Scotland - Romania (10-09-2011, 13:00)

[Seaton]

YYYAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got my new black, erm, navy Scotland jersey!!!!

YAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

God bless Twickenham and the RFU!

 

[Ayrshire Warrior]

No disrespect to Romania but this is the kind of game we should be winning convinvingly if we realistically want to qualify

My starting Lineup would Be:

1. Allan Jacobsen
2. Ross Ford
3. Geoff Cross
4. Al Kellock
5. Richie Gray
6. John Barclay
7. Kelly Brown
8. Richie Vernon

9. Chris Cusiter
10. Ruaridth Jackson
11. Max Evans
12. Graeme Morrison
13. Joe Ansbro
14. Sean Lamont
15.Chris Patterson

 

[Seaton]

I presume your putting of Morrison at 13 and Ansbro at 12 was an accident?

Otherwise its what we will be seeing, unless Robinson deems we will need that pack for the Georgia game.

Oh, and depending on how Cusiter has come along, hopefully he'll get a full game before the Argie/ Englandshire games

 

[Mihnea Cristian Ionescu]

bad news for us . Calafeteanu will miss this game beacose of pancreatitis

 

[Colin]

I presume your putting of Morrison at 13 and Ansbro at 12 was an accident?

Otherwise its what we will be seeing, unless Robinson deems we will need that pack for the Georgia game.

Oh, and depending on how Cusiter has come along, hopefully he'll get a full game before the Argie/ Englandshire games

Will Park not start at out half for the Scots?

 

[Seaton]

Will Park not start at out half for the Scots?

I hope not. Jackson sort of became our first choice fly-half in the latter stages of the 6 Nations, more out of Parks being, well, not so good to put it kindly, than Jackson having stellar performances. However we may yet see Parks as our starting 10, all depends on what kind of game Andy Robinson is looking at playing.

I doubt Jackson will start against Argentina/ England, we can't compete with these teams for prolonged phases, especially on our ball, so we need to hoof the ball clear.

Really looking forward to seeing how Gray performs in this tourney, I genuinely think he could develop into one of the worlds best locks.

 

[Ayrshire Warrior]

I presume your putting of Morrison at 13 and Ansbro at 12 was an accident?

Otherwise its what we will be seeing, unless Robinson deems we will need that pack for the Georgia game.

Oh, and depending on how Cusiter has come along, hopefully he'll get a full game before the Argie/ Englandshire games

Yeah. Was rushing and put the team selection down quickly.

 

[Ayrshire Warrior]

Will Park not start at out half for the Scots?

Possibly, It will be a toss up between the pair. Overall I think Jackson is the better player but against better team when we will be under pressure for large spells I would probably start Parks to hoof it clear.

 

[Colin]

Possibly, It will be a toss up between the pair. Overall I think Jackson is the better player but against better team when we will be under pressure for large spells I would probably start
Parks to hoof it clear.

Who will kick, Parks or Paterson?

 

[Thingimubob]

Who will kick, Parks or Paterson?

Paterson short range (usually under 40m) then Parks long range (anything over 40m). That's what they've usually done in the past anyway.

 

[Ayrshire Warrior]

Paterson short range (usually under 40m) then Parks long range (anything over 40m). That's what they've usually done in the past anyway.

This. Although if Patterson is on the park he should do all the kicking as their are not many better than him.

 

[Seaton]

All has been revealed...

Scotland:

15 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh) 105 caps, 22 tries, 89 conversions, 163 penalties, 3 drop-goals, 786 points
14 Max Evans (Castres) 20 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
13 Joe Ansbro (London Irish) 7 caps, 1 try, 5 points
12 Sean Lamont (Scarlets) 56 caps, 8 tries, 40 points
11 Simon Danielli (Ulster) 30 caps, 6 tries, 30 points
10 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors) 8 caps, 2 conversions, 1 penalty, 1 drop-goal, 10 points
9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh) VICE-CAPTAIN 72 caps, 6tries, 30 points

1 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh) 56 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh) 49 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
3 Geoff Cross (Edinburgh) 6 caps
4 Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors) 12 caps
5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors) CAPTAIN 34 caps, 1 try, 5 points
6 Kelly Brown (Saracens) 46 caps, 4 tries, 20 points
7 John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors) 29 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
8 Richie Vernon (Sale Sharks) 12 caps

Substitutes

16 Scott Lawson (Gloucester) 28 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
17 Alasdair Dickinson (Sale Sharks) 21 caps, 1 try, 5 points
18 Nathan Hines (Clermont Ferrand) 73 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
19 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh) 8 caps
20 Chris Cusiter (Glasgow Warriors) 53 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
21 Dan Parks (Cardiff Blues) 62 caps, 4 tries, 15 conversions, 48 penalties, 14 drop-goals, 236 points
22 Rory Lamont (Toulon) 25 caps, 6 tries, 30 points

Romania:

15. Iulian Dumitras, 14. Stefan Ciuntu, 13. Csaba Gal, 12. Ionut Dimofte, 11. Madalin Lemnaru, 10. Danut Dumbrava, 9. Lucian Sirbu, 8. Daniel Carpo, 7. Ovidiu Tonita, 6. Mihai Macovei, 5. Valentin Ursache, 4. Cristian Petre, 3. Paulica Ion, 2. Marius Tincu (C), 1. Mihaita Lazar

Rezerve: 16. Bogdan Zebega, 17. Silviu Florea, 18. Valentin Popirlan, 19. Stelian Burcea, 20. Florin Surugiu, 21. Ionel Cazan, 22. Florin Vlaicu.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

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[TRF_Olyy]

That's a strong team - Richie Vernon to tear it up!

Going to try my best to watch this
Think I'll watch this, snooze through Fiji/Namibia then get back up for the France and England games, before sleeping all afternoon :lol:

 

[icsulescool]

Romania is playing with their best XV.
I don't know nothing about Scotlands XV (is this the best?).

I will watch the game. I will have to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning .

 

[Seaton]

Romania is playing with their best XV.
I don't know nothing about Scotlands XV (is this the best?).

I will watch the game. I will have to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning .

Pretty much our strongest XV too, I know some Scots were calling for another 'scrumming lock' like Hines or MacLeod instead of Kellock for these first two games, considering their pedigree in the scrums, and our lack there of in the front.

Really, really happy to see Lamont S starting at 12, behind Gray was definitely one of our best players in the 6 Nations, we're going to need him so we can get the ball moving around the park and make sure the opposition pack, but front-row in particular, are tired whenever we come to a scrum.

The thing I am left asking is this. Does Robinson intend on playing the same team against Georgia? By general consensus and the amount of Western Europe based players Georgia has, they look to be the harder game of these 2 in just 4 days. Some of our players can barely last out a game, never mind two in the space of a matter of days! Might be that Robinson is looking at playing Hines in the Georgia, hence why he is not starting, possibly the same with Murray.

Looking at previous matches between these two in world cups, on each occasion the Scottish openside flank has scored hat-tricks, Ally Hogg in 2007 and John Jeffrey in 1987. Mon the Barclay, keep the record intact! B)

 

[beerholder]

I will watch the game. I will have to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning .

I'll silence my phone, unplug the internet and watch the re-run at 8:30 and think of it as it's live

 

[Ayrshire Warrior]

That's a strong team - Richie Vernon to tear it up!

Going to try my best to watch this
Think I'll watch this, snooze through Fiji/Namibia then get back up for the France and England games, before sleeping all afternoon :lol:

I will have a few hours sleep when I get in from school. Go into tesco about midnight for food then back home for the games.

 

[TRF C A Iversen]

I'll silence my phone, unplug the internet and watch the re-run at 8:30 and think of it as it's live

Will be at this match tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Saw Romania train yesterday. They are a great bunch of guys, but their training was pretty soft in a lot of places to be honest. I really want Romania to do well as they are the only side playing two games in my town, so deserve some support. I hope they can surprise, but honestly they trained like a team that was worried everyone was going to get a strain or injury from it, so just wanted to go softly into it. Perhaps they've had all the intensive prep before coming to NZ.

At this stage I think Scotland will be leading by about 10pts or so at half-time and then will clean out Romania as the game goes on to finish about 40 in front. I hope I'm wrong and Romania can step it up.

 

[beerholder]

Will be at this match tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Saw Romania train yesterday. They are a great bunch of guys, but their training was pretty soft in a lot of places to be honest. I really want Romania to do well as they are the only side playing two games in my town, so deserve some support. I hope they can surprise, but honestly they trained like a team that was worried everyone was going to get a strain or injury from it, so just wanted to go softly into it. Perhaps they've had all the intensive prep before coming to NZ.

At this stage I think Scotland will be leading by about 10pts or so at half-time and then will clean out Romania as the game goes on to finish about 40 in front. I hope I'm wrong and Romania can step it up.

Yeah, I remember the assistant coach saying they can't afford to lose more players in training so they'll just train to get used to the pitch, weather and set their bio clocks right. Lately we've seen so many injuries like these boys were made out of china glass.

But thanks for the support anyway, we owe you a beer.