[Other Sport] Will we beat the Jocks?

[Medwayseagull]

My Welsh rugby obsessed mate just took the love out of the win by saying our rugby team is actually full of South Africans, English and Kiwis. So I had a google on the team expecting the normal Farmer lads from the Borders and ex-public school boys (Heriots, Stuart Melville, Glasgow High etc) and well he was right a bunch of second and third generation that would have made Jack Charlton proud of his Irish footballers - hopefully they have more connection than Tony Cascarino!!

I thought Van der Merwe was an old traditional highland name - I am shocked.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

My Welsh rugby obsessed mate just took the love out of the win by saying our rugby team is actually full of South Africans, English and Kiwis. So I had a google on the team expecting the normal Farmer lads from the Borders and ex-public school boys (Heriots, Stuart Melville, Glasgow High etc) and well he was right a bunch of second and third generation that would have made Jack Charlton proud of his Irish footballers - hopefully they have more connection than Tony Cascarino!!

A few years back they had some New Zealanders playing for them who were referred to as the 'kilted Kiwis'. Having said that England are hardly spotless in this respect.

I also read somewhere (it might not be true, but why let that stand in the way of a good statistic) that there were more rugby referees in England than rugby players in Scotland.

BTW that was the worst performance I've seen from an England side in 50 years.

 

[Cpt. Spavil]

It was disgraceful, Scotland had a better gameplan.

Why are we selecting Saracens players they aren't good and it showed. Itoje cost us 8 of our 15 penalties we conceded the whole game.