England (3) 16 / Scotland (9) 12 (Final Score)
England and Scotland did battle in Auckland at 09:30 SA Time (20:30 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Scotland gave England a hell of a go, just running out of puff in the end and Chris Ashton was England’s tool to punish the brave Scotts, with a late try, securing a narrow win.
Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Johnny Wilkinson (2)
- Drop Goals – Johnny Wilkinson (1)
- Tries – Chris Ashton (1)
- Conversions – Toby Flood (1)
Scotland:
- Penalties – Chris Paterson (2), Dan Parks (1)
- Drop Goals – Dan Parks (1)
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Delon Armitage, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Nick Easter, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Matt Banahan.
Scotland: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Max Evans, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Sean Lamont, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay, 6 Ally Strokosch, 5 Alastair Kellock (captain), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Nathan Hines, 19 Ross Rennie, 20 Chris Cusiter, 21 Dan Parks, 22 Nick de Luca.
Date: Saturday 1 October
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 09:30 SA Time (20:30 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Fine spells with a few showers. Max 16 C°, Min 12 C°
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Jérôme Garces (France)
TMO: Tim Hayes (Wales)
Penalty Scotland, chance for Parks to goal
3-0
Scotland 3 / 0
Penlaty Picts again
Another Scotland penalty and England is marched 10. They tap and go
Tasting room split between Eng/Scot supporters, could come to blows in here too. Have stated that I will keep the peace – have issued both side with claw hammers (the poms are plastic, but they don’t know that!)
Interestingly only JL1 has picked Scotland on Bru and Blue Bird went highest with her pick for her beloved country by picking them by 20
36 @ Just For Kicks:
Hehehehe
Free Kick Poms, against the Scots for not square and steady in the scrum
Poms in kak at scrum time.
They choose to scrum and give away the penalty to the Scots. Scots tap and go.
Another penalty Scotland… and Paterson will go for goal
Another penalty – great how the picts are getting all the penalties, and the poms only getting free kicks!
Sorry, Parks went for goal… is it over or under the crossbar
@ Just For Kicks:
You da man, bru!
over?
Are we in for another shock result
Community predictions
Picks for England 95929 (94.45%)
Picks for Scotland 5318 (5.24%)
Picks for draw 324 (0.32%)
yes
It’s over.
Over
Scotland 6 / 0
Good reffing there. Must be a Saffa ref. He knows which team we support
Penalty England, holding on.
It’s kickable
Johnny be Good going for posts… missed left
And Johnny boy misses!
Ben Youngs receives the 22 drop and steps into touch… bad mistake
Basic mistakes Scotland
Dear Johnny, going for posts from Halfway….
@ grootblousmile:
he must stop praying for his kicks to be over and work for it, you can see with the long pause he does not believe in his own kicking.
Short… missed
Johnny a secret scot
They’re desperate to give johnny a point, aren’t they
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