Comments on: Six Nations 2016: Scotland team to play Ireland

By: brighty

brighty — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:58:54 +0000

“McGrath over Evans easily especially after that eye gouging incident last week”

Why would you drop Rob Evans because Tomas Francis got banned for gouging?

By: Cathal

Cathal — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:45:58 +0000

I was quite impressed with his performance against Munster with the ball in hand, his kicking is shocking though which is a big problem for a ten.

By: Cathal

Cathal — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:44:05 +0000

McGrath over Evans easily especially after that eye gouging incident last week. I’d rate Hidalgo-Clyne ahead of Laidlaw tbh. Roberts in my view is to one dimensional but then again he is very good at what he does so why not.

By: TeamCam

TeamCam — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:09:06 +0000

Yeah, but that was against NGD and Cardiff Blues – not the sternest of tests.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:35:02 +0000

Would probably swap Roberts for Campagnaro. In a team consistently going backwards, he’s been a shining light. Even as a Welshman, I’ve not been overly impressed with Roberts going forward. Sure he’s a great crash ball merchant but he’s not made the line breaks or yardage of Campagnaro, not lifted the rugby soul to the same extent.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:44:40 +0000

Agree that I probably would’ve put Horne in at 10 after last weeks performance but Duncan Weir has actually been in great form for Glasgow the last few games – best I’ve seen him play.

Hopefully he can translate that onto the bigger stage.

By: Robbo

Robbo — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 16:18:00 +0000

Props – Rob Evans; Gilhelm Guirado; WP Nel
2nd Row – Maro Itoje; George Kruis;
Backrow – CJ Stander; John Hardie; Billy Vunipola;
Halfbacks – Grieg Laidlaw; Jonny Sexton;
Centres – Owen Farrell; Jamie Roberts
Back 3 – Watson; North; Hogg

Team of the tournament?

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:24:33 +0000

Yeah that explains Strauss starting on the bench (a bit) but still bemused by Weir who has been pretty average throughout his career. Especially when we have seen glimpses of class from both Jackson and Horne during the tournament and for their clubs

By: TeamCam

TeamCam — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:37:55 +0000

I guess it’s more bringing him on later so he’s playing 20 minutes rather than 60, on the basis that he’ll play those 20 minutes well? Totally guessing, though.

Agreed. As long as we don’t capitulate like we did last year, that’ll do for me.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:35:06 +0000

Resting someone with one 6 nations fixture to go? Seems a strange call.

I was thinking that Scotland could be on for a win this weekend, but having seen the teams I expect to see Ireland prevail.

By: TeamCam

TeamCam — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:25:00 +0000

Cotter said something along the lines of resting Strauss after that hefty France game, according to the BBC.

Surprised that Weir’s starting, and that Harley’s on the bench. Not feeling as confident about the bet I made with my Irish friend now…

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:13:36 +0000

Agree on both of those. i would even of selected Horne at 10 ahead of Weir
Also you get the feeling that if Denton hadn’t been injured Struass and Wilson wouldn’t have been selected despite offering far better ball carrying and better all round form