Except that England marched them back at least twice in the final quarter from good positions. The English forwards won that game for them. The Smiths did nothing with ball in hand.Finn Russell shat the bed.
Missed all the conversions as Scotland lose by a point. They were by far the better team.
Borthwick continues to live a charmed life and it's good news for all of us.
That coincided with Huw Jones going off too. Scotland are completely shapeless without him or Tuipolotou outside Russell. They just lose their shape too easily. Even MacDowell's break should have been easily defended.Except that England marched them back at least twice in the final quarter from good positions. The English forwards won that game for them. The Smiths did nothing with ball in hand.
Pierre Brousset showed in Thomond Park a few weeks ago that his law book is different to everyone else's.That coincided with Huw Jones going off too. Scotland are completely shapeless without him or Tuipolotou outside Russell. They just lose their shape too easily. Even MacDowell's break should have been easily defended.
The Scots didn't get much from the ref at times too. Itoje was on someone's back for a turnover and then gave away a penalty on the 80th minute for a deliberate knock on. Stonewall yellow.
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I had a look across the stats for international (6N, Autumn Internationals, Rugby Championship) and elite club comps (Champions Cup, URC, Top 14, Premiership, Super Rugby) for the last 2 years or so.
The bookies are expecting more reds than there has ever been (bar 2021, when there was 5). They've introduced the 20minute red cards this year, but that hasn't led to a big increase in reds in other competitions.
Under 3.5 reds @ 10/11 looks good value.
They put the over/under on yellows at 17.5, which looks about right.
