If England's disjointed performances are put down to rustiness, because it's early season and the squad need to get used to each other again, why do Scotland look so "on it"?
Thought Lawes and Launchbury were excellent.I happen to like the Youngs/Care number 9 partnership, too. Yes I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but, for me they work.
Credit to Scotland. I doubt NZ were expecting a game of that intensity despite what they're said afterwards.
Quote from: Dante Lavelli on November 19, 2017, 07:00:52 PMCredit to Scotland. I doubt NZ were expecting a game of that intensity despite what they're said afterwards. Yep, only watched the highlights but there's some pretty horrific decisions in that one.Not giving the NZ wing a yellow for taking Hogg in the air was a piss poor decision. Not only did he take him in the air but it was also a body check with no attempt to wrap the arms.After that there's the yellow card for Cane which was clear as day but really should've been a penalty try. By just giving the yellow it didn't change their appraoch, a penalty try would've made them compete legally.They did it again for the Crockett yellow and then again for the Read/Gray incident (here - https://youtu.be/PI64vURdk1g?t=2h1m10s - Read lying on the floor bats the ball out of his hands when he's a step away from scoring right in front). Between the lot of them yes NZ were punished but the time that it wasted worked in their favour because they had a big enough lead to just focus on the clock.
Quote from: paul_e on November 19, 2017, 09:13:11 PMQuote from: Dante Lavelli on November 19, 2017, 07:00:52 PMCredit to Scotland. I doubt NZ were expecting a game of that intensity despite what they're said afterwards. Yep, only watched the highlights but there's some pretty horrific decisions in that one.Not giving the NZ wing a yellow for taking Hogg in the air was a piss poor decision. Not only did he take him in the air but it was also a body check with no attempt to wrap the arms.After that there's the yellow card for Cane which was clear as day but really should've been a penalty try. By just giving the yellow it didn't change their appraoch, a penalty try would've made them compete legally.They did it again for the Crockett yellow and then again for the Read/Gray incident (here - https://youtu.be/PI64vURdk1g?t=2h1m10s - Read lying on the floor bats the ball out of his hands when he's a step away from scoring right in front). Between the lot of them yes NZ were punished but the time that it wasted worked in their favour because they had a big enough lead to just focus on the clock.Haven't seen highlights, but, it sounds like NZ getting punished only in poor field position for Scotland, never when NZ could be punished with points.Read is becoming the new McCaw, gets away with anything!!