Score
29-26 to Scotland
Woke up at 5:30AM to catch all of the 2nd half. Both teams obviously missing a lot of stars
Maybe put spoilers around score discussion because many fellow Scots will be watching catch-up this morning.
29-26 to Scotland
Woke up at 5:30AM to catch all of the 2nd half. Both teams obviously missing a lot of stars
Maybe put spoilers around score discussion because many fellow Scots will be watching catch-up this morning.
I was thinking that - if it was a maul, it would have been. So why when its the only defender 5m out from a quick tap would it not also be?
(I dont think either should be penalty try + yellow - one or the other is sufficient punishment for mine).
Was a hell of a game though eh - good atmosphere, relatively evenly matched teams. I heard someone saying it was around a b/c level Scottish team with so many of the A-listers with the Lions; but it would be a struggle to call the Maori ABs even a C level NZ team at the moment. There’s a handful of starting SR players, 0 ABs squad members* and the reserve halfback wasn’t even in a SR squad this year.
In fact of the entire team the only SR starters I can think of were the two locks, TK Howden, Rivez Reihana and Bailyn Sullivan who was shunted out to right-wing as soon as Proctor came back from injury.
*Walker-Leawere was called in as injury cover for a week last year & TK Howden is close to knocking on the door.
Yeah, we’re very much B team territory. And the MAB were C if that. Good to see Scotland lay down a gauntlet all the same, I’d love to see Scotland get a proper crack at the All Blacks again - it’s never that often!
Its hard, because they compete with Ireland, England etc - but Scotland definitely deserve a full tour, its been way too long.