England (19) 38 / 18 (11) Scotland (Final Score)
England and Scotland did battle in the Six Nations tournament at Twickenham, London at 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 & SHD4 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Chris Ashton (1), Billy Twelvetrees (1), Geoff Parling (1), Danny Care
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (3)
Scotland:
- Penalties – Greig Laidlaw (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Sean Maitland (1), Stuart Hogg (1)
- Conversions – Greig Laidlaw (1)
Teams:
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 Courtney Lawes 20 James Haskell, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 David Strettle.
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown (captain), 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Dougie Hall, 1 Ryan Grant.
Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Moray Low, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Alastair Kellock, 20 David Denton, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Max Evans.
Date: Saturday 2 February
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT)
Expected weather: A cold, but a dry and mostly sunny day. High of 7°C, low of 1°C
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces (France), Francisco Pastrana (Argentina)
TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
@ Just For Kicks:There’s been all this talk of whether Scotland will be allowed into the EU if they pull out of UK, but problem could be Englands too. They are part of the EU as being part of the UK. If Scotland pull out, then UK falls apart, and in theory England and Wales are also out of the EU. But feeling is definitely in favour of Scots grass roots voting for independence
Brave Scots manage to survive the onslaught for now. How long will it last?
Awesome break by Scotland, and over. Bean goes MENTAL!!!!!!!!!
Yes! The Bravehearts have scored!
Great try for Maitland after great break by Hogg
Enjoy it Beanie!
England 3/5 Scotland
Scotland on the attack again, but England get ball and break away. Penalty advantage to England
Penalty awarded. Kickable.
Farrell slots it
England 6/5 Scotland
31@ @ Just For Kicks:
Problem is that all the UK politicians have sold out to the money and special interests and there is no party representing the ordinary people any more. With the Conservatives threatening to leave the EU with the old trick of whipping up nationalism and xenophobia, Scotland will feel better off casting their lot with the EU.
Scotland have a decent scrum at last. Been a few years since we could say that!
@ The_Young_Turk:But there is talk that the EU won’t accept them in – or at least Scotland will have to wait a long waiting period until they can enter. They won’t just be able to walk in, as the SNP are telling the voters they will
Another penalty to England, and an easy slot for Farrell
England 9 / 5 Scotland
Laidlaw gets a chance this time with a Scotland penalty, and slots
England 9 / 8 Scotland
44@ @ Just For Kicks:
That’s not true. There will be no problem for Scotland to enter the EU. The EU has various treaties and unions and for monetary union ie the euro, there will be a waiting period but not for the customs union.
England look by far the stronger, but mistakes letting them down. Another mistake sees the Scots pounce. and results in a lineout in the Eng 22
But the result – a penalty to England. And a relieving one too.
49 @ The_Young_Turk:Been saying otherwise in the press up here
Stats showing England ahead by a country mile. Just struggling to finish
Scotland making some simple mistakes too. Kicked out on the full
Scotland hanging in, get a line out 10m inside Eng half
England hard on attack, inside Scots 22
@ Just For Kicks:
The main stream media are just sensationalist. It’s “infotainment” not information – “he said she said” stuff and not actual investigative journalism. It’s part of the process of the moneytisation of everything including our beloved sport. There is actual information out there but one has to make an effort to look for it past all the bluster, politicking and marketing bullshit!
Try, Ashton – TMO though
Try awarded after some sustained build up
Farrell slots conversion
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