RugbyRebels

Oh FFS.

Aaaaand they've fucked it.

Magic!!!

Hahahahaha maybe not. Good composure.

Haha, what a mental game.

Wee Turbo Horne went well.

Edinburgh in Exile wrote:Haha, what a mental game.

Wee Turbo Horne went well.

Sure did. That’s us surely into the big trophy now as South Korea don’t look much cop. Game against South Africa should be a good one. Not sure which pool we’ll end up playing in the next round.

Ah - yes I do. If we get through in the big cup, it’s one of the top two of Kenya, Australia, Spain or Canada.

Fiji v Samoa to finish the day looks fun.

When's the next match?

Who is the Scottish lad on comms?

It was Mark Robertson.

OptimisticJock wrote:It was Mark Robertson.

I thought he was decent.

Yon Fijians played some nice rugby v Samoa.

OptimisticJock wrote:When's the next match?

Tomorrow - we play South Africa at 0522 and South Korea at 9 in the morn.

Sunday is finals day.

Ah. Didn’t think about the “top three with 2 wins each” scenario. Anyway, lost by 14 to SA and battered SK 61-7.

So, if SA win, we’re through.
If it’s a draw, we’re through.
If england win by 7, we’re oot. England have a player called Will Wilson, which isn’t remotely silly.
If england win by 17, we’re through.

Anyway, england leading by a point with 4.20 left.

Oh no they don’t.

19-15 SA. Scottish ref referred that SA try to the video ref. What’s he even thinking?

FT 33-15 RSA. Get in there.

I thought that match was going to be a bit bi-polar for me the way England started.

Embarrassed by the South Africans in the first match. Thankfully they never took the foot off against South Korea to make it harder for England.

Lost to Kenya. Playing USA shortly.

Don’t know much about 7’s, and hate to do it, but I’m not a big fan of how this ref is riding Scotland.

Gave it a good lash in the end. Fuck fucks to the US, they are lighting out wide.

The ref was shite mate. Allowing the game to continue after the head/neck injury was very poor.

Not only allowing the game to continue around the player receiving head/neck injury treatment, he allowed the USA to restart play with a tap penalty without a sub being allowed on.
Horne was denied a try after being brought to ground in a completed tackle. Correctly penalised for not releasing but his frustration was clear as 9 refs out of 10 would have allowed to him to continue as "not held".
As for penalising the smallest guy in the tournament for a high tackle, FFS come on. Even if it was on the similarly diminutive Carlin Isles.

Something to keep an eye on with Horne is whether he decides to try and make the Olympic squad which he'll be capable of. May impact the Scotland 15s team for a season.

Two good results this morning but easy oppo. The real test will be SA at lunchtime.

Not really sure how it works after the pool stages...

One sided rout so far. And not in our favour.

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Article by Jamie farndale.