Scottish rugby

[PortyJambo]

Ffs

[Mikey1874]

Bad start.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

Scotland need to keep focused. Most likely expecting to be a man up. There you go, sluggish by Scotland.

[Mikey1874]

Just now, John Findlay said:

Sorry but sport is being ruined by all this video reviewing and bunker nonsense. That was a Red card end of.

 

If ref had reviewed it, would have been a red card. No question.

[PortyJambo]

Terrible clearance kick by Russell, straight down his throat

[Malinga the Swinga]

Disgraceful that Tonga back up to 15. How the **** can that be justified when it was so blatant. 

No way would he be back on against Ireland/England or the rest of world rugby's pet teams.

Two red cards not awarded against our opponents now

[PortyJambo]

Even though Scotland scored 4 first half tries, they've been sloppy all game

[Victorian]

It's routine for a ball carrier to lower his head into contact.  It's not mitigation for the tackler when there's clear sight.  Tackler sees the player might lower his head? Just turn the shoulder and smash him.  

[heatonjambo]

Commentary 🤦🏻‍♂️

 

fricking swimming pools

[neilnunb]

We haven't got started this half

[PortyJambo]

White's been frequently slow in his delivery, hopefully that'll improve now that Horne is on.

[Malinga the Swinga]

Instead of being comfortable against 14, world rugby give order to keep 15 on park for plucky Tonga.

Absolutely pointless playing in matches when officials pick and choose what teams they want to progress.

Two games for Scotland, two blatant red cards not given for head tackles on our players.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

This is looking a bit worrying right now!

[PortyJambo]

2 minutes ago, neilnunb said:

We haven't got started this half

Townsend gave them the gameplan for playing against 14 men for rest of the game, as everyone barring one guy in a room in Paris thought it would be.

Edited September 24, 2023 by PortyJambo

[periodictabledancer]

5 minutes ago, Victorian said:

It's routine for a ball carrier to lower his head into contact.  It's not mitigation for the tackler when there's clear sight.  Tackler sees the player might lower his head? Just turn the shoulder and smash him.  

And that's exactly what he did. 

[Malinga the Swinga]

2 minutes ago, PortyJambo said:

Townsend gave them the gameplan for playing against 14 men for rest of the game, as everyone barring one guy in a room in Paris thought it would be.

As soon as we are out, can forget watching the rest of tournament. Will be decided by officials and refs who pick and choose who they want to win.

[Dawnrazor]

Some power from DVM.

[neilnunb]

Better 🙂

 

And a good conversion by Russell.

Edited September 24, 2023 by neilnunb

[Mikey1874]

van der Merwe just brushed them off

[Victorian]

That was on the edge.  2 flat passes that could have been catastrophic.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

Get the basics right Scotland

[Malinga the Swinga]

This ref pinging folk for offside. He won't get to ref Ireland if he does that 

[Victorian]

Totally shite rucking.  A familiar story.  We don't get get players in quickly.  We just get counter-rucked to buggery.  

[Tazio]

Tuipolotu is having a good game after being quiet in the last game. Also I only discovered last week he doesn’t play for Scotland based on residency but on the fact he has a Scottish grannie!! 

[Victorian]

Portugal vs Georgia was better for accuracy.  We're going to get savaged by Ireland.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

These little mistakes are so frustrating.

[Malinga the Swinga]

1 minute ago, Victorian said:

Portugal vs Georgia was better for accuracy.  We're going to get savaged by Ireland.

Few head high tackles by Ireland with ref ignoring will set the standard. We are 5th in world rankings and get treated like shit by officials 

[Malinga the Swinga]

Did you hear that prick of a commentator? Remote possibility that South Africa, Ireland and Scotland get 15 points. All we need is fair ref and an 80 minute performance. Ireland are good but not unbeatable 

[PortyJambo]

8 minutes ago, Tazio said:

Tuipolotu is having a good game after being quiet in the last game. Also I only discovered last week he doesn’t play for Scotland based on residency but on the fact he has a Scottish grannie!! 

His grannie supposedly had a lot to do with raising him in Australia, and he said he was proud to represent Scotland because of that

[Mikey1874]

Butchered two tries.

[Tazio]

How many times is the commentator going to say VP Nel? 

[Malinga the Swinga]

Another high tackle on Scotland, another shrug of shoulder by ref.

[Dawnrazor]

1 minute ago, Tazio said:

How many times is the commentator going to say VP Nel? 

Isn't that the correct pronunciation?

[Malinga the Swinga]

3 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Butchered two tries.

Aye, we have white line fever at times

[I P Knightley]

1 hour ago, Ulysses said:

 

I suppose if some people are buying the logic that the ref favoured Ireland with a key decision, maybe they'll see gifting a free try to South Africa as some kind of balance.   

I'm here to provide balance.

 

As always, the voice of reason

[PortyJambo]

That should've been Tonga down to 13 now

[Tazio]

Just now, Dawnrazor said:

Isn't that the correct pronunciation?

Not one I’ve ever heard used. 

[Malinga the Swinga]

Another head tackle with yellow. Just ****ing give him red card. The lack of authority refs exhibit is pathetic 

[Taffin]

Tonga are dirty barstewards and the officials are just allowing it to happen.

[periodictabledancer]

The refereeing is pointless. 

[Dawnrazor]

Just now, Tazio said:

Not one I’ve ever heard used. 

I think in South Africa that's how it's said, I've heard a couple of Scotland players refer to him as that in interviews.

[PortyJambo]

Commentator has made more reference to English teams in his commentary than Scottish ones...

[Malinga the Swinga]

This ref is utterly clueless. He has overseen penalty after penalty and doesn't do anything till told by TV officials.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

We are screwing up so many chances. Points could be important in this tournament.

[Mikey1874]

It might be an okay result with the physicality of Tonga.

 

But should have scored 4 more tries last 15 minutes which would have put us in decent position.

[Dawnrazor]

I've not seen such shite refereeing since Vale of Lune played Blackburn u16's!

[Malinga the Swinga]

1 minute ago, Taffin said:

Tonga are dirty barstewards and the officials are just allowing it to happen.

Yep, all excused by they're playing with passion. This referee has done nothing to stop dangerous play, in fact he has encouraged it with his attitude.

[PortyJambo]

Should've been over 50 points in this game, even with the yellow that should've been a red. Some sloppy mistakes from Scotland.

[Taffin]

We've really looked like a team who's had 2 weeks off.

[leginten]

So the ref has completely ignored the Tonga scrum either collapsing or disintegrating during the entire second half and chooses to penalise Scotland when it disintegrates yet again. WTF.