RUGBY Live

Finished

England 26 - Scotland 12

England

Scotland

55 comments | Write your comment

  • Live Commentary

    Time:80'
    • England
    • Scotland
    • 80' Goode kicks for touch and England have won 26-12. Satisfactory from Jonhson's men, Scots still with much to do!
    • 79' Tait looks full of running as he makes another break down the left wing.
    • 79' Southwell is down now. Looks like he's picked up head injury when tackling Tait.
    • 78' Scots throw crooked and England have scrum in Scots 22. Ball goes through the hands superbly and Tait is put over in corner for slick try. 26-12.
    • 77' Southwell on for Paterson as Care find decent touch in Scots 22.
    • 76' England are down to 14 men as they have no-one else to bring on!
    • 76' White is off which means uncontested scrums for rest of the game. Daft. Why not insist on teams having two props on bench?
    • 75' Great tackle Worsley on Gray forces knock on and scrum down to England. Can they score one more try to add some respectibility to this half?
    • 73' Haskell on for Croft, Goode for Flood.
    • 73' Scotrs concede penalty, Care drops back into pocket and nails lovely drop goal. 21-12. England needed that!
    • 70' England pick and drive deep in Scots 22. Easter breaks tackle to go close, Flood tries to cut inside. Scots defence holds firm and they kick loose ball ahead and Flutey forced to clear up.
    • 68' Cusiter on for Blair. Scots concede penalty and Flood kicks for corner. Not sure about that decision. England had better get some points from this attack.
    • 67' Easter takes quick tap in his own 22, runs into Scots tacklers alone and concedes penalty right in front of posts. Paterson makes kick and cuts England lead to 18-12. England in danger of throwing this one away!
    • 66' Scots have worked a good position and have men over but Flutey is up quickly and forces knock on. Well read by the Wasps man.
    • 65' Armitage kicks straight into touch and England concede 40m for Scots throw deep in their half.
    • 63' England concede penalty and Godman now has another chance to cut England's lead. 50m this time. If he gets this then Scots just one score behind with 20 minutes to go. Nice kick but just short.
    • 60' Lovely inside ball from Flood to Mears and the hooker makes 30m into Scots half. Dangerous tackle on Mears earns England penalty. Flood misses kick from in front of posts. Unbelievable!
    • 59' Lovely step by Flutey opens Scots defence, the centre chips ahead but bad bounce allows Scotland to touch down.
    • 58' Kennedy on for Shaw.
    • 58' Hall on for Ford and Hines for White.
    • 55' Danielli makes superb break down left wing after Scots take quick throw near their line. But final pass does not go to hand - again! Game is really opening up now and full of running rugby, but final ball not good enough for several promising attacks.
    • 54' England go through the phases but Scots defence holds firm, Cueto claims grubber but Scots force turnover and clear to touch. Nice pasage from England but they again should have come away with points.
    • 50' England concede another penalty, this time for Shaw coming in the side. Godman steps up for long shot on goal - 40m - and nails the kick. 18-9 to England.
    • 49' White makes 30-yard break down left flank but his pass goes to ground. Flood finds superb touch inside Scots 22, but visitors win penalty for Borthwick taking out Hamilton in mid air.
    • 47' Tait is on for Monye.
    • 47' Danieli slips tackle of Monye but Scots knock on and attack comes to an end.
    • 45' Easter penalised for dangerous tackle. Another superb kick from Pateson cuts England lead to 18-6.
    • 42' Mears penalised for going to ground as news filters through that Ellis is up and about after receiving stitches for nasty cut behind ear. Thom Evans is also down and does not look like he's goping to continue. Nick De Luca is on.
    • 41' Early penalty to England as Armitage taken out in the air by Jason White. Chance for Flood to extend England lead which he does with lovely strike. England 18-3.
    • 41' One change for Scotland: Brown comes on at number eight in place of Taylor as Flood starts second half.
    • 40' Flood nails penalty and England lead 15-3 as ref blows for half-time. Good half from England but maybe they will feel they should be a little further ahead.
    • 40' England force turnover and attack through Cueto and Armitage, who kicks ahead but Paterson is back to clear up danger. England continue to attack and go close through Tindall, but Monye then spills ball - but ref awards penalty for earlier Scots infringement.
    • 38' England going for pushover but ref calls for re-set. Lucky for Scots as they were going backwards. Next set he gives freekick to Scots. Daft decision!
    • 36' Superb handling by England and Flutey again goes close, ball is retained and White is held up over the line. Fantastic passage of play but England really should have scored. Ref has gone to TMO just to be sure who awards five-yard scrum to England.
    • 32' Lovely take by Blair and the Scots skipper spins out of tackle and is away. But he fails to find Danielli in support and when ball is recycled Godman's cross kick is too long and Cueto comfortably touches down.
    • 30' Flood adds converion and England lead 12-3.
    • 30' Scots make mess of lineout and England go close. Ball is recycled and looks like Flutey has gone over - or has he? Ref has gone to TMO, who awards the try. 10-3 England. Close call but fully deserved by England.
    • 29' It's all England at the moment as they put series of impressive attacks together. Lots of width and decent passing strectching Scots defence and needs tackle from Paterson to prevent Worsley going over in right corner.
    • 24' Care puts up box kick and Monye tackles Danielli deep in his half. The England wing is having a cracking game! Tindall continues attack, the ball is worked to Croft in the corner but flanker is tackled into touch.
    • 22' Flood sells dummy and makes half break opn the outside before feeding Monye and the flyer goes over in the corner for his first try for England. Well worked try. 5-3 England.
    • 22' Care makes good dart into Scots 22, England recycle and Flutey steps inside to continue attack. Flood makes half break, Easter continues to hammer Scots line.
    • 21' Ugly pass to Godman from Blair and the Scots fly-half knocks on and England have attacking scrum in Scots half. Blair could live to regret the error.
    • 20' Care puts up high ball and Cueto tackles Evans deep in Scots half. But Scotland retain possession.
    • 18' England penalised for holding on after going through couple of phases. Looks like the England carrier needs a bit more support when he goes to ground.
    • 17' Care on as Ellis is stretchered off.
    • 17' Ellis was out before he had hit the ground. Nothing wrong with the tackle, let's just hope the Leicester scrum-half is ok, though he won't be playing any further part in this game.
    • 17' Ellis is flat out after tackle on Danielli as Scots concede penalty for Strokosch coming in from the side. Full medical team are on for his injury.
    • 15' England freekick at scrum and opt for another put in. Tindall penalised for not releasing - looked tad debatable as Morrison had not held him. Scots kick for touch in England half.
    • 13' Vickery is down. Look dazed and he's off for White.
    • 13' England almost break free after big tackle from Tindall on Morrison. Great start to the game.
    • 11' Thom Evans makes superb break down blind-side and looks set to score but Monye comes across and makes stunning last-ditch tackle on the Scots wing. Brilliant from Evans and brilliant from Monye. All started when Ellis made wrong option to try and go blind.
    • 9' Nice step from Flutey opens space in Scots defence but the centre loses his footing and move comes to an end.
    • 8' Another penalty to Scots for Ellis not rolling away. First chance for Scotland. Paterson on target to make it 3-0 Scotland. That's 14 from 14 for the full-back in this championship.
    • 7' England unable to settle at scrum and concede penalty which Godman kicks to touch in home side half.
    • 5' Nice hand-off Cueto on Thom Evans before Max Evans covers and tackles him into touch.
    • 4' Big double hit on Worsley in midfield but England retain ball and attack through Tindall on left flank. More big tackling from Scots wins them penalty. Entertaining start from both side as Godman misses touch and Monye replies with kick downfield.
    • 1' England take kick cleanyl and their pack drives forward before Ellis kicks ahead. Scotland attack back through Max Evans. Confident response from the Scots.
    • 1' The national anthems have been sung and we're all set to get underway. Scotland's Phil Godman gets the match started.
    • - It's a glorious, sunny afternoon in south west London and all set for an open, expansive game. We got it last week, let's hope we get more of the same today.
    • - The tussle between Scotland tight head Euan Murray and England loose head Andrew Sheridan – both strong candidates for the Lions tour to South Africa – should be one of the most interesting sub-plots of the afternoon.
    • - Captain and scrum-half Mike Blair has been passed fit after picking up a back injury against Ireland and will crucial to Scotland's chances today against the Old Enemy. On its day, the Scots pack are a real handful and they will be looking to disrupt England from creating any forward platform.
    • - It is a big ask for Scotland, who have not win at Twickenham since 1983 and have a record that shows just four wins in their last 15 internationals. Hadden has made just one change to the side that lost to Ireland, with Scott Gray promoted to openside ahead of John Barclay.
    • - Scotland coach Frank Hadden is under huge pressure to meet the SRU's target of two wins in the championship and needs a victory today to add to the one over Italy in order to ease the pressure.
    • - Look out for more ambitious, attacking rugby from Johnson's men. Brian Smith's DNA was all over their performance against the French and maybe his philosophy is starting to take hold on the squad. Riki Flutey and Tom Croft were the outstanding players last week and we can expect big performances from them again today.
    • - Injury concerns Joe Worsley (cut hand) and Toby Flood (shoulder) have both passed fitness tests. Incidentally, it is the first time England have named an unchanged side since the 2007 World Cup semi-final against France, 22 games ago.
    • - Johnson has kept faith with the same XV that ran five tries past France, and why not? It was England's best performance for some time and the players fully deserve the chance to prove it was not a one off.
    • - Next up this afternoon, England against Scotland from Twickenham, where Martin Johnson's side will be looking to build on their impressive victory over France last weekend and finish the Six Nations on a high.

  • Summary

    England versus Scotland
    Monye 22’, Flutey 30’, Tait 78’ Tries  
    Flood 30’ Conversions  
    Flood 40’, 41’ Penalties Paterson 9’, 45’, 67’, Godman 51’
    Care 73’ Drops  

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Marius Jonker

  • England

    Manager: Martin Johnson

    On the Field

    • Sheridan
    • Mears
    • Vickery Substitution Out (14′)
    • Borthwick
    • Shaw Substitution Out (58′)
    • Croft Substitution Out (73′)
    • Worsley
    • Easter
    • Ellis Substitution Out (17′)
    • Flood Substitution Out (73′)
    • Monye Try Substitution Out (47′)
    • Flutey Try
    • Tindall
    • Cueto
    • Armitage

    Subs

    • White Substitution In (14′)
    • Goode Substitution In (73′)
    • Tait Substitution In (47′) Try
    • Hartley
    • Haskell Substitution In (73′)
    • Kennedy Substitution In (58′)
    • Care Substitution In (17′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Scotland

    Manager: Frank Hadden

    On the Field

    • Dickson Substitution Out (76′)
    • Ford Substitution Out (57′)
    • Murray
    • White
    • Hamilton
    • Strokosch
    • Gray
    • Taylor
    • Blair Substitution Out (67′)
    • Godman
    • Evans Substitution Out (44′)
    • Morrison
    • Evans
    • Danielli
    • Paterson Substitution Out (77′)

    Subs

    • Hines
    • Hall Substitution In (57′)
    • Cusiter Substitution In (67′)
    • Southwell Substitution In (77′)
    • Brown
    • De Luca Substitution In (44′)
    • Low Substitution In (76′)

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

Comment 36 - 55 of 55

Sort comments by: Most recent

  1. Good victory for England, but Scotland did seem to have­ a lot of bad luck. I need to contact 'Big Ken'­ Noler from Halifax. He is an old friend I lost contact­ with, does anyone know how I can achieve this ? Jeff­ Cooper

    From jeff_cooper, on Sun 22 Mar 9:45AM

  2. s beech37 what a moron

    From M D, on Sun 22 Mar 8:43AM

  3. #53 woooooo hoooo hooooo hahahahahah wooooo hoooo­ hahahahaha

    From laboca123, on Sat 21 Mar 10:03PM

  4. yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesss­ sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!
    well done england team

    From Georgia, on Sat 21 Mar 7:53PM
  5. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    skum

    From DAWN, on Sat 21 Mar 7:02PM

  6. Now come on Ireland , then we can finish second

    From Jamie, on Sat 21 Mar 6:41PM

  7. Well done England proud of you

    From Chris M, on Sat 21 Mar 6:29PM
  8. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    @#$% it. nice try Scotland, im sure you'll beat­ those english ****'s next time!!

    From bailey_bee_x, on Sat 21 Mar 5:31PM

  9. come on england

    From Ademola, on Sat 21 Mar 5:28PM

  10. well done ENGLAND you stuffed um good

    From dirk pitt, on Sat 21 Mar 5:25PM

  11. Cheers Robert , enjoy the game mate

    From laboca123, on Sat 21 Mar 5:21PM
  12. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    WHO CARES ABOUT THIS MATCH,CALCUTTA CUP!!!! BRING ON­ THE NEXT GAME.COME ON IRELAND!!!

    From sean.conway4, on Sat 21 Mar 5:20PM

  13. Too many 'Footy' 'Wofters' on the rugby­ message boards Laboca. Okay, I'm off I have an­ appointment with some beer and another game of rugby!­ Good effort Scotland, but well done England good to see­ you back in the mix...cheers Laboca enjoy the next one­ too.

    From robertmaggs, on Sat 21 Mar 5:15PM

  14. I thought football was for harry hoofters who were @#$%­ at everything else

    From laboca123, on Sat 21 Mar 5:05PM

  15. The thing is Laboca, you're right but the Irish­ have a rock steady pack and if they take control of the­ forward exchanges it'll be over! Ireland don't­ fear the Millenium stadium period.

    From robertmaggs, on Sat 21 Mar 4:57PM

  16. whatever floats your boat rfmh1...

    From robertmaggs, on Sat 21 Mar 4:55PM

  17. Go on Kenneth, but keep it simple as I failed my­ clydside exams

    From laboca123, on Sat 21 Mar 4:52PM

  18. come on Robert you have got home advantage, and with a­ crowd like yours that will be an extra man.

    From laboca123, on Sat 21 Mar 4:51PM

  19. Rugby's for Harry Hoofters and people who are S***E­ at football

    From rfmh1, on Sat 21 Mar 4:49PM

  20. Come on Scotland!! Try and raise the score!!

    From chloe_redshaw, on Sat 21 Mar 4:47PM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account