6N 2016 : Super Saturday Game 2 Ireland vs Scotland Dublin 17h00 KO

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IRELAND v SCOTLAND
19 March 2016
KO: 17:00 local
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Pascal Gauzere
Assistant Referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa) & Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

A. Head to Head

130 Played 130
59 Won 66
5 Drawn 5
66 Lost 59
1,416 Points 1,420

B. Recent Form

21 March 2015
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
10 – 40 to Ireland

2 February 2014
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
28 – 6 to Ireland

24 February 2013
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
12 – 8 to Scotland

10 March 2012
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
32 – 14 to Ireland

6 August 2011
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
10 – 6 to Scotland

27 February 2011
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
18 – 21 to Ireland

20 March 2010
Croke Park, Dublin
20 – 23 to Scotland

C. Teams

IRELAND

FB 15 Simon Zebo
RW 14 Andrew Trimble
OC 13 Jared Payne
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Jonathan Sexton
SH 9 Conor Murray

N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Donnacha Ryan
TP 3 Mike Ross
HK 2 Rory Best (c)
LP 1 Jack McGrath

Replacements:
HK 16 Richardt Strauss
PR 17 Cian Healy
PR 18 Nathan White
LK 19 Ultan Dillane
FL 20 Rhys Ruddock
SH 21 Eoin Reddan
FH 22 Ian Madigan
WG 23 Fergus McFadden

SCOTLAND

FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Duncan Taylor
IC 12 Alex Dunbar
LW 11 Tim Visser
FH 10 Duncan Weir
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)

N8 8 Ryan Wilson
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay
RL 5 Tim Swinson
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 WP Nel
HK 2 Ross Ford
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson

Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally
PR 17 Rory Sutherland
PR 18 Moray Low
FL 19 Rob Harley
FL 20 Josh Strauss
SH 21 Henry Pyrgos
CE 22 Peter Horne
WG 23 Sean Lamont

Could be a cracker guys!  

This is SUCH A bizarre game no ?

McInally has made a good impact - very dynamic

I suspect this will look bad in slow mo

That was a good clear out IMO.

Sexton should get a yellow card for acting

See that play acting by sexton ? Think I'll switch it off now

Don't think Dunbar can argue with that. Stupid stupid stupid

Agree sexton should have a yellow too. I truly believe that

Not much in that. Sexton is such a primadonna. You wouldn't see ROG behaving like that.

I'm sorry, but sexton has lost a lot of respect for me. Yeah complain to the ref for that, but don't then hold your head after you have finished complaining

Sore one for Scotland given Sexton was in the wrong in the first place!

Could debate whether it was s yellow but it was needless from Dunbar.

Game over.

Silly by Dunbar but sad to see that play acting from sexton.

Was sexton playing for that? Screams at the ref then goes down like he's been knocked out? That's not rugby at all.

Wel no matter, it was dumb and deserved the yellow card anyway.

Game over now.

Ironic thing is that sexton should have been pinged for killing the ball. Silly play by Dunbar

THAT was bad by Horne imo

And there goes the bet.

Oh to be fair surely you can't jump into the tackle like that

Jumped into the tackle there, should of been disallowed

Laidlaw is a terrible captain. He cannot manage a relationship with the referee. He costs you points and ultimately games with his lack of leadership

5/7 tries now. Good day.

Would like to see the incident again - looked bad from Sexton on first glance feigning injury.

It worked though!

I'll confess, I'm still watching
. But only to see what gauzere does next.

The Welsh guys I'm with thought he milked it RDW

Tackled off the ball chasing a kick - surely a yellow now?

RDW_Scotland wrote:Would like to see the incident again - looked bad from Sexton on first glance feigning injury.

It worked though!

Sexton got kneed strongly in the head by one of his own players before he was judo thrown onto his arse. That's why he held his head when pain kicked in.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Would like to see the incident again - looked bad from Sexton on first glance feigning injury.

It worked though!

Yep. At least Biggar just complained to the ref about it (when he was actually a victim of foul play) rather then feign an injury.

What Sexton did with landing on his elbow, sitting up to complain and rolling back clutching his head is for me typical of the kind of gamesmanship he display regularly, a talented player that will end up been remembered for the wrong reasons.

The amount of handbags is amusing.

Will Ireland ever see a yellow card!

RDW, yes.

mikey_dragon wrote:RDW, yes.

.wrote that a little too early!

Well that'll keep the Sexton haters happy. Off he goes.

Has to be another yellow, Irish have been blatantly lying all over the ball for a while now. It's not even one of those situations where the player's trapped there and can't move.

Why are the Irish crowd booing the kind of decision they have been benefiting from all game?

Now who is going to take the kickoff?

We really need to learn to figure out refs earlier than 60 mins

Even as an Ireland fan, Sexton really annoyed me there. Milking it like a spoilt child.

Looked a bit forward but well taken all the same

Ireland been very lucky in terms of cards.

Glad we got that try.

Been a very feisty game - don't often get that between Scotland and Ireland.

Shows how frustrated Scotland have been.

2ndtimeround wrote:Why are the Irish crowd booing the kind of decision they have been benefiting from all game?

What do you think is the answer?

Pot Hale wrote:Well that'll keep the Sexton haters happy.  Off he goes.

Don't know about haters but theatrics like he did today won't win any friends sadly.

Jamie Heaslip's mum obviously in charge of the MOTM award

Well a 10 point Ireland win is probably fair in the end

A hell of a lot of talking points though!

Well that was a good game.

Well done Ireland.
Commiserations Scotland.

trebellbobaggins wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:Well that'll keep the Sexton haters happy.  Off he goes.

Don't know about haters but theatrics like he did today won't win any friends sadly.

Quite right, people rightly called Hogg out for some of his behaviour on the field in the past. Why should Sexton be treated differently?

trebellbobaggins wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:Well that'll keep the Sexton haters happy.  Off he goes.

Don't know about haters but theatrics like he did today won't win any friends sadly.

Indeed. As I posted earlier, I think there was a reason he held his head from an earlier knee from one of his own players.

Scotland only have themselves to blame. The referee was pedantic but far from outrightly bad. You need a captain that can talk to the referee. You need players with brains who know that when a referee tells you to stop doing something at the breakdown you stop doing it. One of the dumbest performances from any international team I've seen in a while.

Congrats Ireland, you were the better side and deserved the win. Nice bit of spice to end our respective campaigns on too. Same time next year?

Glad Scotland managed to work the ref out in the end, but it definitely took a lot longer than it should've

Pot Hale wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:Well that'll keep the Sexton haters happy.  Off he goes.

Don't know about haters but theatrics like he did today won't win any friends sadly.

Indeed.  As I posted earlier, I think there was a reason he held his head from an earlier knee from one of his own players.

Just odd he could scream at the ref with his arms out first though. Looked poor.