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

oooooooohhhh

agh, Hogg!

He dropped that like an Ulster contract ....

and he has a high pitched voice SOB!

Forced so many offloads today mun. FFS

Take the three

Risca Rev wrote:Take the three

run down the clock

The way the Scots played this game as if they had to win by 30 points
and deserved to be hammered, the worst team in the championship.

Alright, one last kick at goal...

If they score here England are toast

I meant now

glamorganalun wrote:The way the Scots played this game as if they had to win by 30 points
and deserved to be hammered, the worst team in the championship.

did you not see the italy game!!

England will have their work cut out to win the 6N.

I think thats it for Ireland, there is no way England will beat France by that many points. France will win the breakdown and we wont have much ball

And he's missed...

Well, I only have one thing to say

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!

Well done Ireland!
Probably enough. Best team of the tournament for me.

Send a courier to Twickenham quickly.

Didn't expect Scotland to roll over like that. Congrats Ireland, well deserved and think it's too much for England now.

I did not expect that! Take a bow Mr. Schmidt.

Right. Ireland are buying the pints tonight

Magnificant stuff - best Irish performance since the Autumn. Don't care what happens in the next game, the guys can head into the RWC with their heads high and that's one in the eye for the naysayers. Good man Joe.

tigertattie wrote:Right. Ireland are buying the pints tonight

Gladly

Well done Ireland. While Scotland were terrible they still went to Murrayfield and did the job. You guys deserve to be winners

Lets just hope France can turnover England now

I think someone should buy Jared Payne a pint.

Well done chaps, I think you've got this in the bag but I very much hope I'm wrong!

Well played Ireland deserving winners so far. Scotland have been so close in the games they have played. but this game was all Irelands.

SOB Man of the match after all the injuries he has had to play like he did,l he did well.

rodders wrote:I think someone should buy Jared Payne a pint.

Hell, I will buy him 10

Steffan wrote:Well done Ireland. While Scotland were terrible they still went to Murrayfield and did the job. You guys deserve to be winners

Lets just hope France can turnover England now

i have a feeling France have just got a few more Irish supporters! lol

BamBam wrote:Well done chaps, I think you've got this in the bag but I very much hope I'm wrong!

Well I thought Wales had in the bag an hour and half ago so wouldn't put the ribbons on the trophy yet!

seems a bit silly to say this after a great team performance but jones is yet again an unused sub. if it was zeebs or earls he would have brought him on.


really thought after the wales game it was their year. I think itll be beyond england(although this french team are muck). 2 championships in a row is massive

I think the appropriate wording for that game is Ireland b*tched Scotland. Well done Ireland, hope results go your way

rodders wrote:Magnificant stuff - best Irish performance since the Autumn. Don't care what happens in the next game, the guys can head into the RWC with their heads high and that's one in the eye for the naysayers. Good man Joe.

Trust me, I love being proved wrong if it means Ireland will win.

Nachos Jones_1 wrote:

rodders wrote:I think someone should buy Jared Payne a pint.

Hell, I will buy him 10

Don't forget the one you owe O'Brien too!

I'd be minded to buy O'Mahoney one myself

not a nice time to bring out Hoggs comment "They don't respect", well if your team play like that...

Yep looks like it's congrats to Ireland - first up England need to win anyway and then I can't see France buckling to the same extent as Italy and Scotland unfortunately ...

nathan wrote:

Steffan wrote:Well done Ireland. While Scotland were terrible they still went to Murrayfield and did the job. You guys deserve to be winners

Lets just hope France can turnover England now

i have a feeling France have just got a few more Irish supporters! lol

He's Welsh

Denton was by far Scptland's best player the rest were passive.

Embarrassing.

BamBam wrote:

nathan wrote:

Steffan wrote:Well done Ireland. While Scotland were terrible they still went to Murrayfield and did the job. You guys deserve to be winners

Lets just hope France can turnover England now

i have a feeling France have just got a few more Irish supporters! lol

He's Welsh

lol, didnt know that!

rodders wrote:

Nachos Jones_1 wrote:

rodders wrote:I think someone should buy Jared Payne a pint.

Hell, I will buy him 10

Don't forget the one you owe O'Brien too!

I'd be minded to buy O'Mahoney one myself  

Yeah, got it wrong with SOB so I would get him 12, as long as I don't have to speak to or listen to him

Now for the CESM, will they capitulate, 200 year anniversary of Waterloo. Do we have a Duke of Wellington to our think them.

France these days play the game like Napoleon, send a massive force up the centre and try and frighten the enemy into surrendering. Got him beaten twice, have they learnt their lesson?

rodders wrote:I think someone should buy Jared Payne a pint.

George Hook should buy him a whole bar- he was quality today.

Watch France run up the white flag now...

Congratulations to Ireland; they were really impressive today. I liked the change back to a controlling game once they had the points difference.

Yeah think so Notch. Can see England really putting them to the sword but apart from a few missed place kicks I couldn't ask any more from our guys....we've done what we can...

I said before that I feel England (at home) are easily 21 points better than this French team. For me, its all about the first 30 mins. If France are in the match then England will try and push which will open the game up. France may be structurally pish but they will always be a threat in the loose.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/comment-analysis/joe-schmidt-i-cant-watch-the-england-game-31084538.html

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt says that he cannot watch England's crunch game with France at Twickenham in the final game of the Six Nations.

Ireland defeated Scotland by 40-10 to move ahead of Wales at the top of the championship table meaning that England require a 26-point victory over France to deny Ireland successive titles.

Schmidt paid tribute to the performance of his team but admitted that he won't be able to bring himself to watch the game.

"It's really awkward, you win by 30 points and no-one is celebrating," he said post-match.

"We got a couple of tries in both halves and kept pushing the scoreboard and the players did incredibly well."

The Kiwi admitted that he won't be able to watch events in Twickenham, but knows that glory or despair is just around the corner.

"To be honest, we have got the dinner now. I'm going to try and switch away and not watch it. I'll be either delighted or broken. It's a bizarre feeling.

"To go back-to-back would be incredible and it would be merited by this group," he added when asked how another title would rank for this team.

Well Scotland got the wooden spoon, but at least unlike Italy we didn't get humped in every game we lost!

Italy -120
Scotland -55

Straws very much clutching...

RDW_Scotland wrote:Well Scotland got the wooden spoon, but at least unlike Italy we didn't get humped in every game we lost!

Italy -120
Scotland -55

Straws very much clutching...

It was a bizarre result at Murrayfield, you found a way to lose that one I didn't imagine you could. You are still a better team than Italy.

Question. I didn't see his first try, but didn't O'Brien score direct from a lineout? So why can't I have an assist for Rory Best on ESPN? I am furious