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Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 11:04 pm Nice little segment from Darcy Graham and his uncle Scott about roots and the importance of connections, hosted by Rory Lawson who of course has his own links with the town

Enjoyed that, it's a really great part of Scottish rugby that players have such a strong connection to their homes and are pretty accessible to the rest of the rugby playing community, I hope that doesn't get lost

Interesting that he didn't include playing for Edinburgh as something he wanted to do. Playing for your home club and Scotland is the ambition for most kids it seems and maybe thats part of the issue.

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:58 am
Interesting that he didn't include playing for Edinburgh as something he wanted to do. Playing for your home club and Scotland is the ambition for most kids it seems and maybe thats part of the issue.

That doesn't surprise me for a Borders lad, but I would imagine it might be different for folk from the city. There are definitely players in the Edinburgh squad who have grown up supporting the team and attending matches.

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:58 am

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 11:04 pm Nice little segment from Darcy Graham and his uncle Scott about roots and the importance of connections, hosted by Rory Lawson who of course has his own links with the town

Enjoyed that, it's a really great part of Scottish rugby that players have such a strong connection to their homes and are pretty accessible to the rest of the rugby playing community, I hope that doesn't get lost

Interesting that he didn't include playing for Edinburgh as something he wanted to do. Playing for your home club and Scotland is the ambition for most kids it seems and maybe thats part of the issue.

I think times change, fifteen years ago a 12 year old Darcy Graham probably did want to play for Hawick and Scotland, Hawick is unique in its number of international players, 61 male Scotland internationals, 13 B&I Lions, 6 women internationals.

Today's Darcys will see Glasgow being successful, the ability to watch them on tv cannot be overstated. I'd like to think Edinburgh will improve at some point and be equally attractive to young players. That's the equivalent of wanting to play for the top football teams.

I was speaking to the mother of a guy from my club who is in the academy with Edinburgh, he feels overawed at times when he trains with the likes of Darcy and Duhan. We have a player at our club who is absolutely outstanding at our level, he was telling me on Saturday that this guy in Edinburgh's academy is by far the best player he's ever played with or against - I'm trying to make the point of the difference in standard here.

Our guy has been approached to play at a higher level several times but he has turned it down, to him the important thing is to play with your mates, the guys you grow up with. Our team have mostly known each other since they were beginning to walk. We have others who have left for clubs in the premiership too, but for the most part this is a group of young men who are in it for each other. Darcy mentions this point in the video, he says he wants to come back and play with his mates. I think that is an incredibly important point of view. We have another guy in the pack who could easily play up at premiership level, but at the moment, fingers crossed, he is also enjoying the camaraderie.

Scotland v Wales, Guinness Men’s Six Nations, Saturday, 8 March 2025, kick-off 4.45pm, Scottish Gas Murrayfield, live on BBC

15. Blair Kinghorn – Toulouse (58)
14. Darcy Graham – Edinburgh Rugby (44)
13. Huw Jones – Glasgow Warriors (56)
12. Tom Jordan – Glasgow Warriors (6)
11. Duhan van der Merwe – Edinburgh Rugby (47)
10. Finn Russell – Co-Captain – Bath Rugby (85)
9. Ben White – Toulon (27)

1. Pierre Schoeman – Edinburgh Rugby (40)
2. Dave Cherry – Edinburgh Rugby (14)
3. Zander Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (73)
4. Jonny Gray – Bordeaux Bègles (80)
5. Grant Gilchrist – Edinburgh Rugby (78)
6. Jamie Ritchie – Edinburgh Rugby (57)
7. Rory Darge – Co-Captain – Glasgow Warriors (28)
8. Jack Dempsey – Glasgow Warriors (25)

Replacements

16. Ewan Ashman – Edinburgh Rugby (25)
17. Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (39)
18. Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (7)
19. Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (7)
20. Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (53)
21. George Horne – Glasgow Warriors (35)
22. Stafford McDowall – Glasgow Warriors (11)
23. Kyle Rowe – Glasgow Warriors (11)

Thoughts on going from 6/2 to a 5/3 split?

Great to see Darcy Graham back. He will want to score tries for sure.

vball wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:01 pm Thoughts on going from 6/2 to a 5/3 split?

Great to see Darcy Graham back. He will want to score tries for sure.

6/2 has had no beneficial effect for us and I prefer 5/3. Unless you can do the same as SA and bring on guys who are clearly better to dominate the battle up front, I don't see the point.

vball wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:01 pm Thoughts on going from 6/2 to a 5/3 split?

Great to see Darcy Graham back. He will want to score tries for sure.

Gives me the fear, Scotland always seem to end up with players out of position or subs playing the whole game.

vball wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:01 pm Thoughts on going from 6/2 to a 5/3 split?

Great to see Darcy Graham back. He will want to score tries for sure.

With the shocking luck we seem to have it scares me every time !

I have no fears with Glasgow doing it though !

Jock42 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:29 pm

vball wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 2:01 pm Thoughts on going from 6/2 to a 5/3 split?

Great to see Darcy Graham back. He will want to score tries for sure.

Gives me the fear, Scotland always seem to end up with players out of position or subs playing the whole game.

Because we’re so arrogant apparently.

What are the chances of me watching the Scotland game on TV without finding our the score of the Ireland game. Slim I guess.

Jockaline wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:47 pm What are the chances of me watching the Scotland game on TV without finding our the score of the Ireland game. Slim I guess.

Slim to none

Jockaline wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:47 pm What are the chances of me watching the Scotland game on TV without finding our the score of the Ireland game. Slim I guess.

Are they on the same channel? They are usually quite good at that kind of thing if the same channel

Anyway, I’ve changed my mind, we are going to smash them.

I like this arrogant thing

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:04 pm

Jockaline wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:47 pm What are the chances of me watching the Scotland game on TV without finding our the score of the Ireland game. Slim I guess.

Are they on the same channel? They are usually quite good at that kind of thing if the same channel

Not the same channel unfortunately, Scotland is on the BBC, the other STV. I guess I could watch both later in too enjoy both.

Good try for the U20s and Freddy Douglas. Great to see him back.

Wales just got their second red card (the first a 20 minute red, the second a full red). The first was clumsy, the second was dirty as fuck.

I doubt there will be a more obvious red all weekend. Horrendous piece of play.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:08 pm I doubt there will be a more obvious red all weekend. Horrendous piece of play.

What happened?

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:20 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:08 pm I doubt there will be a more obvious red all weekend. Horrendous piece of play.

What happened?

Came through on the catcher and led with his shoulder to the lads head.

Making very hard work of breaking down the Wales defence.

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:20 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:08 pm I doubt there will be a more obvious red all weekend. Horrendous piece of play.

What happened?

Scottish 9 kicking got hit late with a no arms tackle, no dip, shoulder straight to the head by (I think) a Welsh lock. It was a deliberate attempt at a dirty body check. Scottish 9 failed an HIA straight after.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:39 pm Making very hard work of breaking down the Wales defence.

The setup is shite, the backs are far too deep.

KingBlairhorn wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:39 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:20 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 8:08 pm I doubt there will be a more obvious red all weekend. Horrendous piece of play.

What happened?

Scottish 9 kicking got hit late with a no arms tackle, no dip, shoulder straight to the head by (I think) a Welsh lock. It was a deliberate attempt at a dirty body check. Scottish 9 failed an HIA straight after.

Sorry, yeah. My mistake.

Made hard work of that, but that should be enough now.

Douglas is a cut above.

That looked nasty on MacArthur. Reckon the TMO will look at that.

Didn’t see all of it, but that’s a good win. Two deserved red cards for the Welsh lads and they looked to be starting all the pushing and shoving, and the ref thought that too I think given what he said near the end. Don’t like it up em captain.

Really impressed by the lads. I started watching it prepared to switch to the Falcons/Bath if it got too gruesome. More than a few really good prospects in the Scotland squad.

dkm57 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:58 am Really impressed by the lads. I started watching it prepared to switch to the Falcons/Bath if it got too gruesome. More than a few really good prospects in the Scotland squad.

Good to hear. The news about our U20s is usually somewhere between dire and catastrophic, so some good news is great for once!

I’m going to miss the big game as I’m in Australia and I’ll be asleep. Probably for the best TBH.

Odd to be disappointed by a 20 point half time lead but somehow I am.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:33 pm Odd to be disappointed by a 20 point half time lead but somehow I am.

I know what you mean. The backs are firing so well that it feels like they could score almost at will.

(Yes, I know they can’t. Jesus)

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:33 pm Odd to be disappointed by a 20 point half time lead but somehow I am.

Looked like this last year, and we all know what happened

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:41 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:33 pm Odd to be disappointed by a 20 point half time lead but somehow I am.

Looked like this last year, and we all know what happened

It will be a step forward if we kick on and win this second half handsomely

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:41 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:33 pm Odd to be disappointed by a 20 point half time lead but somehow I am.

Looked like this last year, and we all know what happened

A nice early try to settle the nerves please.

Scotland will win next week and send me into a spiral of psychosis of what should have been

Hindsight is s great thing but would be good to bring Burke on in about 5 or 10 min

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:46 pm

S/Lt_Phillips wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:41 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:33 pm Odd to be disappointed by a 20 point half time lead but somehow I am.

Looked like this last year, and we all know what happened

It will be a step forward if we kick on and win this second half handsomely

If only. Even in a win they are so bloody frustrating.

I would have bet my house on this shit happening. The most frustrating fucking team. Their composure is disgraceful.

That was pathetic.

How complicated are we making line outs. No wonder our hookers aren't hitting their man.

The drop off in control from Russell and White to Jordan and Horne has been massive.