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Doc Rob

Well, they appear to have at least started to patch things up. Tom English on the BBC site has observed that Russell needs to be playing for Scotland - and performing reliably away from home - to have any hope of a Lions selection. If he is missing for too long that chance will be gone.

Doc Rob

Russell will return!! But not in the 6N. Him and Townsend have made up but he won't return until the summer against South Africa. He's expected to have input in the prep for France. Oh, thank fudge for that. I just saw on Twitter that he would provide tactical insights for the France game, but not ...

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He also developed an odd habit of including himself as a cameo character in his later books. Telling you what the next book would be about. Some great stories in that series and I loved the fascinating history lessons (of versions anyway) of long lost legends that just happen to be true for the pur...

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Samo on wing is the weirdest internationally capped position yet.. JJ on wing isn't far fetched, he is a centre and centres can nearly ALWAYS play wing , Fiji doesn't have any that has played an odd position internationally cause our players usually can play anywhere. :proud: :proud: though Bordeua...

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Shame. I inherited most of his books from my dad - they were lots of fun, if profoundly silly. He made Dirk Pitt age gradually over the course of the series. Eventually he started to get a bit too old to do all of the adventuring and womanising, so Cussler’s solution was to invent a son (and daughte...

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Samo on wing is the weirdest internationally capped position yet.. JJ on wing isn't far fetched, he is a centre and centres can nearly ALWAYS play wing , Fiji doesn't have any that has played an odd position internationally cause our players usually can play anywhere. :proud: :proud: though Bordeua...

Doc Rob

World Rugby rankings: 1. South Africa (94.19) 2. New Zealand (92.11) 3. England (88.25) 4. Ireland (84.91) 5. (6) France (83.86) 6. (5) Wales (82.79) 7. Australia (81.90) 8. (9) Scotland (79.55) 9. (8) Japan (79.28) 10. Argentina (78.31) I’d be pleased, but I very much suspect this will be the high...

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I'm not sure if it's relevant anymore, but Cameron Redpath has left Sale to join Bath. He was only in the second year of a 5 year contract. https://www.salesharks.com/2020/02/24/cameron-redpath-to-leave-sale-sharks/ Shame. I was still hoping that the SRU could tempt him to Embra or Glasgow and we m...

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Duff Paddy wrote:They took foot and mouth more seriously. I think they might consider postponing it now that the coronavirus has taken hold in Milan. That said, the idea of being able to contain this virus is laughable.

Indeed. But coronavirus only affects people, not agricultural profits...

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World Rugby rankings: 1. South Africa (94.19) 2. New Zealand (92.11) 3. England (88.25) 4. Ireland (84.91) 5. (6) France (83.86) 6. (5) Wales (82.79) 7. Australia (81.90) 8. (9) Scotland (79.55) 9. (8) Japan (79.28) 10. Argentina (78.31) I’d be pleased, but I very much suspect this will be the high...

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World Rugby rankings: 1. South Africa (94.19) 2. New Zealand (92.11) 3. England (88.25) 4. Ireland (84.91) 5. (6) France (83.86) 6. (5) Wales (82.79) 7. Australia (81.90) 8. (9) Scotland (79.55) 9. (8) Japan (79.28) 10. Argentina (78.31) I’d be pleased, but I very much suspect this will be the high...

Doc Rob

I'm not sure if it's relevant anymore, but Cameron Redpath has left Sale to join Bath. He was only in the second year of a 5 year contract. https://www.salesharks.com/2020/02/24/cameron-redpath-to-leave-sale-sharks/ Shame. I was still hoping that the SRU could tempt him to Embra or Glasgow and we m...

Doc Rob

That would be great. We started and finished the 90s with titles, we were generally competitive in between, we were a whisker away from a RWC final and had Lions aplenty. Bring back the 90s literally any time you like. The only downside of the decade was that our sole win over England was in the 199...

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Any word on Scott? Assumed it was a failed HIA on friday. Loved the Embra game on Friday, rallying for the BP win after conceding 2 tries and the initiative is great. The upward curve continues. Scotland.... I want to be positive but I can't muster the energy. I hate to say it, but I have pretty mu...

Doc Rob

Any word on Scott? Assumed it was a failed HIA on friday. Loved the Embra game on Friday, rallying for the BP win after conceding 2 tries and the initiative is great. The upward curve continues. Scotland.... I want to be positive but I can't muster the energy. I hate to say it, but I have pretty mu...

Doc Rob

Well, I hope nobody wants to replace them with Georgia. For all of the hype around them, Scotland played them home and away as warmups for the RWC (the away game being the first time a T1 side has played in Tbilisi, so you’d think they would have been well up for it) and we won by an aggregate score...

Doc Rob

My main concern about today is that the win might save Townsend’s job. We were already heading rapidly backwards and now he has fallen out with at least one of our best players (possibly two, as I still think there is a lot more to the Richie Gray situation). Russell might be erratic and nowhere ne...

Doc Rob

My main concern about today is that the win might save Townsend’s job. We were already heading rapidly backwards and now he has fallen out with at least one of our best players (possibly two, as I still think there is a lot more to the Richie Gray situation). Russell might be erratic and nowhere nea...

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This is an excellent article. Possibly one of the best female runners of all time was sacrificed on the alter of greed, politics and sensationalism. It would have been hard or impossible for anyone to cope with, but for a naive kid it was impossible. It seems like she found contentment in later lif...

Doc Rob

I won’t be shedding too many tears if we lose this one TBH. Townsend has to go, and a whitewash would make his position untenable.

Doc Rob

Harris. What is there to say? The best set of centres we have had in, well, the entire time I have been supporting Scotland, and we play Harris from the start.

Johnson has been underperforming at 12 too - Scott’s form should have got him a start as well.

Doc Rob

Scotland will beat Italy. If not, Townsend will be gone. Beat any other team in the 6N, and that’s over performing. Look at the history. Look at the resources. Scotland are a team that sometimes punches above its weight. But usually doesn’t. Most other lower ranked team don’t do it often, or they w...

Doc Rob

I'm at the stage where I almost want us to shit the bed against Italy, because it will mean an end to the Toony tenure. If he wins this game, I think he will probably be given another chance, even if we lose to France at home.

He is not the man to take us forward.

Doc Rob

Lorthern Nights wrote:If you were in any doubt on who to back between Finn and Toony, Stephen Jones has come out in favour of Finn...

So, Toony then?

Doc Rob

I keep swithering with this as well. That is a much more measured approach from Toony, and he does come across as the grown-up. However, he has had plenty time to think about this and is canny enough to play the disappointed father role (even using the word disappointed) whereas Russell’s interview ...

Doc Rob

https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/update-from-gregor-townsend Unsurprisingly, Russell still looking like a right wanker. I've got to admit I was a bit surprised by the people who said Townsend came out of it badly after Russell spoke. All l saw was an entitled bellend in Russell I keep changing my...

Doc Rob

Of all the things that aren’t going to happen, this one isn’t going to happen the most.

Doc Rob

Insanely frustrated by this statement. SRU say all fault with Russell. Russell says all fault with SRU. Clearly neither intends to budge. And it’s Scotland and us (the fans) who suffer. I honestly no longer give a shite whose fault it is. I want it fixed, so we can field the best possible team. But ...

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I'm still slightly on the side of backing Townsend. I don't think anything can really be read into Saturday, as has been said previously you can't understate how bad the conditions were. We looked decent against Ireland the week before, not too many complaints on here as I remember, and the areas w...

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Italy are going to be hyper motivated with it being Parisse's last ever game. We're two weeks away from rock bottom. Enjoy it lads. Think they've gone for England as Parisse's last game. The one they're writing off as unwinnable, leaving a full strength back row to play us... It was ever thus. We p...

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Scotland getting pumped in a fortnight. Yeah, doesn’t look good. In saying that I don’t think we can read a huge amount into yesterday, it was insanely bad conditions. I am worried about the fall out from Finns interview though, will it open the floodgates with more players briefing against the man...

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Steamin Beamin wrote:Some grim stats from yesterday, we were turned over 21 times and lost 8 of our lineouts

21 times? Even given the conditions, that is beyond shocking for an international side.

Doc Rob

It’s worth noting that Russell is not the first notable absentee from the Scotland squad where you suspect there is a bit more to the story than meets the eye. Our lineout was a disaster yesterday. Given recent events surrounding Finn, does anyone think Richie Gray will be restored to the squad for ...

Doc Rob

Wow....Get a grip... My grip’s pretty secure, thanks. I’m calling you out for using a lazy and tedious excuse that is routinely trotted out to dismiss any concern raised by Holyrood, however legitimate. Interesting that your immediate response is to accuse me of over-reacting. How odd. You posted a...

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tc27 wrote:Wow....Get a grip...

My grip’s pretty secure, thanks. I’m calling you out for using a lazy and tedious excuse that is routinely trotted out to dismiss any concern raised by Holyrood, however legitimate. Interesting that your immediate response is to accuse me of over-reacting. How odd.

Doc Rob

Varsity Way wrote:Russell is a toxic, selfish wee prick. Bad luck... your very own Cipriani.

Was thinking more that he was our very own Gavin Henson. Clearly very talented, but not nearly as talented as he thinks he is.

Doc Rob

I deliberately avoided use of the word "fans" here, but there are some pretty ugly videos coming out of Murrayfield yesterday. The arriving England team were subjected to boos and offensive gestures, while there's a video of a bottle hitting one of the England coaching staff. During the match, as i...

Doc Rob

This is Finn's POV and he still comes across as a dick, that doesn't bode well for when you get the story from other sources. I'm sure there's more to this as well. It would be such awful man management for Townsend to send him home for a first offence that I'm sure this was (with the support of ot...

Doc Rob

I deliberately avoided use of the word "fans" here, but there are some pretty ugly videos coming out of Murrayfield yesterday. The arriving England team were subjected to boos and offensive gestures, while there's a video of a bottle hitting one of the England coaching staff. During the match, as i...

Doc Rob

I'm suffering with a hellish hangover and lookin through the match thread found I'd stuck up for Toony x( :blush: Apologies. I'm concerned we'll stick with him even if we only win one game. I am also concerned about this. The SRU made a very big (and bold) call when they let Stern Vern go rather th...

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