Bank 189
England are rampant and on the way to a Grand Slam, Scotland have been somewhere between disappointing and dreadful and their confidence must be shot to pieces.
The chopping and changing of the side will not be heliping the Scots either.
Scotland will come to Twickenham to spoil, frustrate and slow down England as much as possible, but it doesnt look like being a wet or windy day and therefore the superior confidence of England, and the pace in the backs (Scotlands major failing is a lack of incisiveness outside) will result in a convincing win as long as they can focus on the basics.
If England can start well then this could get messy for the Scots, on the flip side of that is if Scotland can frustrate England then the pressure may start to tell on the heavy odds on favourites (as per France yesterday).
BACK England to score more than 30.5 points £10 @ 1.74
BACK England in the race to 10pts £10 @ 1.2
BACK C Ashton to score a try £5 @ 1.74
Back B Foden to score a try £5 @ 2.9
Back M Tindall to score a try £5 @ 4.1
Bank C/F 154
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all my worst fears came to fruition and England were not switched on at all, and Scotland came back to their spoiling best.
The tactics used were naive - not defending the ball at breakdown, and a referee who was whistle happy at scrum time.
The only bet that came up was the race to 10 to limit the losses to 23 quid :-(
Bank now 166
Still things could have been worse as I had thoughts of lumping on the Aussies on the cricket handicap and this blog stopped me as couldnt find any real justification given that there is no pressure on the teams in group A and they can't jostle for position as they have no idea who will finsih where in group B