Scotland took on the Wallabies today at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland today at 19:15 SA Time. The strong defending Scotts won by a solitary point, 9 / 8. Matt Giteau had a shocker with the boot today. (See match summary)
Scotland claimed their first win over Australia in nearly three decades after a defence-inspired 9 / 8 victory in their one-off Test match at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Australia dominated possession throughout but the Scots, under new coach Andy Robinson, produced a world-class defensive performance to keep the Wallabies at bay.
Scotland were leading 6 / 3 in the latter stages of the match but a Chris Paterson drop goal in the 76th minute put them 9 / 3 ahead and within sight of a win.
Australia rallied, however, and after a thrilling final three minutes in which the Scots were forced to repel wave after wave of attacks on their try line, Matt Giteau eventually touched over.
Giteau had the chance to win it for the Wallabies but his conversion attempt 28 metres out to the left of the posts went wide.
Points:
Scotland: 2 Penalties Phil Godman, 1 Drop Goal Chris Paterson
Wallabies: 1 Penalty Matt Giteau, 1 Try Ryan Cross
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Rory Lamont, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Chris Cusiter (captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 John Barclay, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Alastair Kellock, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Moray Low, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Kyle Traynor, 18 Jason White, 19 Richie Vernon, 20 Mike Blair, 21 Chris Paterson, 22 Nick De Luca.
Australia: 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Peter Hynes, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Quade Cooper, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Will Genia, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 George Smith, 6 Rocky Elsom (captain), 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 James Horwill, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Luke Burgess, 21 Ryan Cross, 22 James O’Connor.
Date: Saturday, November 21
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 19.15 SA Time (17.15 GMT; 04.15 AEST, November 22)
Expected weather: Heavy rain. High of 10°C and a low of 8°C
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Jérôme Garces (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Go Wallas…. oi, what am I saying… hehehe
Go Bravehearts
What you got against the poor Scots GBS
Never thought I would ever hear you say go Wallas.
CAN WE ALL GO TO THE IRISH BLOG SITE NOW. WINK WINK, HINT HINT
4@ Oirish – I feel ashamed… sorry… but it is a Southern Hemisphere team… hehehe
5@ Oirish – The Oirish are only playing lowly Fiji… so no game thread… sorry!
Fark, it’s difficult running 3 game threads simultaneously and updating them all… tonight I can only do 2 at the same time… alcohol considering
So blame it on the IRISH
8@ Oirish – No, on the Leprecorns…. hehehe
#9 LOL
Well the Scots are playing lowly Oz mate
Game on !
Ozz 3 / 0
Wallas should win easily
Mac Wallace !
Mac Wallace !
Mac Wallace !
3 / 3
Boring game, this one… kick kick kick
Giteau misses a sitter in front of posts
Giteau misses a droppie
Lemoenetyd
Giteau misses yet another penalty… not a good day for kickers… puts Morne Steyn’s kicks in the Bokke game into perspective. Does’nt matter how good you are, you might miss kicks (the last bit was for Morne Steyn detractors)
TMO… Elsom try??
No, should not be a try… held up
No try
Go Scotland.
6 / 3 to Scotland. Go Scotland.
Kilts 6 / Convicts 3
Is it only you and me here, Oerwoudkatarsus?
Skotte !
14 minutes to go…
Wallabies almost scored… last pass… a loooong one, was forward
Skotte moet aanval, as hul net wil verdedig gaan hul verloor.
BiDiBiDi – Gesels man, flok !
Giteau het ‘n moooooooooosa af-dag
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