Forward power destroying Scotland so far.
Rugby World Cup 2019 aka Squishy McSquish goes into a meltdown thread
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Why we let Vern Cotter go, I will never know!
The injuries are starting to mount up in this half, Aki and POM as well as Johnny being down at every stop in play.
Townsend - GTF!!
Yeah, that sounds like a pretty common refrain unfortunately.
One millions per year.
Hmm, rare to see a game get stopped, isn't it? This must be bad.
Oof. The look on Schmidt's face when chatting to the official there would also say this is not good.
Ah, apparently Cian Healy asked the ref to stop the match.
Looked similar to the position that took leavy out of the WC
Jeez, hope Hamish is ok. Didn’t look great at all unfortunately
Who is taking over Ireland after Joe Schmidt leaves?
Yep, and it's going to keep happening again and again. A real blight on the game.
Farrell
I was just thinking about where Schmidt would go now that Gatland got the Chiefs job, after Schmidt being linked with them forever. I suppose that it's going to be the Blues or the Hurricanes.
You will have O'Gara in the near future, if french clubs don't throw incredible amounts of money at him.
Ireland have lost Aki and O'Mahony to HIAs. Need to close this game out and take the pressure off getting them through the protocols.
Yep, O'Gara looks the man, and he's building a coaching career in a very sensible and impressive way.
Schmidt is taking time out for his family. It'll be at least a year, but who knows, he may never come back to management.
@RedDevilRoshi, I'm reading Townsend has sent on Brown for Watson?
Lucky the scoreline isn’t heavier. Ireland are just too strong. We can’t seem to defend against their powerful forwards.
It’s been a typical Townsend performance. Not getting the basics right, can’t defend, playing way too expansively when it’s just best to keep it simple and build up a few phases.
If Ireland really step it up in this 2nd half, it’s going to get nasty and I’m going to hide behind my couch!
It’s been a typical Townsend performance. Not getting the basics right, can’t defend, playing way too expansively when it’s just best to keep it simple and build up a few phases.
If Ireland really step it up in this 2nd half, it’s going to get nasty and I’m going to hide behind my couch!
I think I heard something about him changing his plans not to move back home after his mother died, I can see him moving to France in a year or 2.
O Gara is building towards Munster I'm having none of this Ireland talk.
Going with experience. Brown has played at 7 before even though his natural position is hooker which is occupied by McInally.
Ahhhh right. It sounded funny at first a hooker coming on there.
Conditions are appaling now though. Probably not going to be a high-scoring half.
I keep mixing Best's head and the ball.
It did but Brown has played a few games for Glasgow at number 7. Townsend picked a very experienced lineup. I’d love wee Darcy Graham to come on for Seymour.
You might be right but I think you have taken your foot off the gas a bit. We are there for a hammering if you want it.
Foot off the gas a bit will also be a strategy I reckon. We're defending well and you'll have to be very, very good to get enough scores in these conditions.
Why Scotland are that light? I have never seen a "normal" forward pack for Scotland.
That should be that then.
That's twice Ireland have gotten great change out of the blind side.
That's twice Ireland have gotten great change out of the blind side.
Jack Carty is on! 
Expecting a lot of kicks into the Scottish corner now.
Expecting a lot of kicks into the Scottish corner now.
This has been one of our main weaknesses for years, probably before I even started watching rugby. I don’t know how but we never seem to produce a good, strong set of forwards.
It's nice being from a country that's actually one of the best in a sport. For a change hah. C'mon Ireland!
Jack Carty! Could have been a magical moment there.
I reckon Ireland wouldn't have dreamed of being able to empty the bench and get the key players in cotton wool by the 60th minute. It's been very impressive.
Such a pity this didn't end up in a try. Very clever kick through from Carty then this...
Tell me if I'm wrong but when Cotter joined Scotland french reporters were following him and one of the surprise was that Scotland didn't spend much on Rugby and lacked basic things like a scrum simulator and in general top infrastructures. Is that a correct view?
Genuinely not sure tbh.
Rugby isn’t really taken seriously in Scotland and isn’t really that well funded. Football and golf are the two main sports that everyone plays in Scotland. Rugby, only a handful but again it’s not a major sport compared to the main two - football & golf
Scottish sport in general is in a dire place right now but that’s for another thread I suppose.