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Interesting aside: if you google ‘Hamilton Burr’ then you get details of an 1804 duel between Aaron Burr (then VP of the USA) and Alexander Hamilton (former Secretary of the Treasury). Wonder whether his parents knew? Hammy Burr is ex-Stirling County. Aberdeen boy, was a footballer (goalie I think)...

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It did ruin the game which was building nicely. Hard to argue with the card though. In today's environment yes. But 9 years ago it was outrageous. All the pundits - Pienar, Fitzpatrick et al were livid. It was a shit decision. No, it was a red then but it wasn't properly enforced. The pundits were ...

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https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/rugby/1155285/scotland-too-scared-to-lose/ I think this captures the feelings of a lot of fans. Yup, can't really see anything to quibble about in there. He's become a risk averse, my way or the highway coach, which, to me, shows that he knows he's out of his d...

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Well that was shit. I thought Johnson was supposed to be a cutting edge - no gas and less nous. Townsend may not be able to do much on the field, but he’s solely responsible for making timely, appropriate changes. He fails every time. Johnson was good . Ireland were pish. Scotland should've won. Sh...

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Frodder wrote:If I was a Scot I would be totally inconsolable right now

I’m just clinging on to the small amount of French blood I have.

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So it’s a better loss, with a LBP, but at the end of the day it’s still a loss and I am sick of losing games we could have won. Haven’t watched it yet, but BBC describing Hogg’s failure to ground the ball as a ‘howler’. Would we have won if he had scored that? All he had to do was fall over. Couldn...

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Well that was shit. I thought Johnson was supposed to be a cutting edge - no gas and less nous. Townsend may not be able to do much on the field, but he’s solely responsible for making timely, appropriate changes. He fails every time. Johnson was good . Ireland were pish. Scotland should've won. Sh...

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Well that was shit. I thought Johnson was supposed to be a cutting edge - no gas and less nous. Townsend may not be able to do much on the field, but he’s solely responsible for making timely, appropriate changes. He fails every time.

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mr flaps wrote:Sexton is a f**king disgrace.

Seriously, does he not embarrass you Irish?

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Re Finn, when I've met him he's always come across as a decent lad. Yeah he has a rep for maybe being a bit of a knob with a drink in him, but it's not malicious from what I know - just a young bloke having fun. He's no doubt got a good idea of his own worth and if the Scotland gig is just too much ...

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Can't see a credible scenario where Scotland win this. Perhaps a very early red card for tackling in the air or something. Even then. Don't think it will be by 25, but a 5-0 match points result in all likelihood. It'll be our first match under a new coach with some signs already that out of form 'e...

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I take it (and apologies if it's already been covered, but sifting out Old Rovers deflectionist shit would take an age) that if/when Sarries are relegated, they won't get the £1.7m 'parachute' payment?

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As said earlier, very selective. I can see us being 6th. France for the Grand Slam.

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Toony's said Taylor wasn't picked due to Saracens playing the Sunday before the 6 Nations starts (and so can't make it to most of the squad sessions). Which is interesting. If he's in good enough form to be considered, why not have him in the extended squad so he can be picked for the remaining mat...

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Apparently it's Graham (Gary) who is interesting Glasgow. I quite like Gary Graham but is he really anything but Harley/Wilson? Tom Gordon is outstanding everytime he plays so would rather he's 7 than Graham. Maitland is an ideal signing to play 15 but can they afford him? I think it depends just h...

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She got the Tories who were close to being wiped out in Scotland into second place displacing Labour in Holyrood. Are you sure that wasn't mostly down to Brexit? In a country that was 62% remain? No. She's just a very good communicator with broad appeal. I'm not a Tory, but she's a loss to politics...

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Seems like a Caley Reds would be the only viable option for a third team. There just aren't enough punters in the Borders unfortunately. Given that, where is the NE Super 6 team? :| What makes you think there was a bid from a NE club that was good enough to get a Super 6 team? There was a bid under...

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Seems like a Caley Reds would be the only viable option for a third team. There just aren't enough punters in the Borders unfortunately. Given that, where is the NE Super 6 team? :| There are plenty punters in the borders, they're just insular b4stards. Part of the reason the Melrose S6 team is the...

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I don't see any "digs" in what Jones is saying. He's only saying what most of us have been saying and considering how much of a snidey goblin he usually is it's actually fairly boring. Some of the panty wetting on social media is embarrassing. Calling us a small team is not getting a dig in? A side...

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Thought this was going to be an Anne Frank's drum kit type of thread.

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https://twitter.com/Scotlandteam/status/1192420994591477761?s=20 I wonder how much money Dodson is going to spend on lawyers. Very poor explanation from world rugby mind. These guys could be worth a call: https://www.tas-cas.org/en/index.html And this guy’s a decent sort: https://www.twobirds.com/e...

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Take it people are aware that the scrum throw in (yes, that's the correct term in the laws) changed last season? Scrum-half's 'upfield' shoulder should be aligned with centre line of scrum, so ball is put in under the LH props navel. Purpose is to give advantage to the side throwing in and allow for...

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Insane_Homer wrote:
bimboman wrote:Somehow IH is now presenting a nasty shock jock as something to do with Brexit. He’s finally run out of nonsense after this I hope.

Spoiler: show

A dentist's dream couple.

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Here we go:
https://www.facebook.com/scottishrugby/ ... 351502979/

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Mullet 2 wrote:Sovereignty thief and Euro Nazi.

Mick has gone off the "betrayal" deep end.

Hopefully with cement shoes and his pockets full of stones for good measure.

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Clear red. He could have made a legal tackle and put him into touch, but it was shoulder to head ...laws are pretty clear on that.

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[quote="Mullet 2] Nope, he's entitled to his beliefs, as explicitly stated by RA. He is not expected to give up his beliefs.[/quote] There you go again thinking a Rugby Bodies statement supersedes actual legislation :lol: Maybe you're confused because you have chosen to live in a kip with no human r...

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If this clause does exist, RA can fire him. I think the point that some of us try to make is that this clause is: 1. Immoral- doesn't give freedom of expression, especially since it is only words, not actions that Folau has done. 2. Hypocritical- on behalf of QANTAS. This doesn’t restrict freedom o...

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Never mind some poor decisions, it was Pyrgos that cost us the game. Constantly knocking up incredibly slow and very poor box kicks. I don't think we recovered one. The speed of his service in general was pathetic and he threw a number of long miss passes which killed promising moves stone dead. Ad...

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I'm not defending him because our defence has been shite, but what can a national defence coach do with pros who miss basic f**king tackles? I don't know enough about defensive patterns etc, but to me many of our problems this year have been caused by missed 1st up tackles. This. There have been se...

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Anyone spot this during the game?

https://twitter.com/markpalmerst/status ... 12580?s=21

That’s surely a citation?

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I'm also not convinced by Z Fagerson - he doesn't seem to dominate scums, and I've never quite seen what he does in the loose that is so much better than Nel and Berghan. Be interesting to see how he fares for GW for the rest of the season - a chance to really show us what he's got. Amen to that, b...

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Re Matt Taylor and defensive frailties ...just remember he’s not out there doing the defending. I know a decent amount about defensive systems and wingers aren’t instructed to bite in, players aren’t told to demonstrate minimal energy in getting into the line, ruck guards aren’t supposed to slide a...

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Re Matt Taylor and defensive frailties ...just remember he’s not out there doing the defending. I know a decent amount about defensive systems and wingers aren’t instructed to bite in, players aren’t told to demonstrate minimal energy in getting into the line, ruck guards aren’t supposed to slide ac...

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Jim Telfer had it right in the week: they're just not hard enough. They don't produce hard men any more. It's partly a numbers thing. You can be a pretty soft, wet individual and still make it very close to the top of Scottish rugby on the basis of some raw talent or physical attributes, even if me...

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Thought Hastings, a couple of breaks aside, was a bit insipid ...and completely shat the bed on that poor pass from Horne that hit the deck. That needed a bit of bravery to just kill it, but he just stood watching. Kinghorn pretty poor in defence and where does the idea that he’s got gas come from? ...

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I reckon that rather than reigning in due to injuries, we need to keep playing the fast and loose style Toonie wants - the more players that get used to playing in this manner at the the top end, the better. BUT ... we also need to ensure that key players know when a more pragmatic approach is requ...

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Having had a couple of days to reflect on it I'm still finding this critisism of Townsend a bit bizzare. We have to take into account the huge number of injuries to crucial players. England last year had half the injuries to squad players we currently have and were shite and finished 5th. There hav...

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"That navy blue jersey should demand of you a much better performance and we have to have that in the Six Nations because the teams are so good. I feel that he could do with someone senior and grizzled as a back-up , a Shaun Edwards type. On reflection, our tight defence generally held up well IIRC...

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