Scotland V Italy - End of season redemption

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Scotland

15 Peter Murchie (Glasgow Warriors) 1 cap

14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) 1 cap
13 Alex Dunbar (Glasgow Warriors) 2 caps, 1 try, 5 points
12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby) 14 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
11 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors) 78 caps, 10 tries, 50 points

10 Tom Heathcote (Bath Rugby) 2 caps
9 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby) CAPTAIN 20 caps, 2 tries, 18 conversions, 44 penalties, 178 points

1 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) 26 caps, 1 try, 5 points
2 Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons) 37 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
3 Euan Murray (Worcester Warriors) 55 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
4 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) 1 cap
5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors) 54 caps, 1 try, 5 points
6 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby) 13 caps
7 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan) vice-captain 34 caps, 1 try, 5 points
8 Johnnie Beattie (Montpellier) 23 caps, 3 tries, 15 points

Substitutes

16 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) uncapped
17 Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors) 20 caps
18 Jon Welsh (Glasgow Warriors) 1 cap
19 Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) 2 caps
20 Robert Harley (Glasgow Warriors) 4 caps
21 Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors) 8 caps, 1 try, 5 points
22 Duncan Taylor (Saracens) 2 caps
23 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby) 11 caps, 6 tries, 30 points

Italy

Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Sergio Parisse (capt), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Joshua Furno, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 Leandro Cedaro, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Davide Giazzon, 1 Matias Aguero.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Alessandro Zanni, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Gonzalo Canale, 23 Luke McLean

Kick off - 13:15

Referee - Haven't a scooby


Previous results

South Africa 30 - Scotland 17
Samoa 27 - Scotland 17

funnyExiledScot wrote:Really bad news on Horne and a real shame. He was developing nicely into good cover at both 10 and 12. Hopefully he can recover in time to make an impact towards the end of next season.

I'd imagine Dunbar and Bennett will now start as first choice centres next season at Glasgow, with wingers DTH and S Lamont able to fill in. I really hope Hogg isn't asked to play at centre next season.

They're going to have to sign another centre as cover anyway. Back on topic, with Beattie a doubt I'm starting the Schlong to no8 campaign.

They should give Robbie Ferguson from Ayr a chance next season. Seems to have something about him.

I'm sure Lamont would make a decent fist of it at number 8, but I really don't think Denton has fallen quite that far from grace!

fact of the day!

Shlong has played at No 8 for scotland on a few occasions

fES - we also have Tommy Seymour for the wing so Schlong can cover 13,14 and 11

That's true Schiz, but I'd quite like a young Scottish centre to cover for Horne for the next 9 months, rather than moving Lamont into the centres (prefer him on the wing).

Dunbar and Bennett should be the first choice pairing at the start of the season.

Yes fES agree completely but I suppose SL can do it if called upon, and you always get 100% from him wherever he plays. Hogg can also cover 13 and 10 but I totally agree with others that he is far far better at FB

I really hope this abortive strategy of Hogg at 10 ends when the lions tour does.

he could be our best full back since big Gav.

Interesting Italy side... Like RDW I don't know a lot of those names. Hope Scotland play well again and get the win they deserve. Finish the tour on a real high.

Just got up, slightly feeling the effects of a good meal with the ex-prop and our better halves. Only took five attempts to type "Slightly". WTF is wrong with the keyboard?
Scotland go into the game today on a high and Italy are on the back of two gubbings, what can go wrong? It's that schizo feeling of being totally certain we will win comfortably and yet remembering that we are Scotland.
Beattie seems a doubt this morn so I expect Big Bad Bob Harley to start with Dozer at 8. Doesn't matter who's 6 or 7 Strokes and Harley will just spend the 80 minutes smashing people backwards, then headbutting teammates.
It will have been a successful tour if after 60 minutes Pyrgos comes on, Scott goes to 10 and Taylor goes into the centres ( do we try Dunbar at 12 then?). In the pack the back up font row of Welsh-Brown-Low could get twenty minutes together if we are winning comfortably. They could be pressed into action a lot sooner if Castro has one of his destructive days. Which brings us to Mr Gilchrist (MFL Hons) I think he has been overtaken by Tim Swinson (honorary Glaswegian) and is on a no-win today.  If he comes on early it will be because we're in trouble and unless he turns the game single-handedly then he will have added nothing or he joins the fray after the real work has been done what will that prove? I think at best he's fifth in the reckoning maybe even sixth behind Ryder.
If Laidlaw plays like a scrum half again we should win well, and I think Harley makes us slightly more aggressive at the breakdown/contact area than last week.
hat could go wrong?

Jeesus christ scotland.

Just started watching. Italy score a try after 0:55 seconds. What on EARTH is wrong with you Scotland. 

What a drop in intensity from the match I just watched...

Scotland 0 - 7 Italy

Reckon Johnson has told them to throw the first 10 minutes of their matches to give them a challenge?

F'in brilliant Denton and Scott!

Denton & Scott set up a try on 7th minute so it's 7 - 7. Phew.

This is already making an embarrassment of the Barritt call up.

anyone have a stream for this? Every one I've come across is still has the lions analysis

theres one on myp2p

Scot Abroad wrote:anyone have a stream for this? Every one I've come across is still has the lions analysis

Try  first row sports

Sent a PM also

my goodness, the commentators are still whingeing about last week whenever they can...

These saffer commentators are doing my nut in already

my goodness, the commentators are still whingeing about last week whenever they can...

I see Bath are part of the UK premiership now 

Is this rugby?

Hahahaha Lamont must be laughing for that one. 

If Scotland are bad, Italy are pathetic!

Lamont! thats the easiest try he'll ever score. Scott absolutely everywhere in the build up to it.

Scott having a fantastic game.

Good from Scotland in attack - scrappy try! Well done Laidlaw

Sonny Bill Scott? Hes made more offloads in 15 minutes than the combined total of scottish centres for the past decade.

Forget about Hogg at 10, Scott looks like he'd be sufficient back up if we ever needed it. 

If there's one thing we've gained from this tour, it's more experience for Scott. Great work so far.

How are we still so crap at kick offs??

Leighton hodges doing his best to slow the game down to a pace that his brain can function at.

What are Sky playing at, the match is meant to be on now, instead we've got these windbags still banging on about the Lions....

Why don't you all turn the sound down if the commentators are annoying you?  It's not like there's any atmosphere you'll miss out on.

MacKnocked-on wrote:What are Sky playing at, the match is meant to be on now, instead we've got these windbags still banging on about the Lions....

It's on the red button.

RDW_Scotland wrote:How are we still so crap at kick offs??

I know right...

Sky are a joke, 30 minutes into our game and they still havent switched over. Its bad enough we dont get to see our players with the lions, but now were missing out on our guys to hear some pointless post match analysis.

Galted wrote:

MacKnocked-on wrote:What are Sky playing at, the match is meant to be on now, instead we've got these windbags still banging on about the Lions....

It's on the red button.

I'm having to use my ipad today, no red button I'm afraid. Can't believe Sky think people want to watch these bores instead of some actual rugby.

MacKnocked-on wrote:

Galted wrote:

MacKnocked-on wrote:What are Sky playing at, the match is meant to be on now, instead we've got these windbags still banging on about the Lions....

It's on the red button.

I'm having to use my ipad today, no red button I'm afraid. Can't believe Sky think people want to watch these bores instead of some actual rugby.

It does boggle the mind.

Looks like were going to get shafted by a ref again...

Longest conversion attempt under the sticks ever

Not sure penalty option is best option given our restart efforts..

Good game so far..!

Italy gained points from every restart

Can't help but think the commentary and general audio of backdrop uninterested crowd adds to the already prevailing non-intensity of the match!

Back on the main sky channel (ie not on red button)

were even talking about the lions during our half time. Im behind the lions, and I watched the game in my lions jersey, but to eat into another game by half an hour for post match drivel, and then as soon as half time comes in that game, go back to talking about the lions is just insulting.

Now does anyone have a link to PM me where the bloke has actually clicked the buttons properly?

patersonismyhero wrote:Now does anyone have a link to PM me where the bloke has actually clicked the buttons properly?

K don't worry found one

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