RE: 2014 Six Nations
RussyRover > 15/03/2014, 15:46
game #2 with WALES vs SCOTLAND and you would expect both sides to be fighting hard for it.
Gethin Jenkins becomes Wales's most capped player with his 105th cap today, and there will be no Leigh Halfpenny as he dislocated a shoulder last week...
TEAM NEWS
Wales: Liam Williams; Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North; Dan Biggar, Mike Phillips; Taulupe Faletau, Sam Warburton (Captain), Dan Lydiate; Alun Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris; Rhodri Jones, Ken Owens, Gethin Jenkins
Replacements: Richard Hibbard, Paul James, Adam Jones, Jake Ball, Justin Tipuric, Rhodri Williams, Rhys Priestland, James Hook
Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Dougie Fife, Alex Dunbar, Matt Scott, Max Evans; Duncan Weir, Greig Laidlaw; David Denton, Kelly Brown (captain), Ryan Wilson; Jim Hamilton, Richie Gray; Geoff Cross, Scott Lawson, Ryan Grant.
Replacements: Ross Ford, Alasdair Dickinson, Euan Murray, Tim Swinson, Alasdair Strokosch, Chris Cusiter, Duncan Taylor, Jack Cuthbert
It's an early penalty to Scotland 0-3, Laidlaw from 35 metres out.
It's a penalty given back and Dan Biggar equalises it up, 3-3. Kelly Brown goes off after a knee to the bonce, may not be that serious, have to wait and see...
Laidlaw misses a penalty from out wide, then Wales gets on the score sheet with a first try for Liam Williams, ably converted by Biggar, 10-3.
Ouch, Dan Biggar gets crunched by the Scots full back Stuart Hogg, he gets a yellow for it, but after the review, it's changed to a RED, don't see too many of those, but it wasn't a pretty sight... Biggar though is not that worse for wear as he puts the penalty over to make it 13-3
Another missed penalty chance from Laidlaw, that's gotta hurt the visitors... and again followed by another Welsh try, this time it's George North. Biggar has taken over Halfpenny's mantle and converts, 20-3, not going to plan for Scotland at all, and very much going to the Welsh plan, they couldn't make it work last week against the English but paying dividends this week.
Can Scotland make it to the half without conceding further, they survive one attack but not another as Jamie Roberts goes over, and once again Biggar add the 2pts... and that's the half over and done with...
HALF TIME: WALES 27-3 SCOTLAND
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Just under a minute in the 2nd half and George North go over on the left side and gets his 2nd of the day, Biggar misses the conversion, 32-3, the misery continues for the Scots...
This could be Scotland's biggest defeat at Cardiff as they lose a line out ball and it ends up with Jamie Roberts who gets his 2nd try of the game, Biggar gets it right this time, 39-3...
Ouch, 52 minutes and yet more pain for the Scots as Taulupe Faletau ( affine Welsh name there!!!) receives from Alun Wyn Jones to add another 5pts, as Biggar misses, it doesn't really matter now, it's getting all too easy for Wales... 44-3
I can't believe the Scots are letting this happen, ok, they have 14 men, but still, they're making it easy...
Scotland do up their game a bit, and have 20 mins or so without conceding, but then Rhodri Williams gets his 1st Welsh try and James Hook takes the conversion, 51-3, this is a record defeat for Scotland here...
That's it, the ref blows, thank fuck think the Scots and their fans, not their finest moment today...
7 tries for Wales, not seen that too often... Wales go out on a high, and Scotland on a low, but that's another championship over and done with for them...
FULL TIME: WALES 51-3 SCOTLAND