Gregor Townsend gives honest analysis on Scotland's loss to Ireland at the Rugby World Cup
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- Rugby press conference with Scotland's head coach Gregor Townsend and captain Jamie Ritchie as they give an honest assessment on their loss against Ireland in their last game of Pool B at the Rugby World Cup. #rwc2023
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No fault Scotland, this is a brilliant Irish team.
Don’t lose heart Scotland- you are respected in South Africa and we see how good you are and what you can become. No one would have beaten Ireland tonight
Same is true in Ireland. The lopsided draw is generally great since we have more tounament-critical matchups. But I would have loved for Scottish rugby to reap their honours in more visable circumstances. Greagor makes great points about developing for the future. Sadly a different draw would have spured that development on purely through profile. Untill the six nations Scotland.
What's up with the SA fans being nice? It's a breath of fresh air 😆
Wait...Scotland are good? 🤔 well then, that gives me A LOT more confidence in Ireland then.
Scotland = Done
NEW Zealand = NEXT 😂
most rugby fans in real life are pretty chill..except the english lol@@BirrDetonator1989
Very nice comment and yes in Ireland we respect Scotland
Bitter sweet win, nothing but respect for our Celtic brothers! Scotland have become a high calibre team under Townsend
As an Irish person, I was properly nervous for this match. Scotland cannot be judged on this WC pool, the draw was a joke. I am confident that Scotland would beat all four teams in the other half of the draw in any pool or QF.
Mate same here there was somthin about this match!
Unfortunately the Scots have fallen of a cliff in rugby terms . They had no idea how to distrupt the Irish maul or regain possession , and had no idea of how to break the defence . No chip kicks , infact no kicking game whatsoever. Just tried to batter their way through.
This win is all the more impressive because this is an absolutely cracking scotland team. Ireland made precisely two mistakes in the game that scotland turned into 14 points.
Yeah because Scotland has won loads of six nations and grand slams . Arrived at the WC semi finals and final so many times ? Behave yourself. Scotland are overrated simple as that
As an Irish supporter i have nothing but the utmost respect for Gregor Townsend he is a fantastic coach who has transformed Scottish Rugby. They are a fantastic team, in any other group they would have easily qualified. World rugby really needs to change how they choose the pools because Scotland deserve to be in the quarter finals. They are far better than any of the teams in groups C and D
Could have made a semi if they were on the other side. Gregor has massive amounts of humility. Respect.
No they don’t Stop it They lost twice already Get a grip on yourself Focus on Ireland and stop talking about losers . Irish guys are to nice
Plainly not Scottish or Irish. We respect each other.@@gazzyb7571
This is the best Scottish team I’ve seen in years. Keep it going Gregor. We’re delighted to win and go forward to QF but you played a lot of good rugby tonight and in my view there’s more to come.
Unfortunately I'm not too sure there is much more to come. The Scottish underage is a mess. Their under 20s have been awful for a number of years.
And they still only finished 3rd in the 6N. Have improved but England and Wales dropping off has helped their results
No there isnt. Townsend has wasted probably our best ever group of players. Thats two world cup group stages exits. The highest weve ever finished in the 6 nations is 3rd.
We went in with plan A of 'give it to Russell and hope for the best', Ireland and South Africa pressed him and we folded, badly. We had nothing after that. If we had competed and noy gone through then you can live with that, but we were dismantled. Men against boys stuff in those games.
As others have said, out under 20s are shocking and there only so many South Africans we can play. This was the peak of the mountain for us, within 3/4 years we'll be back to scrapping away with Italy for the wooden spoon.
Scotland have to travel to Dublin in 2024,ouch.
You were destroyed by the Irish ☘️ Get over it
Nothing but respect for Gregor - I think any other pool Scotland would have made the quarters.
French here. This is an amazing Scottish team, I truly hope they can bounce back quickly 🎉
What a match.!!!!
Congratulations to both teams. Excellent rugby on display. The scoreboard may not reflect it but Scotland played an excellent game. Ireland we’re just too good.
This match had everything, sublime skills, incredible tactics, marvelous supporters. A thoroughly enjoyable match. It was a thing of beauty. I can’t wait for the next match.
Ireland is looks very very good. They have the skills, they have the strategy, they have the ability and they have the belief. The all blacks will have their work cut out for then to contain such a talented team.
As an Irish fan i say Well done Scotland a great game , looking forwar to meeting you again in the 6 nations ,
This guy (Gregor) is a fantastic player, coach, and gentleman. He told the truth here. Not much Scotland could do with the Irish defense as good as it was in the first 20 minutes. I think that deflated the team. All the effort in the world and they couldn’t breakthrough.
Wasn't the truth at all.
Saying Ireland were better "ON THE NIGHT" as if on another night scotland would normally be better is deluded and in no way the truth. If he told the truth he would have said Ireland were always gonna be a mountain to climb, and scotland needed an exceptional performance to beat them while ireland would have needed to play shit. Then scotland MIGHT have won and indeed that would have been the truth.
@@DAGATHireIdiot, he can only talk about the night because anything else is hypothetical and guessing
@@allanmacbadger5692 It's nonsense positive angle rubbish. The fans can see through it. Well... usually.
Townsend is a class act to be fair
I’m Scot’s so feeling miserable…..but
As good as I thought Ireland were I didn’t think they were this good. They were exceptional and are must be firm favourites for the competition.
I’m keeping fingers crossed they keep this going because it would be wonderful to see Irelands name on the trophy.
Thank you 🙏
As an Englishman I would love to have a team to support that is as brave, daring, skilled and entertaining as Scotland. The draw was cruel, to say the least.
Honestly, I'm Irish, obviously delighted for ourselves but that bloody draw that world rugby have devised is harsh. Perhaps this is the kick in the arse Scotland need. They have great players.
We were nothing of the sort in this game. The team collapsed as soon as Ireland were on the board
Gregor has Scotland at No.5 in the world for an extended period. Considering Scotland were in and out of the top 10 7-8 years ago, that’s only bad.
The draw really shafted Scotland this time. If they’d had England’s group they’d be topping it instead of going home.
As an England supporter I can only say that this Scotland team not reaching the quarters whilst England have is a travesty. Ireland were astonishingly good, though.
Fair comment. I agree Ireland were astonishing last night.
England doing England things in the world cup. They always manage to get far even if not playing well, it's actually amazing. Did they ever think they'd be in a final in 2019?
Yes. England were in excellent form in 2019. They were the best team in the tournament but unfortunately the second best in the final.
@@phillipbaldwin Yep SA has the easiest run to the final, england had to knock out AUS, NZ back to back then face SA in the final. So people moaning england have an easier way this round can go fuck themselves lol.
Stop being an English bootlicker. Scotland beat Romania and Tonga. Never done anything in a six nations. Not at the level to be in the knockouts yet
As an Irsh man i take my hat off to Scotland. I was dreading the match because i know Scotland could have upset us. Scotland are a great team to watch and are my favourite next to Ireland. Im sorry they are not in the quarters. They should be there when you look at the other sides of the pools.
Scottish rugby has come
On leaps and bounds, it’s been a real pleasure to watch, I’m an England fan but I’ve shown a keen interest in Scotland, the team has a good vibe about it and you have the best coach in Gregor.. Jamie Ritchie is a fantastic captain leading from the front.. it’s hard to go out of the World Cup but some many positives to take away every game is an education in terms of always taking something away and improve on.. England have been lucky Id bet my pension if we had your group we would be out fact. Go home proud and come back stronger… superb effort boys 🙏👏👏👏👏
Well done Ireland from a jock , go all the way boys .
The draw shafted Scotland. Would’ve topped England or Wales’ group. I’m happy we topped it but sorry it was at Scotland’s expense.
Now we have the Scots behind us, I hope they stick around Paris for a while.
Thanks for the gracious support!
Gregor spoke well there. He is a tremendous coach and has brought on this Scottish team a long way, They have brilliant individual talent and are a joy to watch especially the backline! It was just unfortunate for them with the group they got landed with. As an Irish man I'd always shout for Scotland any time we're not playing them!
These post match interviews when you lose are like explaining why an ex just dumped you. 😮😮
Hahahaha
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Ha, ha I know what you mean. Like this: In critical moments, I didn't listen to my ex. When she really needed support, I didn't show it. Over the course of the relationship I wasn't good enough.
I was at the game last night. The Scottish fans were amazing. Loud and proud and the team played well. From a very vocally limited Irishman.
A measure of the respect Ireland has for Scottish rugby was demonstrated on the pitch . Ireland played one of their finest . It shows the level they felt was necessary to beat the Scots … nothing but our best would do .
Scotland in another group would have gotten a head of steam up and confidence to make it further. The World cup suffered due to the group choices .
Ireland were immense . Injuries !!!!
Utmost respect to Scotland and Gregor in particular, he is a gentleman. I expected a much closer game. Hope ireland can go all the way, this team deserves to at least play a final
I love Scottish rugby, chin up and keep going. Townsend is a class act and understands what Scotland needs to do
From an Irish fan, you guys would have wiped the floor with any team in the other side of our group and after that anything could have happened but definitely a deserved further journey. The draw was cruel.
Pity Ireland and Scotland couldn’t have both progress into the quarter finals. 🇮🇪 I think Scotland will be a vey fine side with some fine tuning.
I'm delighted the brothers got those tries, no way they deserved to be nilled. Scotland had better of first and last quarters, and were ahead in some of the match stats-the big difference was in defense and taking chances.
Imo Scotland should be dancing in the glens with where your team has got to. #5 in the world with only 2 pro teams! I mean FFS England & France have 2 pro leagues :D
With only 2 pro teams, you will always struggle, that's just the way it is-small countries can only get to the top if rugby is their national sport …eg NZ, Wales, Fiji… or if they're Ireland ;) Keep doing what you're doing, you're a great side to watch :)
Exactly, they can be proud of the first and fourth quarter for sure.
Forever the diplomat Gregor; a slight reference to being in the same pool as world’s No 1 and 2 and giving due credit and respect for Ireland’s victory. It was a pleasure to have been in Nice and Lille and to have been witness to the joy the team brought to Scottish supporters and without rancour I doubt the outcome would have been any different had England or Wales been drawn in pool that Scotland were given. Ireland look like World Cup winners in waiting.
keep up the good work- Keep Gregor as head coach- just a tough group -- only two could go through
He's right though, this WC draw and the last one are miles apart. Scotland got a raw deal in the draw
Its shocking to see that England and Wales will probably fall into semi final, when the Scots are far superior and going home now,
So did South Africa and Ireland by that logic
Scotland were rubbish would've lost in the other pools too
Looking at Fiji play, and England performance yesterday, I reckon Fiji will beat them.
@@jimbob2252
No, SA and Ireland had two good teams playing well in their group. England had none.
I feel sorry for Scotland, the draw fucked them over. They would have had a chance of reaching the final if they were on the Pool C/D side of the draw
Keep the good work going Gregor. Your frankness and honesty makes me very proud.
Did Townsend begrudgingly complement Ireland?
He complimented Ireland before the game all throughout the build-up also
Well played Scotland…that Irish side is awesome - wow impressive!
🇿🇦
Totally outplayed in every department, even between the ears
good honest press conference. Never easy to answer questions after a game like that. This Scotland team deserve praise for where they have come from and the way they play rugby now. Ireland are excellent at the moment and there is absolutely no point getting pitchforks out for losing to the number1 team in the world. The group of death was well named - having the number 1 and 2 teams in the world rankings in a group where only two progress was ridiculous for the 5th ranked team to have to contend with. Not sure what world rugby need to do to stop this happening but its not good enough. Its like having Brazil Argentina Germany and Italy in the same group in the football world cup. Wouldn't happen.
We've got a decent team🇮🇪
Till Nek week you guys will get walloped lol 😂
@@emmanuelblack9386Probably but i hope Ireland are injury free
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@@emmanuelblack9386😂😂😂😂 I'd say you were laughing all the way through that tonight, I was. We just love dumping ye out of world cups in SPECTACULAR fashion
@@emmanuelblack9386 We’ll revisit this comment next week and see how well it’s aged or not.
Not being biased but england and wales havent had to get out of second gear to qualify and it is unfair for the group they have been in. If England or Wales were in pool B they also wouldn't have qualified i dont think
Ireland were better on the day, it's as simple as that.
No good getting too disheartened as we were in the group of death and on paper and recent form we finished up in 3rd place exactly where we should.
We should remember that we were rated the 5th team in world rugby and for a small country like Scotland that is amazing, especially with the very small player pool available, no blame no shame.
Ireland was absolutely incredible... Scotland - you did alright! They are The team to beat
-Another SAn
You guys are a fine team. As an Ireland supporter you guys scared me. At times I could see the quality in Scotland. You always give Ireland a tough test, always. I'm sorry you're going home. This is a lopsided WC and in any other group you would have made more progress.
Gregor and his team can hold their heads up, bloody horrendous pool this should never happen again pools A/B knowing 2 of the top 4 teams will be out in the quarters.
We’re witnessing what everyone was already talking about, and it’ll happen again next week…teams getting knocked out prematurely.
Scotland could’ve topped some of the other pools I would say. Deserved to go farther. I guess we’ll see them next in the 6N, confident they’ll be a different beast then.
This group of Scotland players are excellent. We all learn the difference between being 5th and number one team in the world. The difference to me, is Ireland executed a number of moves to open up Scotland's defence, that came from the training field. FIRST, the opposite winger running the way across the field to give Ireland the extra man for the overlap. I think this happened for two or three tries. May be defensively Scotland's opposite winger needed to track him, as he wasn't picked up by anyone. This was executed at high speed. Well Done Andy Farrell and Ireland.
SECOND they had manoeuvres near Scotland line the forwards executed to create more players together to attack Scotland's line. One of these was thwarted by the ball hitting the referee.
A good lessen for Scotland to take forward. I do believe in Gregor and his coaching team can continue to progress Scotland. I do believe Finn Russell and his fellow age group players will continue to evolve. Our next chance to their progress will be the 6 nations.,
The second half meant nothing other than Scotland getting some points on the board. The game was over in the first half with Ireland getting the bonus point.
I think Gregor Townsend is an absolute ace coach, he’s determined, he wants progress all the time, stands by the players. And Scotland have played big teams and beat them previously. I just think there’s a few areas of where Scotland could improve on but they should be proud of theme selves of how far they have come.
Look at some of the pacific island teams especially Fiji - in world cups before you would have written them off but look at them now.
In my opinion Irish teams are brilliant at using stacked blocker patterns and Andy Farrell’s experience of using this in Rugby League has undoubtedly been schooled into this team. They are untouchable !
stacked blocker patterns eh , fucking load of BS .....The Irish use the tactic called "pod play" where groups of players are strategically positioned to block AND RUN INTO defenders ILLEGALLY and create space ILLEGALLY for their attacking players. This strategy is 100% shepherding, as it allows the attackers to run behind the players forming the pods, and blocking or shielding them from the opposition having any chance of defending. world rugby has to decide whether they want to join the American football NFL or Not , How the Irish get away with this illegal , lame and cowardly tactic is anyone's guess , Go figure
Just have a look at the first try and tell me how many scotland players are taken out by irish players running straight into them after someone else has passed the ball behind them
Nah NZ will smoke them
NZ aren’t gonna smoke shit
I agree but I think NZ has a plan for that if not another team will plan for that if they progress
@@louismunro3251 And of course Ireland have no plans at all and are just going to do the same thing.
Scottish team is on an upward trajectory a few years behind Ireland in that rise, but rising and improving. Scotland has been so unfortunate that their strong team has coincided with Ireland's and South Africa's great teams and Scotland are the first victims of the ridiculous 2023 draw. A top 5 team will not make the last 8. After next weekend, two top 4 teams will definitely not make the semis. Scotland have already beaten two comfortable Wales/England this year in the 6 nations. Both were comfortable qualifiers for the Quarter Finals.
That said, Scotland just need to keep the faith and keep rising.
I’m still proud of our boys.. I think they done well. Ireland were just so good in this game. All our boys are very talented, I think they’re brilliant.
What a nice comment!
I'm an Irish fan and I can tell you we were nervous for this game. Scotland are a strong team and I truly believe they would have been in the quarters in any other pool. It is a bitter sweet win for us. But Scotland should be proud of their team
If Scotland converted their opportunities tho.. hopefully this will stop them talking themselves up before every Ireland game now. Keep your cards to your chest. Well, well beaten
What are you talking about? I'm Irish and the players nor coach said anything bad about Ireland. They had belief in themselves and were complimentary of Ireland. Trolls on social media don't count.
@@zombievikinggaming4258 Blair Kinghorn said "we'll end Ireland's winning run this Sat night". Said they had Ireland figured out. Peter O'Mahony brought it up in his post match interview. Belief is fine but why on earth he would say something like that I'll never know.
He's not allowed to have belief? That's nothing bad, fair play to him. Should he say "we don't stand a chance and i wish we didn't have to play this game"?
The last bit about "said they figured Ireland out" I'd want a source for. Every team studies each other and is confident in their preparation to win.
@@zombievikinggaming4258 No he said we WILL end Ireland's run. That's not just belief that's fuel for Ireland's fire. Bad idea against that team.
@@Mojo-IRE And? Get over yourself. He believed they would be good enough to win. They play a great brand of rugby and why shouldn't he? Commiserations to the Scotland team, they played valiantly. Now let's hope we can beat New Zealand and our injuries aren't too bad.
Fair play to Scotland for their intent and honesty.
I remember the late 1980s and 90s when Ireland couldnt buy a win against the Scots.
These periods of dominance always come to and end but this is Irelands time.
See ye in 6 Nations 24
What a dignified person Gregor is.
Over 82 minutes Scotland could only score a solitary penalty against the Boks. Gregor "we had a close game against Number 2 in the world".😂Ireland demolished them too. Seems like thrashing Romania and Tonga has given the Scots a false sense of their capabilities.
I think they should have gone for the three w/ that first penalty. It probably wouldn't have mattered in the end, but...
No. Scotland needed to win and they needed tries to win. 3pts is useful in tight games between well-matched teams but Sco were the underdogs and the pressure was massively on them.
'but' what?
As a Wallaby fan, I've seen my team making the decision to kick for goal when it seemed pointless and at other times kick for a lineout and come away with zilch. Rugby can be a frustrating game with tough decisions being made on the fly.
@@BelloBudo007 but... you never know... The Wallabies sucked and would have lost to Scotland if were in the same group. It's not really a comparison. Jones' gave that team no chance w/ his stupid selections.
@@Cenotaur1 I agree, but it was the beginning of the game, they had conceded a try within the first two mins. Go for the three and get yourselves on the board and start again. They played well the whole first half with nothing to show for it.
They needed 5 points they had to go for tries. Winning by 22, without 4 tries would have seen them going home.
Wayne Barnes standing behind Scoeman when he threw Sheehan over the barrier?No punishment ?
Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪 you'll be back Scotland. Ireland a great team
Ireland are a better team than Scotland maybe better than anyone else for that matter however what happened is Ireland played right up to their ability and Scotland fell below their best and the only way Scotland were going to win is if those two things were reversed.
You must be joking Ireland played ok not bad but fine. This team has won a series in New Zealand a Slam a few months ago and beaten the world champions twice this season. They're on a 17 game unbeaten run. You can't just dismiss all that and say both these teams are on the same level and Scotland just didn't show up that's just delusional.
@@DM-rp9ik I didn't say that infact I said basically the opposite of what you said that I said.
Well done Scotland second half display was better heads up no shame in losing to us 💚Ireland are a top team 🍀best of luck in the 6 nations 🏴🇮🇪
Yea when half the starters were taken off
" I'm proud of the boys" - how often we keep hearing these words!
Scotland are a very good team and were dealt a really tough hand by the rediclious draw. They didn't show up v ireland or the boks but they are still a great team. Respect from Ireland
They certainly showed who they are in attack. Their 2 trys were world class. Head up scotland. Great game. Any other group and you would have easily made the 1/4s. From 🇮🇪
What game were these journalists watching, Scotland played well, Ireland played better!
Ireland attacked a Scottish strengh in their centre partnership. Aki and Ringrose were dominant in that area. Scotland attack play seems too based on individual brillance creating chances as opposed to system be based attack.
As a Scotsman we just have to bow our heads to a far better team. Scotlands biggest problem of late is their line outs. They just keep giving the ball away and lose any advantage they gained. Anyway it was a tall ask to get out of this group but we played better in the second half when Ireland sent on their second team.
Agreed.
The embarrassment for Scotland is probably the fact that they were relentless in boasting about how they would send Ireland home and more….It might be wise if they zipped up their mouths in future.
The fact that we are nervous when playing Scotland these days just shows how much they have improved.
Saffa here
They are a strong team and had us nervous too 🇮🇪
Scotland have a good plan A but when that doesn’t work we can’t change to a plan B,C or D. You can’t do same old against Ireland. Leaving out Hamish Watson was a big mistake, his meters gained after contact is amazing. Cam Redpath would have given Ireland something different to think about.
Scots need to have a third Pro Team if they want to go further still ranked #5 in the world but need a third Pro Team, it's not a big sport in Scotland only 40k registered rugby players vs Ireland with close to 200k registered players, so Scots get more teams and players, even in NZ we have close to 350k registered players and Boks have close to 800k registered players, hopefully, our ABs will smash them up and win!!!!
No shame in Scotland's group stage exit. They were in a dire pool and this prompted how the pools are determined and at what time.
This should never have happened and Scotland can be proud.
As an englishman id just like to say to the scots dont be to disheartened with this you still becoming a grate ruggby nation iv allways enjoyed watching you play as for irleland i hope you win world cup you hav my support neil england👍
Couple of questions about the age group set ups etc to get players coming through!! Hit the nail on the head !! Pro 6 is a shambles .. need a 3rd possible 4th pro team and replace super 6with regional competition .. petition Scottish Goverment to have rugby teams in all schools etc etc change is needed or we will field and entire South African team in the future
Scotland are fifth in the world and got shafted in the draw but there is a big gap between the top 4 and the rest. Gregor doesn’t help by not picking players like Watson and redpath at least on the bench to make impact. They should be honest in the build up rather than pretending they are contenders, emotion only gets you so far.
2 players who would have been fundamental, especially to defense, are Steyn and Harris. I'm gobsmacked they never got picked, especially Steyn. I thought he was a dead cert against Ireland. That's harsh and Townsend really missed a trick there. Those 2 to start and replaced with Jones and Graham for speed would have been brilliant and a theory proposed by ITV pundits last week.
I simply cannot believe that Mish never got in the 23, the game would have changed if he had come on for Ritchie. A powerhouse like Mish not getting used against the best team in the world?
@@purple_rose7477 my heart sank when I saw the team. Do want to say that Tuipulotu was immense, by far the best player on our side.
As an Irish fan no hard feelings neighbours you had me worried during the week
Townsend is watching a different Scotland team to me.
Such a pity with the [too] early draw based on old rankings.
Top five on one side of the draw - Wimbledon wouldn’t allow this.
Bad news for Scotland and for the tournament even worse in that 50% of the probable semi finalists - in a fairer draw - will be going home early.
It was a very enjoyable game.
The first 20 minutes and last 20, Scotland were incredibly dangerous.
Unfortunately (or fortunately for us Irish!), they couldn't keep up the pressure for the full 80 minutes, but that was by no means a bad performance from Scotland.
Ireland number 1 in the world for over a year now and tonight they've shown that by brushing aside a fantastic team like SCOTLAND
Scotland is anything but fantastic
Fantastic?
They wiped their bum with them in fairness.
@@Trajan2401scotland would have battered the allblack,s ...Irish on another level will murder the poor little black,s 😂😂😂😂
I think Gregor is amazing too and doing a really good job. It would be a mistake to lose him because of this.
The result was never in question.
From safa....heads up buddy's u rock...it could be different the pool off death wasnt fare in this wc,but ye sometimes its like that...
Was at the Scots v Saffers game a few weeks ago..... lots of endeavour and helter skelter rugby from them as you expect from the Scots but the Saffers were always in control. Yes they have one or two good players they rely on but, overall, it’s a small pool of home grown players and presumably they employ a person in the role of identifying any player worldwide
who might remotely have Scottish DNA.
Blair Kinghorn said Scotland would win. Eddie Jones said Australia would beat Wales. This is perfect for the opposition and quite poor from Blair & Jones. Peter O'Mahony mentioned it in an interview and Ireland really punished Scotland. Scotland are a good team, and will hopefully get better but you don't wind up people like that. Townsend is a class act and sorry that Scotland are out. Great people, Great country. You will be back and better for it.
Loved scotland this tournament. Their attack is so impressive. Props to the irish for shutting it down completely. England wouldve been annihalated by both teams
Brilliant Ireland thoroughly deserved. Only downer for me was a remark from a player I very much admire - Peter O'Mahoney saying we have bigger fish to fry! Yes you do but respect opposition win or lose.
Home before the postcards. P.S. What happened to Hamish Watson ?!
NEXT TIME SCOTLAND 👏🏽 🇿🇦
Can’t understand why Townsend didn’t play Hamish Watson after his outstanding display in the previous game. We lacked a player who could break tackles and carry the ball towards Ireland. Don’t get me wrong, Ireland we’re absolutely outstanding and deserved to win.
Scotland did get the shitty end of the stick in regards to the pool draw, but I have to dissagree with Townsend on not taking the points on offer, they turned down 3 kicks at goal early on, potentially 9 points, when you are playing a better side you have to take your points when the opportunity presens it's self, at least you have a chance of putting doubt in the opporsitions mind, everytime Scotland went for the corner and came away with nothing you could just see Ireland lapping it up and growing in confidence.
Exactly. They could have gone in at half time 5-9 up.
I know that Coache’s, and player's can't come out and criticise the match official's, but I will!
Scotland v Ireland: How Nick Berry was given the job to referee this match. Out of all the referee's on display, Nick Berry will be at the bottom of the barrel in regards to game management. In saying that the refereeing at this World Cup has been very substandard, and the interference of the TMO should have a time limit placed on them, just like the goal kickers have to adhere to.
"FOR INSTANCE,"
England 🇬🇧 v Samoa 🇼🇸 Samoa scores a try the referee awards it, try is converted all in the matter of 2 minutes 25 seconds. The TMO Informs the ref that he is going to check or a knock-on, or vice versa, the ref Informs the TMO. Try disallowed. Owen Farrell lines up a conversion, he's penalised because he is over the time limit, but conversion is allowed. My point is, if the try and conversion was allowed Samoa would gone from 17-11 to 24-11, England scores a converted try the score 24-18 at full-time to Samoa.
The other scenario, Samoa is ahead 17-11, England scores a try, 17-16 Samoa, England needs the conversion to win 18-17. The conversion is disallowed, therefore Samoa should have won 18-16.
This is why believe that this world cup was dominated by the match officials.
" I HAVE LABELLED THIS WORLD CUP AS THE FARCE IN FRANCE! 🇫🇷
No shame to lose to that irish side i'm a scot they were brilliant.
I can tell you wholeheartedly we were nervous for the game. Scotland are a good team and should be in the quarters. Looking forward to when we play again in the 6 nations.
@@jeanninelee8821 Who's "we"?
@@randomuruk7230 what do you mean?
@@jeanninelee8821 I think most people expected to win by a decent margin, wasn't really nervous.
@@randomuruk7230 fair enough but I'll admit I along with a good few I know where nervous. Purley because you just never know which way it's gonna go and that Scottish team where good. 🙂
Esse ano eu vejo Irlanda muito favorita ao título
Scotland are better than some , pool system is cruel . You can wim the RWC without facing the best
This was a tough draw in contrast to other draws in this WC concidering who is going on.
Really hard luck for scotland, I think there are two groups they would have topped and the france NZ group they would have had a fighting chance in
I think they would struggle to overcome Fiji and wales tbh
@andrewcottle2899 I'd disagree, it wouldn't be 100% either way but I'd give the edge to scotland, the way wales have been playing is like they are stuck in the mud at times,
Irishman and supporter here. This group should never have existed. Scotland would hand it to England and England topped their group. Look at the draw Wales have. Its a joke; Ireland, SA, NZ and France all on the same side of the draw. Scotland should be through and it's sad that some commentators are talking about the impact this might have on Scottish Rugby overall. That, if true, would be incredibly sad. Keep going Scotland....
The only problem with ensuring that Scotland were unfortunate to be in the group of death is that the team cannot be considered to anywhere as good as the other teams, which is dismissive of Scotlands rugby team. During the 6 nations Scotland have shown that they are capable of causing teams problems, how then do they convert it to playing in a tournament and winning through, who has the answer. I enjoy watching Scotland, but how can they figure against the very best? I wish I knew.
Based on the shocking performances of the U20s and lack of talent that comes through wach year as well as the residencerule going from 3 to 5 years, scotland are doing amazing to be the 5th best team in the world. I am worried when this team starts to age out
While you have to give credit to Scotland they completely shot themselves in the foot with silly comments from some players that they were going to beat Ireland and had them figured out. I would hope in future these muppets would keep their mouths shut and understand that they are not as good as they believe they are, especially against the top top tier. A bit of humility and giving credit where credit is due would have stood Scotland in better stead. They were always underdogs and they knew if was odds on that they would get a spanking from the better team.
Townsend underestimating the significance of early penalty kicks