Australia v Scotland, 17 June

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AUSTRALIA v SCOTLAND  
17 June 2017
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Allianz Stadium, Sydney

Live on Sky

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
ARs: [tbc]
TMO: [tbc]

A. Head to Head

30 Played 30
21 Won 9
0 Drawn 0
9 Lost 21
729 Points 386 

B. Recent Form

12 November 2016
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
22 – 23 to Australia

18 October 2015 
Twickenham
35-34 to Australia

23 November 2013
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
15 – 21 to Australia

5 June 2012
Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
6 – 9 to Scotland

21 November 2009
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
9 – 8 to Scotland

C. TEAMS:

AUSTRALIA

Israel Folau; Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrani, Karmichael Hunt, Eto Nabuli; Bernard Foley, Will Genia; Tom Robertson, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Allan Alaalatoa; Sam Carter, Adam Coleman; Ned Hanigan, Michael Hooper (capt), Scott Higginbotham.

Bench to be announced.

SCOTLAND 

Greig Tonks; Lee Jones, Alex Dunbar, Duncan Taylor, Rory Hughes; Finn Russell, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson; Ben Toolis, Jonny Gray; John Barclay (capt), Hamish Watson, Ryan Wilson.

Replacements: Ross Ford, Allan Dell, WP Nel, Tim Swinson, Josh Strauss, Henry Pyrgos, Ruaridh Jackson, Matt Scott.

10-0 to Scotland!

Scotland absolutely bossing the breakdown

What happened to the Scottish defence there, all sucked in?

Cynical play from Foley and he gets 10 mins on the pine

The way the Aussies are hitting the rucks seem slightly dodgy.

Cynical play from Foley after a very good play from Russell.

Great quick take of the 22 drop and Russell forces a penalty and a yellow card. Great play

Finn Russell, absolutely amazing.

Charge down Russell.

Great try for Scotland

Finn Russell charges down and scores

Phil Kearnes 'Russell has crazy eyes like Braveheart'

Another great turnover. The rest of the Aus team not on the same wavelength as Hooper

eirebilly wrote:Phil Kearnes 'Russell has crazy eyes like Braveheart'

And I thought Stuart Barnes was bad

Coles would have scored that

Folou with the try. Amazing athleticism.

Hm, we were always a bit worried about Filou v Tonks in the air

Now we know the answer to the Folou v Tonks question...

Another close game as predicted. Good job Foley not kicking so well today.

Positives for Scotland.

Russell - has been amazing, he runs such good lines and has an amazing ability to read the game.

Watson & Barclay - the breakdown is Scotland's and these 2 are the reason why.

Duncan Taylor - I'd say he's the form player in the Scotland camp right now!

A Simply Mesmeric Try wrote:Now we know the answer to the Folou v Tonks question...

In fairness to Tonks, who I think has had a very good first half, Folau is one of the best in the world in the air.

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:Positives for Scotland.

Russell - has been amazing, he runs such good lines and has an amazing ability to read the game.

Watson & Barclay - the breakdown is Scotland's and these 2 are the reason why.

Duncan Taylor - I'd say he's the form player in the Scotland camp right now!

Not that I want to bring the Lions tour into this but a couple of those lads were more than worthy of Lions selection, especially Taylor.

eirebilly wrote:

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:Positives for Scotland.

Russell - has been amazing, he runs such good lines and has an amazing ability to read the game.

Watson & Barclay - the breakdown is Scotland's and these 2 are the reason why.

Duncan Taylor - I'd say he's the form player in the Scotland camp right now!

Not that I want to bring the Lions tour into this but a couple of those lads were more than worthy of Lions selection, especially Taylor.

But unfortunately they are not Welsh!

Russell is having a stormer today.

Morning all - didn't make the 6am wakeup but here to witness the inevitable last minute sickening defeat!

Great defence from Scotland. Very disciplined and putting on the pressure

The Mish absolutely fantastic tackle there.

To many penalties now, this may cost us

Getting a high penalty count now

Again I question the entry of the Aussies into the rucks. It cannot be legal...

Try there though.

Australia having the better of the second half so far, we need to up our game now

Great defence but just relentless pressure

Phenomenal try from the Mish!!!!

Great try that there for Scotland

What a try, fantastic play. Finn is a magician!

HAMISH WATSON!!!!


WHAT A TRY!

Got to say Aussie kicking has been mince

Great play but a little forward!

Finn Russell has been utterly outstanding, and so has the Mish. Terrific performances. Also Tonks has looked quite assured apart from being too short to compete with Falou in the air.

So close there by Russell. The ball just drifted forward. That would've been something special.

Surely that myth that Russell cant play against SH teams has got to be finally put to bed?

That was some great offloading from Oz too, great contest this

Good maul defence too phew...

eirebilly wrote:Surely that myth that Russell cant play against SH teams has got to be finally put to bed?

Like a lot of myths it is complete rubbish!

What defence!

This has been an outstanding performance so far

Australia really haven't been great - we need to get out our half though

BigGee wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Surely that myth that Russell cant play against SH teams has got to be finally put to bed?

Like a lot of myths it is complete rubbish!

Its just frustrating how certain players have these myths about them. Win, lose or draw Russell has been the best player on the pitch for me. Excellent in attack and defensively strong. Again...

C'mon Scotland, some of these lads are showing how daft Gatlands selections were in the first place, even worse that he overlooked them again !!! For some Welsh club players.

That is two really poor exits from Sotland, surely needed to kick it long rather than go for a dodgy up and under on the 22 metre line. Luckily Aus are wasting their chances

If Aus get ahead can't see us having enough steam to hit back

Eat up the time Scotland.

Don't agree with me tight head it makes me really uncomfortable