Aus vs Scots

3-6

It's really Australia winning by about 20 in these conditions against the wind.

playing real smart rugby, scots kicker shoulda gone for length there or a lineout deep & he goes up n under in his own 22.... not too bright really from the Scots, overcoached

I don't know if they are coached at all. Every game I see Scotland I spend the entire game thinking 'why did they do that?'

Whats the affective score in this game at the moment bearing in mind the huge wind advantage. Aussies winning by 20 plus points.

Just a sheet of Aussies laying on top of every ruck.

overcoached as in not allowed to think for themselves, robotic almost. on a brighter note happy/surprised to be able to back aussie at sp, based on what we've seen a big....?

the score is 3-6 not 26-6. hth

think your the only person who thinks the affective score is 6-3

Handicaps around 8 to 10 points. Coral were as low as -3 early on. Question is how difficult is it going to be for the Aussies to turn possession into points?

With you paddletoe....market expecting wind to make Aus a shoo-in but their inexperienced side could get a bit jittery if no score early in this 2nd half.  Way too many variables in play here to even consider backing 1.16.

a great result for scots/aussie backers. almost impossible to see scotland winning this (or not losing by a dozen at least) unless the wind suddenly changed direction.

i dont think scots will score the second half

Aussie jus playing much smarter rugby & will get a few kickable pens for sure based on expected possession & territory, there mauling was far more effective than scots style as well so a try & 2-3 pens gives us 17/06 final score i'd guess at?

I backed Scotland under 11.5pts and I neither want nor think they will score again.

Scots as usual had excellent chances and took stupid options time after time. I have no idea how Robinson keeps his job.

think Scots +14.5 is in danger tbh, its back to sp on here so dont think am far out. Scots under 11.5pts is home n hosed fellah

I backed Scots under 1.5 tries at 1/3 as well  - 3 munny

Bailed out of aussie lays though. Seen too many games where Scots get their chances and dont take them.

This could be 90 plus percent territory advanatge for the aussies this half

aye same ere RM re Scots, although got a few v.low lays set-up (for once) jus in case the hurricane stops

6-6

not often you can be close to a gsm call at half time with your team behind but bookies very slow to react to this HUGE wind advanatage

Bet of the day definitely Scot/Aus. I couldn't work out which way the wind was blowing quick enough.

brilliant kick! think thats the draw busted with more than 35mins to go

A fly-half with a brain would be useful.

think the aussie comms jus before ko gave away which way the wind was blowing & who won the toss etc tbh

Cant believe he's got Scots for sealing off and never did the Aussies for the same. Looked like a gold sheet at times first half.

kick was short has the wind dropped...

what exactly are scotland trying to achieve here? apart from just slowing the ball down

Don't think so. Just slipped a bit.

Irony & Yoof

RugbyMan said "I'm being sucked into a bet on Scotland again after swearing to never do so again after the six-nations!"

Now, I always had you down as someone that was quite astute about their rugby, but betting on Scotland is scary stuff.

cannot give that surely

the aussies are at it here, no way that could be given

Got out for the same price though Road Hog. Massive wind, driving rain, the best chance Scots have got.

Same old same old in the end though. Mesmerising dull.

ahhh the welsh incarnation has joined us too, might get a full house today...

Wales against this Aussie side would be very interesting. Looking forward to those games.

ffs ref are you watching what is going on at all?

Picking up every Scottish hand, but missing every single Aussie one.

Got to wonder how it was physically possible for Genia to get out of that mess without illegalities. I counted a man in from the side, two straight down and 1 clear hand dragging it back.

aussies are allowed to do what they like in the rucks it seems

Reckon unders is in

some false dawns ere for draw backers sub 10's.....??? still 20mins to go

scotland are quite good when they don't have the ball to worry about

Winding up nicely for a post-match "Scotland's defence was excellent" round of comments.......

Scots as well at rucktime, ball is out called everytime they come around the o/s, ref's not giving anything, it's upto the scots to push the rules as much as aussie really

Bugger me, could have got out for a profit if I had let the lays run

Credit to Scotland for the defensive effort. I have no doubt that England would have folded in this second half.

this would be jus so typical of the scots.... Nahhhh still got 11/06 written in the sky this has 78mins

Couple of bookies gave up betting on this game already.

Have the teams swapped shirts at half-time?

clearly went back, no way a knock on

Difference is England would have been well up through 2 penalty tries in the first half.......

it seemed like a matter of time until auusie scored a try but i guess we have to concede that conditions are pretty brutal out there even with the wind advantage.

with scots not out of their half once this second half you would have expected at least three scored penalties

two woulda done it....

how could he see that was a Scottish hand?!

hey gingecat i thought you said de luca had stopped being such a stupid tw@t

looks like you were wrong

Would be a shame if he gets this.

Was that De Luca again? That bloke is an incredible buffoon.

Think it was the foot hacking through. Scottish player went to ground, then kicked through.

5 mins then. Come on Scotland, stay on....

Gingcat breathes a sigh of relief, almost there mate.

what a boost for scotland, brain dead kick

If it weren't for them Pesky Scots I woulda.......

Some of these Aussies are just as dumb. Obviously not an easy game, but there are some players out there showing how it should be done.

Surprised that Stuart Hogg is one of them!

just a couple of mucked up scrums and they are there

Hard to believe that getting out of those lays was the wrong thing to do. Bizarre game all round really.

c'mon go for the win

a big scrum & pen not out of the question

Unlucky there

had to be a peno! he aint gonna give shyte is he??

NH ref and thats a Scottish pen.

Don't think this ref has the slightest idea about scrums. Just resets every one.

that was a scot pen all day

boom!!!

Justice

Got that one! Was too obvious.

unreal scenes

Bet he fluffs it.....

well would you ever have believed that????????

Nope. Well done Scots, that was incredible.

6-9 FT

WE ARRA PEEPUL

wd scots, summit else really, they always do yer dont they

1.05 on Aus blown out of the water

even ugly rugby can be entertaining in its own strange way

Heh at that celebration

Alot of HT money buyers got burned there...valuable lesson

draw was throu the 1.20's as well

what on earth happened to ansbro at the end. was that de luca nutting him?

If they could make decisions in attack to the same quality with which they defend, they would be a top team.

Bad news for Australia with Wales coming. Going to be a whole different level facing the likes of Warburton etc.

Strokosh and Ansbro jumped into each other. Ansbro got a proper boxer's cut.

Fantastic win, glad I kept the faith because I've probably lost more money on them than any other team over the past few years.

Well done Scotland. Haven't seen the match, but a result is a result. Bugger, the Ozzies are going to come out fighting this weekend.

aye jumped up in celbrating & got nutted for his pains

Didn't look like they had much fight in them Road Hog. Wales will be licking their lips and if the Aussie scrum is this weak Jones and Jenkins will have a field day.

that is one way for de luca to stop ansbro getting his outside centre spot i suppose.

i would imagine visser will make his debut on the wing in fiji

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Even the irascible GingCat has lost his dander and is rumoured to have switched his attentions to the round ball game

Actually I posted my bet on the Scots on this very page, suggest you do your homework such as reading the thread

Well done GingCat and Northernlite.  Welcome back to the big time

Just watched the match and credit to the Scottish pack. Each one played the full 80 minutes which you don't often see but it was a good call as Vernon's no mud monkey like the starting back row. They all stood around shivering for most of the game so they shouldn't be tired anyway. 17 stone 4 of Visser next up?

Aussies were clueless,it was Plan A over and over again against a Scottish defence that was chuffed to get stuck in and battle mano a mano without getting stretched or moved around the pitch.Only once did Barnes cross kick beyond the D for the wide men. Scotlands pack won't back down and are as aggressive and strong as them all bar probably South Africa.I had some of the +10 Scotland at half time so was happy but Australia were very disappointing. Same conditions Saturday and any start for Wales is pinching it.It wasn't a day for expansive rugby but anything bar pick,trundle and recycle had to be attempted.Can't recall any nasty grubbers or little chips over to turn the D around.Northern Hemisphere may not have the ball skills but we have the heart for a fight.

Incredible performance by the Scots in the second half. Fully deserving victory.

Prior to the last three minutes it must have been something like 99% of the second half played inside the Scots half.

Still shell shocked how Aussies did not win in light of what was a near gale force wind behind them in the second half.

Congratulations Scotland!

I saw someone ask why the game was on a Tuesday night. Aust already had Wales scheduled to begin a three test tour starting this Saturday. The Scotland test was a late request that the ARU (unwisely) agreed to. It seems our administrators are as dumb as our players! Absolute madness.

Anyway,the better team won, hopefully they get a bit better weather for the rest of their tour.