Scottish Pride (Rugby 08)

[Skater]

Nice win for the Scots again, plus nice pres

Hopefully we can beat NZ or Italy and qualify

Yep - nice pres and a great win for Scotland! Lets hope you can beat Italy or NZ!

Thanks for the praise. Unfortunately, you are both going to be disappointed with the latest result.

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IRB RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

SCOTLAND 5-14 NEW ZEALAND

SCOTLAND REACH THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007 DESPITE DEFEAT TO THE ALL BLACKS

Scotland lost their 100% record at the Rugby World Cup 2007 in a gripping 5-14 defeat to the mighty New Zealand All Blacks at Murrayfield.

Deadlock in the first half saw a rare 0-0 scoreline at the break, but two converted tries in the second half caused by Scottish mistakes saw the All Blacks to the top of the pool.

Scotland scored a try in extra time but it was not enough to nullify the deficit.

Despite the defeat, Scotland have qualified for the quarter finals of the tournament because third placed Romania have finished all of their games and have 8 points, 2 points inferior to the Scots' 10.

Italy would have to break all records against Scotland in the last match of the pool to go through.

It does however mean that Scotland have the less favourable second place, meaning that they will have to play a team that finished in first place in their group in the quarter finals.

These were the line ups for the two teams:

New Zealand

1. T. WOODCOCK
2. K. MEALAMU
3. C. HAYMAN
4. J. RYAN
5. A. WILLIAMS
6. J. COLLINS
7. R. MCCAW
8. R. SO'OIALO
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9. B. KELLEHER
10. D. CARTER
11. S. SIVIVATU
12. A. MAUGER
13. M. MULIAINA
14. J. ROKOCOKO
15. L. MACDONALD

Scotland

1. G. KERR
2. D. HALL
3. E. MURRAY
4. N. HINES
5. S. MURRAY
6. J. WHITE
7. K. BROWN
8. S. TAYLOR
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9. M. BLAIR
10. D. PARKS
11. S. LAMONT
12. A. HENDERSON
13. R. DEWEY
14. C. PATERSON
15. H. SOUTHWELL

Before the game began, the All Blacks performed the traditional tribal dance the Haka:

Statistics from the match:

How the Pool C table looks after this game:

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[Spoobir]

Meh, losing to the All Blacks is no biggie. Scotland should aim for the semis, that would be a good achievement.

 

[Skater]

Great win for Scotland. Though I would have Hogg starting at flanker and Kelly Brown as a sub. Then again I'm biased cos Hogg went to the same school as me, and Kelly Brown's eyebrows freak me out.

It would be slightly unfair to drop a player because their eyebrows freak some people out, don't you think?

Meh, losing to the All Blacks is no biggie. Scotland should aim for the semis, that would be a good achievement.

In real life, Scotland would expect to lose to New Zealand so in that aspect it's quite realistic.

W3lshrugby - Romania did beat Italy, but it was a very tight match.

 

[Spoobir]

It would be slightly unfair to drop a player because their eyebrows freak some people out, don't you think?

Hogg is also much better, in the game and real life.

 

[Ollie_H]

Nice stuff Skater. Lets see Scots go to the Final!!

 

[Skater]

Hogg is also much better, in the game and real life.

Brown has done nothing wrong in this tournament though.

Nice stuff Skater. Lets see Scots go to the Final!!

Let's see them not only to the final, but to the trophy!

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IRB RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

SCOTLAND 28-10 ITALY

SCOTLAND STRUGGLE BUT MANAGE BONUS POINT WIN IN SECOND HALF SURGE AT RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

Scotland turned around a score of 0-10 down at half time to beat Italy 28-10 in their last pool match of the Rugby World Cup 2007.

Italy went ahead with a drop goal in the 15th minute and then latched onto a misplaced pass to score a try right on the stroke of half time.

The Scots bounced back in the second half with 4 tries - enough to earn a bonus point.

Scotland must now wait for the other pools to complete their matches before learning who their opponents will be in the quarter finals.

These were the line ups for the two teams:

Italy

1. A. LO CICERO
2. F. ONGARO
3. M. CASTROGIOVANI
4. V. BERNABO
5. M. BORTOLAMI
6. R. BARBIERI
7. MA. BERGAMASCO
8. S. PARISSE
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9. A. TRONCON
10. R. PEZ
11. M. STANOJEVIC
12. A. MASI
13. D. DALLAN
14. K. ROBERTSON
15. D. BORTOLUSSI

Scotland

1. G. KERR
2. D. HALL
3. E. MURRAY
4. N. HINES
5. S. MURRAY
6. J. WHITE
7. K. BROWN
8. S. TAYLOR
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9. M. BLAIR
10. D. PARKS
11. S. LAMONT
12. A. HENDERSON
13. R. DEWEY
14. C. PATERSON
15. H. SOUTHWELL

Statistics from the match:

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[Left_Hander]

Damn! Italy lost! Oh well that is a good win and Scotland is going great guns. Good stuff

 

[Skater]

Damn! Italy lost! Oh well that is a good win and Scotland is going great guns. Good stuff

I was worried I was going to lose to Italy when they were 10-0 up. I couldn't let that happen of course!

More in the story tomorrow.

 

[Highlander999]

Nice to see Scotland qualify. Hopefully they can go through to the semi-finals unlike last time :

Still really good work mate

 

[Skater]

Nice to see Scotland qualify. Hopefully they can go through to the semi-finals unlike last time :

Still really good work mate

I'll try my best!

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IRB RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

POOL STAGES COMPLETED

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AT RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

Scotland will play Ireland in the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup 2007 after a dramatic conclusion to the pool stages.

The Scots will play the Irish in a titanic battle of Britain - and if they win, could face bigger rivals England.

This is how the teams for the quarter finals are decided:

1st Group A vs 2nd Group B
2nd Group A vs 1st Group B
1st Group C vs 2nd Group D
2nd Group C vs 1st Group D

This means that the quarter finals are as follows:

ENGLAND vs FIJI
SOUTH AFRICA vs AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND vs FRANCE
SCOTLAND vs IRELAND

England produced a surprise by beating South Africa in Pool A, and Fiji sent Wales crashing out of the tournament in Pool B. There were few shocks in Pool C, but Ireland beat France in Pool D and fancied Argentina were dumped out at the first hurdle.

"Second place usually means the tougher quarter final, but I think Ireland have done us a favour by beating France and finishing top." said coach Frank Hadden.

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[Highlander999]

Nice to see england playing Fiji they should get through

Scotland v Ireland. A pretty good match up although seeing Ireland beat France and won all their games you would think they were favourites. However I would prefer Ireland over France anyday.

Really good work still mate and don't go out in Glasgow after dark (Don't worry it is just a biast East v west view, that Glasgow is a dump. Which it is )

 

[Spoobir]

:Looks like England will fluke their way through in this as well... :

P.S Make sure your players aren't too tough with nancy-boy O'Gara or he may accuse you of trying to kill him again!!

 

[PaulNixon1]

Nice win keep up the good work

 

[tonka998]

Well in real-life I would fancy the Scots to win anyway - seeing how Ireland did in the World Cup - so i'll go with that! Good pres and and good performances from the wee Scots!

 

[Skater]

Nice to see england playing Fiji they should get through

Scotland v Ireland. A pretty good match up although seeing Ireland beat France and won all their games you would think they were favourites. However I would prefer Ireland over France anyday.

Really good work still mate and don't go out in Glasgow after dark (Don't worry it is just a biast East v west view, that Glasgow is a dump. Which it is )

I'll bear it in mind. I don't go out in Norwich at night for the same reason.

:Looks like England will fluke their way through in this as well... :

P.S Make sure your players aren't too tough with nancy-boy O'Gara or he may accuse you of trying to kill him again!!

In the game I absolutely nailed him after he took a kick!

Nice win keep up the good work

Well in real-life I would fancy the Scots to win anyway - seeing how Ireland did in the World Cup - so i'll go with that! Good pres and and good performances from the wee Scots!

You'd be wrong I'm afraid.

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IRB RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

SCOTLAND 10-14 IRELAND

SCOTLAND CRASH OUT OF RUGBY WORLD CUP 2007

Scotland have crashed out of the Rugby World Cup 2007 at the quarter final stage with a 10-14 defeat to local rivals Ireland in Paris.

These were the results from the other quarter finals:

ENGLAND 46-10 FIJI
AUSTRALIA 20-23 SOUTH AFRICA
NEW ZEALAND 22-12 FRANCE

These were the line ups for the two teams:

Ireland

1. M. HORAN
2. R. BEST
3. J. HAYES
4. D. O'CALLAGHAN
5. P. O'CONNELL
6. S. EASTERBY
7. D. WALLACE
8. D. LEAMY
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9. P. STRINGER
10. R. O'GARA
11. D. HICKIE
12. G. D'ARCY
13. B. O'DRISCOLL
14. S. HORGAN
15. G. DEMPSEY

Scotland

1. G. KERR
2. D. HALL
3. E. MURRAY
4. N. HINES
5. S. MURRAY
6. J. WHITE
7. K. BROWN
8. S. TAYLOR
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9. M. BLAIR
10. D. PARKS
11. S. LAMONT
12. A. HENDERSON
13. R. DEWEY
14. C. PATERSON
15. H. SOUTHWELL

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