Super Saturday, Game 2: Scotland v Ireland

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SCOTLAND v IRELAND
Saturday 21 March 2015
KO: 14:30
BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)
AR1: Pascal Gauzere (FFR)
AR2: Federico Anselmi (UAR)
TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)

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A. Teams

SCOTLAND

15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)
14 Dougie Fife (Edinburgh Rugby)
13 Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors)
12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby)
11 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors)
10 Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors)
09 Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester)

01 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors)
02 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby)
03 Euan Murray (Glasgow Warriors)
04 Jim Hamilton (Saracens)
05 Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)
06 Adam Ashe (Glasgow Warriors)
07 Blair Cowan (London Irish)
08 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby)

16 Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors)
17 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby)
18 Geoff Cross (London Irish)
19 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors)
20 Rob Harley (Glasgow Warriors)
21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh Rugby)
22 Greig Tonks (Edinburgh Rugby)
23 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby)

IRELAND

15 Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13 Jared Payne (Ulster)
12 Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11 Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock/Leinster)
10 Johnny Sexton (Racing Metro)
09 Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)

01 Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
02 Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
03 Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
04 Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
05 Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) captain
06 Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
07 Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)
08 Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)

16 Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
17 Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
18 Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
19 Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
20 Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
22 Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster)
23 Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)

B. Head to Head

119 Played 119

58 Wins 56

56 Losses 58

5 Draws 5

187 Tries 200

96 Conversions 102

128 Penalties 104

32 Drop Goals 15

1,234 Points 1,301

Come on Jonny... tranquil, tranquilo...

wish the irish players would stop moaning about everything

RDW_Scotland wrote:Does the no coming in from the side rule just not apply to Ireland?

Appears so. All afternoon they have been at it.

Laidlaw not being vocal enough about it. Who is captain now he is off?

Which is skipper now Laidlaw off?

sorry that was a bit general haha

Sexton gets his nerve back

*who

Incredibly conservative tactics from Ireland going for the posts instead of going for touch.

nathan wrote:wish the irish players would stop moaning about everything

Like what you're doing???????

does that means Wales now have no chance of winning unless scotland score which is a doubt at the moment?

We were given a penalty, wtf is wrong with the ref, he normally just points to the green europeans!

POC straight off his feet again

nathan wrote:does that means Wales now have no chance of winning unless scotland score which is a doubt at the moment?

Ireland need to win by at least 21 points, then it's over to England.

The Saint wrote:

nathan wrote:does that means Wales now have no chance of winning unless scotland score which is a doubt at the moment?

Ireland need to win by at least 21 points, then it's over to England.

cool, ta

The scottish coaches need to stop being stubborn and pig headed and get Barclay at 7. Seriously getting frustrated how poor the Scottish breakdown is.

33-10 is pretty much the ideal scoreline for me as an English fan

3 points are no good to Scotland. They have to go for 7

mystiroakey wrote:Sexton gone wobbly.

Yes i have never known him miss so many kicks at goal.

Hidalgo-clyne proving vastly better so far

Say the score stayed as is until a kickable penalty to Scotland with a few minutes to go. Is it right that Scotland can decide to take three points to hand advantage to Wales or go for the corner ?

Ireland have switched to a territory based game now, still think we need another score to really worry England though...

Scotland have scored 13 points in the second half spread over 5 matches, 3 of those no scores, absolutely unacceptable.

scotland wont take the kick in that position

Can you kick the ball out of a maul?

Right, finish it.

Engine#4 wrote:Can you kick the ball out of a maul?

you cant kick it out of someone's hand if its not on the floor. should have been a penalty but he missed it.

scotland need to send two players into the breakdown as fast as possible. First to go beyond the ball and the second to try and secure the turnover

Scotland are just terrible today

Fair play to Ireland. I thought Scotland would run you guys close.

Great try

You fecking beauty

Ah well. Not really interested in the last game now

Enjoy that spoon Scotland, it's thoroughly deserved. Well done Ireland, I think you'll win the championship.

ireland now in the driving seat

Risca Rev wrote:Fair play to Ireland. I thought Scotland would run you guys close.

And fair play Wales, because that was one of the best games I've ever seen in this tournament.

Still 7 and a half minutes and a whole feckin' game to go.

The Saint wrote:Enjoy that spoon Scotland, it's thoroughly deserved. Well done Ireland, I think you'll win the championship.

chin up there Saint!

Anyone got kelly brown's and John Barclay's phone numbers for big Vern?

Well done Ireland not much of a contest from the start at least Italy stould up for one half and showed spirit at the end.

Steffan wrote:Scotland are just terrible today

No need to limit us.

SOB clearly back to his 2011 barnstorming form.

Just not good enough by Scotland. No excuses. Not sure where we go from here.

England will never beat France by 26+ points

Well if England aren't going to win I'd rather lose to the one team who were clearly better than us

Great performance from Ireland in circumstances, I just hope England can take some inspiration and put some points on the French

I'll stand by my thoughts pre game that I was happy with just winning four games, but how I am feeling now tells me different.

tigertattie wrote:Anyone got kelly brown's and John Barclay's phone numbers for big Vern?

It's been discussed already but they are unlikely to be the solution and resolve all Scotland's problems.

Although if Scotland fancy scoring a converted try here I'd appreciate it

knock on?

Go on lad

Oh ffs Hoggy

Fair play Heaslip

tigertattie wrote:Anyone got kelly brown's and John Barclay's phone numbers for big Vern?

Scotland desperately need those 2. Current back row is v poor.