RBS Six Nations, Murrayfield, Scotland: Scotland 15 v 22 Ireland

MARCELLO: "Scozia vs Irlanda è stato il match delle conferme: l'Irlanda ha dimostrato ancora una volta che il suo XV è il XV più forte di questo 6 Nazioni e la Scozia ha confermato il suo cammino di progressi constanti e reali (ottima mischia e buonissima difesa dei 3/4). Questo 6 Nazioni può solo sfuggire a questa Irlanda per degli errori perchè ormai è  strafavorita nei pronostici".

Scotland (12) 15
Pens: Paterson 5
Ireland (9) 22
Tries: Heaslip Cons: O'Gara Pens: O'Gara 4 Drops: O'Gara

Scotland: Paterson, Danielli, M. Evans, Morrison, T. Evans, Godman, Blair, Dickinson, Ford, Murray, White, Hamilton, Strokosch, Barclay, Taylor.
Replacements: De Luca for Morrison (70), Cusiter for Blair (51), Hall for Ford (57), Hines for White (50), Gray for Barclay (67).
Not Used: Low, Southwell.
Ireland: Kearney, Bowe, B. O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, Fitzgerald, O'Gara, Stringer, Horan, Best, Hayes, O'Callaghan, O'Connell, Ferris, D. Wallace, Leamy.
Replacements: Murphy for Kearney (75), O'Leary for Stringer (65), Flannery for Best (61), Heaslip for Leamy (30).
Not Used: Court, M. O'Driscoll, P. Wallace.
Att: 55,000
Ref: J Kaplan (South Africa).

SAS STATS

Scotland V Ireland
Sat 14th March, Murrayfield

15 Final Score 22
12 Half Time 9
Scoring
0 Try 1
0 Penalty Try 0
0 Conversion 1
5 Penalty Goal 4
0 Drop Goal 1
Mins in Possession
11:43 1st Half 11:19
10:27 2nd Half 14:00
Mins in Opponents Half
23:49 1st Half 15:01
12:23 2nd Half 29:12
Events
3 Scrums Won 5
0 Scrums Lost 0
12 Lineout Won 13
4 Lineout Lost 0
0 Line Breaks 1
8 Penalties Conceded 11
77% Ruck Clearance 70%
12 Drives from Rucks 31
41 Passes from Rucks 73
1 Mauls Won 2
54 Ball Won in Open Play 106
3 Ball Won in Opp's 22 29
26 Set Piece Ball Won 26
118 Tackles Made 72
9 Tackles Missed 6
92% % Tackles Completed 92%
5 Offloads 3
17 Errors Made 12
4 Turnovers Won 7
4 Free Kicks Conceded 1
130 Passes Made 191
25 Possessions Kicked 38
16% % Possessions Kicked 16%
5 Poss. Kicked Errors 4
5 Poss. Kicked To Touch 9

Calendario 6 Nazioni 2009 Six Nations 2009 Fixtures

Date Local Time Home Score Away Venue Links
Sat 7th Feb 09 15:00 England 36 - 11 Italy Twickenham
Sat 7th Feb 09 17:00 Ireland 30 - 21 France Croke Park
Sun 8th Feb 09 15:00 Scotland 13-26 Wales Murrayfield

Sat 14th Feb 09 15:00 France v Scotland Stade de France
Sat 14th Feb 09 17:30 Wales v England Millennium Stadium
Sun 15th Feb 09 14:30 Italy v Ireland Stadio Flaminio

Fri 27th Feb 09 20:00 France v Wales Stade de France
Sat 28th Feb 09 15:00 Scotland v Italy Murrayfield
Sat 28th Feb 09 17:30 Ireland v England Croke Park

Sat 14th Mar 09 15:00 Italy v Wales Stadio Flaminio
Sat 14th Mar 09 17:00 Scotland v Ireland Murrayfield
Sun 15th Mar 09 15:00 England v France Twickenham

Sat 21st Mar 09 13:15 Italy v France Stadio Flaminio
Sat 21st Mar 09 15:30 England v Scotland Twickenham
Sat 21st Mar 09 17:30 Wales v Ireland

Scottish rugby and the Autumn Tests

Highlights on Scottish Rugby- Some tips about Scottish Rugby after the Test Match serie.
(many thanks to Graham Law*)
PHOTO: www.imagefactory.it ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PH. Alessandro Fornasetti

*Graham Law | Head of Media | Scottish Rugby-

Q. What do you expect from the next part of the season from this team?:

R.In our Autumn Tests we showed we could be competitive against the top two teams in the world, New Zealand and South Africa, the game against the World Cup holders underlining that we are capable of beating sides of that calibre, and that is our collective mindset, which we will take in to the 2009 RBS 6 Nations Championship.

You look at the world’s best teams and the trait that they all have is consistency. Too often in the past supporters have been unaware of what sort of performance they’ll see from the Scotland team. Over the last three weekends I reckon we’ve produced three performances where we have showed some good things. If we do that consistently, then, hopefully, we will be able to improve our win to loss ratio.

q.The scrum worked very well in the first test match, are u paving the way to have a first-in-class scrum for the future?

R. We have seen an improvement in our ability to compete with teams physically at both the setpiece at and at contact areas. Our scrummage is improving and we will look for that improvement to continue.