I was very critical of Parks last week but basically Jackson was not doing the things he was brought in to do, whilst his tactical game is far inferior when parks isnt doing pointless cross-field kicks
As much as I hate to say it Rog has actually had a really good game! Made some good kicks from hand and done his job. Really wish Paterson had halved him under the posts though
If both teams play like this in the next two games it's going to be an easy run in for England
Irelands discipline is terrible, and for all of Sean O'Briens strength/tackle breaking/great runs he doesn't have a very good rugby brain on him - Silly infringements and not looking for support
Definitely agree with it being easy from now for England - I usually say that the Calcutta cup is a hard one to predict but not just now - Hape and Tindall are going to have an absolute field day in the centre!
i love that whenever scotland realise that dan parks is rubbish, they always pick a useless replacement so that when dan parks comes back he looks quality!
As bland as it is, Scotland obviously aren't going to be scoring regular tries no matter what the line up is so surely keeping Parks in the 10 shirt makes sense just to keep the scoreboard ticking? Would love to see a last minute try to get the win for Scotland now, would be so undeserved though