-11 ... half time? Told ya so lads

[George Carlin]

24-11

Thank feic for that.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

24-11 at half-time, decent effort, looking for us to tighten the game tho

[RDW]

Not a bad first half - destroyed them in the scrum, 3 tries, Visser scores, still some moment of crap play from Scotland though.

Half time punditry is gonna be interesting!

[Tattie Scones RRN]

Not a bad first half - fitness should tell in the second so hopefully we'll pull away.

Well done Visser on your 100% try scoring record

[Guest]

Visser! What a man! Three tries in one game?? Madness I tells ya!

[RuggerRadge2611]

good pass from NDL for Vissers try..... most of our other wingers would have cocked that up somehow!

[KickAndChase]

Fiji have made it easy for us. Against any team who didn't just give away penalties or on occasion throw / kick the ball into our hands, we'd have struggled out there today.

HAVING SAID THAT ... we know going in who we're facing. I think it still made sense on this occasion to play looser, less defensively, fight fire with fire, and come out with some confident tries especially given the conditions.

There's no way in hell we'd *ever* go into Oz playing like we are today ... but we didn't , did we?

[RDW]

I've resorted to masterchef with sign language for half time.

Surprisingly little signing going on in a cooking show! Who'd have thought.

[George Carlin]

1. We are absolutely destroying their scrum, which is good (and expected).
2. Kellock has not been playing well - get Ryder on there.
3. Scott has linked really nicely.
4. ESPN gargles my b@lls. The best thing about their coverage has actually been the commercials.
5. Laidlaw has been excellent.
6. Liking the Saffer commentary although I spend 10 seconds wondering what a "teckle" was.

[KickAndChase]

good pass from NDL for Vissers try..... most of our other wingers would have cocked that up somehow!

De Luca is the master of assists we're finding...I guess that's exactly what you need in a 13. Visser has gone down on record saying that he wouldn't have been so successful if it weren't for Laidlaw, Scott, De Luca ...

Isn't it funny how nearly 80% of this backline is from players all from the same club ... the club that gets thumped week in week out in the PRO12?

[KickAndChase]

On another note it appears ESPN don't do half time punditry. Just more obnoxious ads.

[RuggerRadge2611]

6. Liking the Saffer commentary although I spend 10 seconds wondering what a "teckle" was.

much better than your bench mark comedy bud

[KickAndChase]

Thinking of travelling to Samoa to watch the next one if ESPN are planning to air it...

[George Carlin]

6. Liking the Saffer commentary although I spend 10 seconds wondering what a "teckle" was.

much better than your bench mark comedy bud

[RDW]

Really hope we don't make the 2nd half difficult for ourselves.

Lets kill this off early

[IanBru]

What ads are you getting? Might be my stream, but I've got baseball highlights.

Probably the first time I've been happy with ESPN's programming all morning.

[KickAndChase]

Really hope we don't make the 2nd half difficult for ourselves.

Lets kill this off early

Something I can't remember us doing since Romania / Portugal RWC 07.

Unless you count Scotland 26 - 6 Fiji back in '09.

[KickAndChase]

What ads are you getting? Might be my stream, but I've got baseball highlights.

Probably the first time I've been happy with ESPN's programming all morning.

Oh I'm counting anything non-rugby as ads. I don't really follow any other sport except maybe the olympics.

[AsLongAsBut100ofUs]

Really hope we don't make the 2nd half difficult for ourselves.

Lets kill this off early

Absolutely, first 10 points of the second half must be ours

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