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)
Lineout 22, for the Scots, can they score?
Come on Scotland.
Hnny leaves the field, injured.. and becomes Nny!
4 Minutes left….
Penalty England
Flood kicks for touch
Found Scotland The Brave on youtube, hammering it out, but not helping!!!!
Poms going for the win…
England with a good maul…. penalty advantage
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY POMS!
Try Poms
Tryyyyyyyyyyy Ashton
England goes into the lead
Inspired change – Flood for Johnny
England 16 / 12
That’s it all over for the Bravehearts
And it is converted.
Bad luck Scotland……..you deserve better.
Penalty England… seconds left
Penalty Scotland, last chance saloon…. out
Game Over
Thats the game, well done Blue Bird and superBull.
Well done the poms, well put@ The_Young_Turk: the poms eventually wore the picts down
Final Score: England 16 / 12 Scotland
Scotland lose at the death again.
Well done England.
Fark it man, but this is so disappointing. Expected but sad. The Scottish flower wilts under the rose’s thorns.
What a game, a new England came from halftime to hunt the Scotts down. Great game Sorry Scotts, congrats England
Damn!
Gbs, wetie so mooi vannie classic beeldsprakie, broer. Meer ‘n case van te veel Wimpy breakfasts die oggend na ‘n gig op toer….
Right boys, time to go and knock a wall down, see you in the morning
Wow!!!! Fascinating game of rugby, well played all!!!
I didn’t even dare to post or blink….game of the tournament imo.
I think Superbul’s support just swung this match the Pom’s way.
Today’s RWC games done and dusted…
The first game of the new day will be at 02:00.
SuperBul will be your captain for that one… I will be dossing, for a change!
Flokit people, we have had over 300 000 Page imressions on Rugby-Talk since the start of RWC!
THREE HUNDRED BLOODY THOUSAND!
@ grootblousmile:
Hane a nice nap Gbs. You deserve it. You’ve manned the trenches dutifully for so long and so bravely!
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