Bristolhibby Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Great start to the game. Italy back in it through some lose tackling. Anyone there in Rome? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Why can we never win a friggin restart?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Dave78 said: Why can we never win a friggin restart?! Was pulling my limited hair out at that. Also Paressi clearly pulls their strings. Have a man challenging and a man ready to put a hit on Paressi when he inevitably wins every restart. Needs work on that. Italy's restarts were massively shallow, Scotland didn't seem to know what to do with them. Bring on Dublin (after France)! J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave78 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 7 hours ago, Bristolhibby said: Bring on Dublin Seeya soon big fella! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellyman Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 15 hours ago, Bristolhibby said: Was pulling my limited hair out at that. Also Paressi clearly pulls their strings. Have a man challenging and a man ready to put a hit on Paressi when he inevitably wins every restart. Needs work on that. Italy's restarts were massively shallow, Scotland didn't seem to know what to do with them. Bring on Dublin (after France)! J Make sure you give that cheating South African Joubert some abuse when your in Dublin !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Does anyone think we played much different than the first two games? Couldnae see it myself we were under the cosh fur a lot o the second hawf laidlaw kept us in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I was at the game and haven't seen it on TV yet, but our overall impression was that the team played very well. We were under the cosh a bit for 20 minutes in the 2nd half, but the defence was excellent and I didn't have the impression at any point that we were going to crumble and fold. I thought the scrum was superb (a phrase that has barely been used in 20 years in reference to Scotland), the line-out was strong, and that we looked dangerous every time we had the ball going forward. The next game is vital. A talented but brittle and unpredictable French team at home....beating them would be a big step forward for Scottish rugby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Q Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) It was certainly a step in the right direction. Scotland needed any sort of a win, in the end they won courtesy of a powerful performance from the back and by scoring some really excellent tries. Just as important though was the way they closed it out for the the win. Finishing the game strongly was pleasing too, although there I think the relative weakness of the Italian bench (unlike England and Wales) was a factor. The tight-five were superb, the win was based on their dominance. Laidlaw had one of his better games, providing the leadership on the park we so often lack. The backs looked lively, although I didn't feel Russell (that one very significant break apart) was that impressive - the missed penalty to touch is unforgivable. France are certainly beatable at Murrayfield, although they may have their mandatory one game of the 6N where all the disparate bits suddenly fall into place. They will surely start Trinh-Duc at 10, which makes a big difference in itself. Great weekend in Rome. Edited February 29, 2016 by Pool Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMcoolJ Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Italy are a good team - they maybe don't have the replacements or even the fitness (some argue that might be our issue too), but they've come a long way and were very much in the France and England games for the first hour. They also have arguably the best player in the 6 nations. They will also have targeted this game as their "must win". Taking all that into account - I think our lads were excellent. It also happened to be a game we simply had to win, however, whatever - and we did, while actually being nae bad. So credit where credit is due. We've got a few players really stepping up at the moment - Seymour, Nel, Barclay, Hodge with a few who seldom let you down. Bizarrely, two of our best players (IMO) Hardie and Bennett have not yet played to full potential yet, I'm looking forward to them really clicking. Thought Johnny Gray was outstanding again. Russell seems to continue to split opinion - in open play he's really good with his hands, couple of poor kicks and one shocker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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