Scotland (3) 6 / Wales (16) 24 (Final Score)
Scotland hosted Wales at Murrayfield, Edinburgh at 19:00 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SS1 on TV in SA.
Wales started well but the game fizzeled out a bit and eventually Wales deserved their win, ground out the hard way.
Scorers:
Scotland: 2 Penalties Dan Parks
Wales: 1 Conversion & 4 Penalties James Hook, 2 Tries Shane Williams
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Nick De Luca, 11 Max Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Kelly Brown, 7 John Barclay, 6 Nathan Hines, 5 Alastair Kellock (captain), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Moray Low, 18 Richie Vernon, 19 Ross Rennie, 20 Mike Blair, 21 Ruaridh Jackson, 22 Sean Lamont.
Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Morgan Stoddart, 13 Jamie Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Shane Williams, 10 James Hook, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Craig Mitchell, 2 Matthew Rees (captain), 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 John Yapp, 18 Jonathan Thomas, 19 Josh Turnbull, 20 Tavis Knoyle, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Rhys Priestland.
Date: Saturday, February 12
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 17.00 (19.00 SA Time)
Expected weather: Any remaining rain will clear to leave all parts dry, with bright or sunny spells. Rain will edge in from the west during the evening. High 7°C, low 3°C.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
@ Blue Bird:
Its that time again …. Retrenchment talks
Penalty Wales… should slot it, can throw it over, with your wrong throwing arm
Wales 19 / 6
Try Shane Williams again… his 2nd of the night
Wales 24 / 6
@ grootblousmile:
That is tragic…..for all concerned.
The poor family.
Game Over
Wales 24 / 6
This place is very quiet.
Hope the derbies inspire the bloggers to come back
Well done Wales. Very disapointing from Scotland, mistake after mistake, need to do lots of work on our handling. Oh well looking forward to turning it around against Ireland in two weeks time.
Good night all.
@ Bullscot:
Good night Bullscot, i dont know if i will be able to keep my eyes open for much longer, need a power nap.
OK folks, that’s me for the night….
Cheers
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