Scotland v All Blacks

[No Quarter]

I'd go for Leicester 12 Quinn 13 with Rieko on the bench for insurance if we are struggling defensively. E.g. could move Leicester to wing and finish with 12 Quinn 13 Rieko if we needed to.

[MN5]

@No-Quarter said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

I'd go for Leicester 12 Quinn 13 with Rieko on the bench for insurance if we are struggling defensively. E.g. could move Leicester to wing and finish with 12 Quinn 13 Rieko if we needed to.

They could do the old left and right centres like Carling and Guscott used to do. Whichever way you look at it the defence has a hard runner coming at them.

[mohikamo]

Top 14 clubs make the tighthead lock distinction, and they get paid more.

[mohikamo]

@MN5 said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

Apparently Brad Thorn was bloody good at this facet of the game

He was.
And I saw a comment he made that rugby league players had no conception of the amount of power that was generated in a rugby union scrum.

[hikastags]

Believe the Rugby Championship Twitter account has leaked the team an hour early

[Grooter]

@hikastags cheers stags, if true what's the point of Luke Jacobson being included in the ABs this year?

[taniwharugby]

Thats some small loosies

[Number 10]

[ploughboy]

@Grooter said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

@hikastags cheers stags, if true what's the point of Luke Jacobson being included in the ABs this year?

on that team too big

[Bovidae]

@Grooter said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

if true what's the point of Luke Jacobson being included in the ABs this year?

We can't be having a loose forward clean at a ruck.

[pakman]

Seems like we’ve already bitten on Scottish propaganda!

[nostrildamus]

Yeah the loosies aren't big, the only thing they're bigger than is the bench loosie to replace them! I wouldn't have had him on the bench or in the 23 at all TBH.

[nostrildamus]

Given Lord has had injury problems I'd have preferred a 6/lock on the bench. You have 2 7s on the starting sides, and all 3 loosies can play 6/8. (Well, would rather not have Lakai or Savea at 6 but they'd be better there than Kirifi).

[jimmyb]

Sititi, Lakai, Savea, and Kirifi in the same team? Ahhh yes, the four 7s/under sized 8s trick

[KiwiMurph]

Pleased with the midfield and Proctor on the bench.

You have to wonder what the point of Finau and Jacobson in the squad are if they cant crack the 23.

[jimmyb]

@KiwiMurph said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

Pleased with the midfield and Proctor on the bench.

You have to wonder what the point of Finau and Jacobson in the squad are if they cant crack the 23.

Finau is bin juice as the poms would say. Agree with Jacobson. His defensive work rate is v good

[MN5]

He made the tough call at six, got rid of the invisible giant for the busy short guy

[MN5]

@jimmyb said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

Sititi, Lakai, Savea, and Kirifi in the same team? Ahhh yes, the four 7s/under sized 8s trick

It's only Scotland

[KiwiMurph]

If Razor was a little more daring - he could have Beehre as a lock/6 option in the 23 by now.

[jimmyb]

@MN5 said in Scotland Vs All Blacks, 8th November 2025:

He made the tough call at six, got rid of the invisible giant for the busy short guy

Parker had some good performances in the rugby championship and certainly didn’t look out of place, particularly against the Wallabies. Judging him off what was a bit of a shit show in general against Ireland, after a win and a loss against the best team in the world seems silly.

One more game for Parker only has a net positive. Can’t see any long term positive outcomes from Sititi playing a game at 6, a position he will never realistically play