26% of Scots will be supporting the All Blacks!

[Brovion]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40497672

According to that BBC article 26% of Scots will be supporting the All Blacks on Saturday. (It's not the headline, it's about two-thirds of the way down when it mentions a poll on a website).

Now it doesn't bother me in the slightest when due to the Highland Clearances, Oliver Cromwell, Maggie Thatcher, etc the Celtic nations all support England's opponents. I also accept that if England were playing Islamic State half of Scotland would be running round dressed up as Jihadi John, but the Lions isn't English. Apparently because there aren't any Scots in the Test team the Scots feel 'disconnected' from the Lions. Fair enough I can accept them being a bit 'meh' about it all, even to the extent of being neutral - but to actively cheer for the other side I think is taking the usual Scottish position of twisted bitterness a step too far.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Who is Murray rooting for?

 

[Eeyore]

Hogg and Laidlaw not in the squad then ?

 

[Brovion]

Hogg and Laidlaw not in the squad then ?

Not in the Test squad, no.

Lions: Liam Williams (Wales); Anthony Watson (England), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Owen Farrell (England), Elliot Daly (England); Johnny Sexton (Ireland), Conor Murray (Ireland); Mako Vunipola (England), Jamie George (England) Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Maro Itoje (England), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) Sam Warburton (capt, Wales), Sean O'Brien (Ireland), Taulupe Faletau (Wales)

Replacements: Ken Owens (Wales), Jack McGrath (Ireland), Kyle Sinckler (England), Courtney Lawes (England), CJ Stander (Ireland), Rhys Webb (Wales), Ben Te'o (England), Jack Nowell (England)

 

[Weststander]

I work with Scottish rugby supporters.

They were scathing of Gatland's squad selection, which they and many commentators from these isles, felt ignored form over the last year including Scotland beating both Wales and Ireland this year. There were a few other shocks with the immense Ledbury overlooked. He went for the tried and tested Welsh players he knows so well who were a key part of Lions success in Australia in 2013, adding Irish and English around that core.

Personally I'd always want the Lions to thrive, regardless of the number of English players.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Who is Murray rooting for?

Probably the same team as Englishman Mako Vunipola and Welshman Taulupe Faletau are rooting for I'd imagine.

 

[Bladders]

It's Rugger . Who cares


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[Eeyore]

Not in the Test squad, no.

Lions: Liam Williams (Wales); Anthony Watson (England), Jonathan Davies (Wales), Owen Farrell (England), Elliot Daly (England); Johnny Sexton (Ireland), Conor Murray (Ireland); Mako Vunipola (England), Jamie George (England) Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Maro Itoje (England), Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) Sam Warburton (capt, Wales), Sean O'Brien (Ireland), Taulupe Faletau (Wales)

Replacements: Ken Owens (Wales), Jack McGrath (Ireland), Kyle Sinckler (England), Courtney Lawes (England), CJ Stander (Ireland), Rhys Webb (Wales), Ben Te'o (England), Jack Nowell (England)

WP Nel might have got the nod had he not had his injuries (I'm a Quin but I still don't think Sinclair is anywhere near the finished article). Could have been an argument for Richie Gray.

 

[ozzygull]

Maybe the manager thought they had already had indy2

 

[Eeyore]

Probably the same team as Englishman Mako Vunipola and Welshman Taulupe Faletau are rooting for I'd imagine.

The Mako Vunipola and Taulupe Faletau who were brought up in Wales then England. Faletau is Tongan by origin anyway.

 

[Big G]

It's Rugger . Who cares


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Exactly...huge "Who Cares"??
And the sweaty's supporting anything against the English....not so shocked....or bothered!

 

[The Upper Library]

Good joke on Mock the Week about always supporting the opponents of England- the English do the same , it is just we are never aware of when Scotland are playing........[emoji3]



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[whitelion]

It's Rugger . Who cares


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Me.

On this question I'd be a little miffed to say the least if I was Scots but I couldn't support the All Blacks over the Lions.

Scots have some valid claims over squad selection highlighted within the thread after a very successful (for them) Six Nations.

I've got a feeling Hogg is injured anyhow.

 

[Your Mum]

Who is Murray rooting?

Your mum

 

[Triggaaar]

Scotland

 

[Gwylan]

I've got a feeling Hogg is injured anyhow.

He is: he went home a couple of weeks ago but he'd have been a shoo-in for the team if he hadn't.

Seymour can count himself unlucky too - he's the top try scorer on the tour but Daly and Watson have been in pretty good form.

But I can't see any other jocks pressing for a place

 

[GT49er]

As they're crap at football, they are transferring their ABE (Anyone but English) mantra to egg-chasing. Non story. It's just the way they are.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Yeah, its 25% supporting the all-blacks

Which means that 75% are supporting the Lions. If the header was written that way instead, I guess the post above mine - 'its just the way they are' might be a little out of place?

 

[crookie]

Yeah, its 25% supporting the all-blacks

Which means that 75% are supporting the Lions. If the header was written that way instead, I guess the post above mine - 'its just the way they are' might be a little out of place?

Not really, I'd be very surprised if more than 1/2% of English/Welsh/Irish would be supporting NZ, and they'd probably be of mixed nationality. 25% is a huge percentage, whatever their grouches about squad selection.

 

[Chicken Run]

Was saying last night, I was supporting Scotland in 1978 World Cup in Argentina, don't know why I bothered, maybe THAPP will come back from Greece And explain