Scotland v Wales - 6 Nations 2008

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How will we do against Wales?

Poll ended at Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:00 pm

Win by more than 7
0
No votes
Win by less than 7
2
22%
Draw
0
No votes
Lose by 7 or less
1
11%
Lose by more than 7
6
67%
 
Total votes: 9

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Scotland v Wales - 6 Nations 2008

Post by niall » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:00 pm

So, Rory Lamont is out, and Andy Henderson is cleared to play. What do you think the team should be?

15 Southwell

14 Walker
13 Webster
12 Henderson
11 Paterson

10 Parks
9 Blair

1 Jacobsen
2 Ford
3 Kerr
4 Hines
5 White
6 Hogg
8 Beattie
7 Barclay

Would put De Luca on the bench, showed promise but needs some more game time at this level.
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Post by MAFIE » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:56 pm

15-Paterson
14-Walker
13-De Luca
12-Henderson
11-Webster
10-Godman
9-Blair
8-Hogg
7-Barclay
6-White
5-Hamilton
4-Hines
3-Jacobson
2-Ford
1-Murray

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Post by barryts » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:03 pm

15-Paterson
14-Walker
13-De Luca
12-Henderson
11-Webster
10-Parks
9-Blair
8-Beattie
7-Barclay
6-Brown
5-White
4-Hines
3-Jacobson
2-Ford
1-Murray

Bench - Hogg, McLeod, Lowe, Thompson, Cusiter, Southwell, Evans
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Post by RodHar » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:25 pm

NO no no ....not Walker again I can't watch the monster huff and puff and do nothing again!!!!
Definitely Hogg, Beattie and Strokosh with JW in second row. Why not Godman with paterson at 15 seems OK Maf.
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Post by rossi9!! » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:30 pm

15- paterson
14-walker
13-de luca
12-henderson
11-evans
10-parks
9-blair

1-murray
2-ford
3-jacobsen
4-hines
5-white
6-strokosch
7-barclay
8-hogg

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Scotland Squad

Post by Stevie » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:19 pm

What do you think guys I see Rods fav winger is still there and who has fallen out with Hogg:
"Scotland: Chris Paterson (Gloucester), Nikki Walker (Ospreys), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors), Simon Webster (Edinburgh), Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors), Mike Blair (Edinburgh), Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh), Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Euan Murray (Northampton Saints), Nathan Hines (Perpignan), Jim Hamilton (Leicester Tigers), Jason White (Sale Sharks) capt, Kelly Brown (Glasgow Warriors), John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors).
Replacements: Fergus Thomson (Glasgow Warriors), Gavin Kerr (Edinburgh), Scott MacLeod (Llanelli Scarlets), Allister Hogg (Edinburgh), Chris Cusiter (Perpignan), Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh). "

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Post by niall » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:12 pm

Good to see Morrison on the bench, he really sure up the Glasgow back line when he came on against Saracens. Not sure about Hamilton, but all in all it doesn't seem *that bad* a team.
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Post by rossi9!! » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:52 pm

i think someone should be in for webster as he made more than a few mistakes against france one leading to the try! i also dont think kelly brown is a good choice for number8 as at this level it is a specialised skill and he doesnt play there for club so why country?beattie should be at number 8 and paterson is sensible at 15 as he can now do his kicking which gives parks less pressure so maybe he can play better

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Post by teenwolf » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:40 pm

the backs were mince, yet the only change is enforced through injury.

the thought that the pack looked pedestrian and maybe he thinks that Kelly Brown gives us a bit more zing. I dunno. surely it can't go as badly as it did against the French, but going to cardiff off the back of a dispiriting defeat to play a buoyant welsh team could end up being another 20 point loss.
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Post by Big Joycie » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:30 pm

is it just me, or does anyone else think, that irrespective of what one of our scrum half's start the game, the other one looks much better when he comes on? I prefer cusitor, but there is not much to choose between them. \i agree with teenwolf, backs were mince, but the ball was coming back so slowly. \did \jason White go off? He was nowhere to be seen? \or is that too harsh. \bring on Wales, it can't get any worse????
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Post by rossi9!! » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:49 pm

as a scrum half myself i prefer cusitor as he likes to makes things different by attacking the fringes but the one of the main things is when he plays for scotland he keeps getting caught at the back of the rucks as he picks the ball up takes a step then he git caught instead of getting the ball away quickly from the ruck! but he is the more attackive 9 as his breaks are more commom!blair just does the easy stuff well but rarely attacks the fringes!i think lawson is good aswell tho as he attacks alot aswell! 3 good scrum halfs though! we should give each of them a chance lol!

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Post by teenwolf » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:38 am

blair has the best service and puts other people into gaps.

it doesn't matter who you play at scrummy if you play parks, cos he kicks when he should pass and passes when he should kick. he is great kicking the ball from hand but doesn't offer enough attacking the line, so we struggle to break down defences.

I think Godman should be there as he is a much more rounded rugby player. OK, when he kicks for the corner from penalties he might only get us 8 metres from the line as opposed to 5, but he can make space for the midfield backs with his running and distribution, parks doesn't have this ability.
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Post by Roddy » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:13 pm

See that both Gary and Simmo are in the U20s against Wales.

Simmo is at Number 8
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Post by niall » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:31 pm

Just had a look on the BBC website, and It looks like the game might be live on radio Scotland again. will try to get confirmation.
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Post by teenwolf » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:00 pm

Roddy wrote:See that both Gary and Simmo are in the U20s against Wales.

Simmo is at Number 8
That's superb news! Mon the men fae Dalziel!

mr strain still hasnae given me the weights programme he promised though! :D
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