International Rugby

[ADVILLAFAN]

Don't usually care about Rugby Union, but Scotland beat Australia!!

[JD]

Don't usually care about Rugby Union, but Scotland beat Australia!!

That was a great win for Scotland, thoroughly deserved.

[nigel]

Disguating from the ref letting the twat in the orange cap get away with that on Hughes, that's a clear yellow.

He got away with two or three no arm tackles!
Nice to see Johnny May didn't back down against him. It was a high tackle from JM, but, it wasn't that bad. I thought with orange caps reaction that Argentina were beginning to lose it.

[PaulWinch again]

Blimey England got crushed by NZ in the U20s final.

[tomd2103]

Disguating from the ref letting the twat in the orange cap get away with that on Hughes, that's a clear yellow.

It was a shocking assault with the sole aim of injuring Hughes.  I think a red would have been justified and hope there will be some retrospective action taken against him. 

[tomd2103]

Excellent win for the dirt trackers this morning and the tour is really coming together nicely now.  Really looking forward to Saturday, but just think New Zealand will have a bit too much. 

[cheltenhamlion]

Disguating from the ref letting the twat in the orange cap get away with that on Hughes, that's a clear yellow.

It was a shocking assault with the sole aim of injuring Hughes.  I think a red would have been justified and hope there will be some retrospective action taken against him. 

It was a real shocker and he went in with no arms without penalty a couple of times after that as Nigel mentions.

[paul_e]

Only saw the last 10 minutes today.  From what I saw you'd have been hard pressed to tell which was the touring squad that had been together for a few months and which was the club side on a mid-season break.

I suspect losing the number of players they have to the maoris and the main ABs squad played a big part, 12 players from any squad would be a big hit.

As I said I missed most of the important stuff so i can't really comment aside from that but I really was surprised by how disjointed they were.

[taylorsworkrate]

It's criminal the short amount of game time that Elliot Daly has been given this tour. He really should be in the test team ahead of George North but that won't happen now

[paul_e]

It's criminal the short amount of game time that Elliot Daly has been given this tour. He really should be in the test team ahead of George North but that won't happen now

I'd have him in for halfpenny and then him or Watson at 15 and keep North in the team.  Halfpenny is only being picked for his goalkicking but his record is barely better than Sexton or Farrell before this year (he had a great 6N).

[tomd2103]

It's criminal the short amount of game time that Elliot Daly has been given this tour. He really should be in the test team ahead of George North but that won't happen now

Starting today suggests he won't even be on the bench which I find odd as he can cover a number of positions.  I think Joseph will be on the bench on Saturday.

[PaulWinch again]

Daly should be in that Test team every day of the week.

[peter w]

i think Daly will be on the bench. For me the question is itoje or Wyn Jones,. The latter I wouldn't even have on the bench as I think Lawes should also be ahead of him.

[tomd2103]

i think Daly will be on the bench. For me the question is itoje or Wyn Jones,. The latter I wouldn't even have on the bench as I think Lawes should also be ahead of him.

These tests have got to be looked at in terms of 23 players not just the starting XV.  I think Kruis is a nailed on starter, especially as he call the lineouts.  I personally think AWJ will start, with Itoje seen as the better bet coming off the bench. 

[taylorsworkrate]

Itoje has to start. AWJ just isn't in the same class.

At the start of the tour, there were 3 players for me that had to be certain starters (barring injury) for the dynamism they bought to the team.

They were Farrell, Billy Vunipola and Itoje