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Great start from Scotland. Killing Wales out wide. Keep it up!
That 2nd half was grim. 21 unanswered points.
Repeat of last year at the Millenium Stadium.
I think Toonie needs to go if Franco is willing to step up.
Edit: And our forwards... oh my days our forwards were woeful. Just had to add that.
Forwards were fine enough first half. Wales quit kicking second and so we were feeding off scraps. Toonie failed to get a second half message on field that would have actually helped though, like adapting ruck defense or width/speed of the line, or actually listening to the ref! He has had his day IMO too
How much do you think the final result was down to Scotland taking their foot off the gas rather than Wales coming into the game more?
I heard some analysis the other day that Scotland are typically scoring their points in the first half.
Our last 20 has been consistently poor, our bench lags behind the big hitters for sure. And I think Wales played their way into that for sure. Stopped stupid kicks, managed the ref better, and attacked our lineouts. Cherry going off the sliding doors moment for me, the lineout is so important with current rules - we can't be losing as many as we did, and conceding as many pens.
Not sure if we can fix that for Paris next week either
Good to hear your perspective as a Scot.
I think I remember you said you were going to Paris to watch it? Enjoy!