Scotland v England 2026 6N
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As has been noted here Scotland are a team in a bit of a decline, ranked 10th now and that loss to Italy was telling.
Obviously there is still a chance they will lift for this game being England and all, plus the old cliche of "Fortress" Murrayfield but conversely a real hiding could be on the cards too. It would be nice if Townsend recalled Kinghorn and Van Der Merwe for a bit more presence in that back three.
Anyway, Razor could be coaching them later in the year apparently
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Scotland to win. Poms will be overconfident and the Murrayfield crowd will lift the Scots who aren't a poor side just limited
@kidcalder said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
Scotland to win. Poms will be overconfident and the Murrayfield crowd will lift the Scots who aren't a poor side just limited
This term kind of applies to everyone playing this game.
Just call them English piston wristed gibbons like the rest of us
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read this morning that England haven't won a game in the 6N against a good team away from home since Murrayfield in 2020. Assuming in this context that a good team means France, Ireland or Scotland. Interesting stat, puts some pressure on them, which at this stage of the cycle is a good thing.
Still back us to win but agree with Cato that I don't understand the 6-2 bench split with 2 specialist 10s in the 23. I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh, Freeman will then move to back 3 should someone go down and Earl moves to 13. Just seems a lot of potential scenarios where it blows up in their face. I do have a grudging admiration of Borthwick building the culture of horses for courses though.
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read this morning that England haven't won a game in the 6N against a good team away from home since Murrayfield in 2020. Assuming in this context that a good team means France, Ireland or Scotland. Interesting stat, puts some pressure on them, which at this stage of the cycle is a good thing.
Still back us to win but agree with Cato that I don't understand the 6-2 bench split with 2 specialist 10s in the 23. I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh, Freeman will then move to back 3 should someone go down and Earl moves to 13. Just seems a lot of potential scenarios where it blows up in their face. I do have a grudging admiration of Borthwick building the culture of horses for courses though.
@Dodge said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh,
He's a bit small for a modern 12 surely?
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@Dodge said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh,
He's a bit small for a modern 12 surely?
@antipodean said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
@Dodge said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh,
He's a bit small for a modern 12 surely?
Add not much in the way of pace and a lack of game time there and, well fuck really.
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read this morning that England haven't won a game in the 6N against a good team away from home since Murrayfield in 2020. Assuming in this context that a good team means France, Ireland or Scotland. Interesting stat, puts some pressure on them, which at this stage of the cycle is a good thing.
Still back us to win but agree with Cato that I don't understand the 6-2 bench split with 2 specialist 10s in the 23. I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh, Freeman will then move to back 3 should someone go down and Earl moves to 13. Just seems a lot of potential scenarios where it blows up in their face. I do have a grudging admiration of Borthwick building the culture of horses for courses though.
@Dodge said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
read this morning that England haven't won a game in the 6N against a good team away from home since Murrayfield in 2020. Assuming in this context that a good team means France, Ireland or Scotland. Interesting stat, puts some pressure on them, which at this stage of the cycle is a good thing.
Still back us to win but agree with Cato that I don't understand the 6-2 bench split with 2 specialist 10s in the 23. I assume they seen Finn Smith as a potential 12, not sure i've seen that tbh, Freeman will then move to back 3 should someone go down and Earl moves to 13. Just seems a lot of potential scenarios where it blows up in their face. I do have a grudging admiration of Borthwick building the culture of horses for courses though.
That surprised me so I had a look back. We beat Wales in Cardiff in 2023, prior to the RWC. They weren't a bad side then. That's it mind.
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Jamie Ritchie is one of those players that worries me and pleases me as an opposition fan, from my memory of him, he's a 3-1 brain fade to Man of the match ratio player
@Dodge said in Scotland v England 2026 6N:
Jamie Ritchie is one of those players that worries me and pleases me as an opposition fan, from my memory of him, he's a 3-1 brain fade to Man of the match ratio player
Agreed and the thing is when he's your 3-1 man you love him, when he's the oppositions 3-1 man you never know when you're going to love him or hate him.
Back along when every Scot, plastic or otherwise, was wanking on about Hamish Watson, I always thought that Ritchie was the more useful player.
