Being short of time as I’m travelling tomorrow, I have shamelessly stolen Deebee7‘s prognostications.
But first, I’m sure we can all rejoice that Stuart McCloskey has kept his starting place on the Ireland team with Aki relegated to the bench.
Your results for the weekend:
Tonga v Uruguay: Tonga by 14 – Tonga are enjoying playing against Spanish speaking sides, and will dish the pain once again!
Italy v South Africa: South Africa by 4 – Boks have had two narrow losses and will look to get their tour on the board, with four straight losses for the two sides so far. Bench to haul them over the line.
Wales v Georgia: Wales by 19 – good win for Wales last week and they’ll look to build on that (and cement their place in the 6N at Georgia’s expense).
Romania v Samoa: Samoa by 6 – just because I don’t have a clue, but Samoa seem to better at the moment.
Scotland v Argentina: Argentina by 3 – Did Scotland blow a gasket against the Kiwis last week? Argentina have some good scalps this year and will look to take a Scottish one on their own turf.
England v New Zealand: New Zealand by 9 – don’t think it’ll be a shellacking, but the Kiwis are cruising this November tour after a dodgy start against Japan.
Ireland v Australia: Ireland by 8 Aussies are one from three, but all their matches have been single point affairs so far. Ireland will put a bit of distance on the scoreboard, but not that much.
France v Japan: France by 24 Japan won’t be as bad as they were against England, but they also don’t have the ability to step up and close the gap that much either. France for win 13 on the trot and getting within touching distance of some serious records.
Onna telly this week
Friday 18th November
| Sale v Harlequins | 19:30 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 19th November
| Italy v South Africa | 13:00 | Amazon Prime |
| Wales v Georgia | 13:00 | Amazon Prime |
| Scotland v Argentina | 15:15 | Amazon Prime |
| England v New Zealand | 17:30 | Amazon Prime |
| Ireland v Australia | 20:00 | Amazon Prime |
Sunday 20th November
| France v Japan | 13:00 | Amazon Prime |
Ovally Balls 
Lavanini probably takes his own time out chair with him on tour.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lavanini extends his lead, as the most carded player in history. Down to 12 now.
LikeLike
Whats the minimum number of players before the game is over?
LikeLike
Oh for fuck’s sake Scotland!
LikeLike
Oh BB, you cursed them.
LikeLike
Wonderful Pumas! 3 men down and they score a lenght of the field try!
LikeLike
See what happens when we hold on to the ball?
LikeLike
It’s getting a wee bit testy out there.
LikeLike
Christ Scotland, don;t get involved in this. Ritchie and Hogg could be in trouble, and god knows how many Argentinians.
LikeLike
One yellow each.
LikeLike
Before that all happened, there was a great try-saving tackle by Delguy on Graham.
LikeLike
My dad, my sister and her wife are at the Bristol match. 33-0 up against Wasps at half time.
LikeLike
Probably a good thing we missed the Wales match!
LikeLike
Final score is 62-0 to Bristol.
LikeLike
That should kill it. Again – hold on to the feckin’ ball!
LikeLike
Refit – Wasps? Who is playing for them? Thought they had lost all their players in administration?
LikeLike
Ah, it’s the women’s teams. The men lost 38-31 against Glaws.
LikeLike
try 28 for Hoggy!
LikeLike
I managed to miss the crowd of women, in the bottom corner of the picture
LikeLike
quite the spectacle, that! Well done Scotland!
LikeLike
I actually laughed when we conceded a try when Arg were down to 12.
Classic Scotland
LikeLike
Baws.
Good vision and speed by Dalton thought.
LikeLike
Ooops!
LikeLike
It’s going to be hard enough for England without poor refereeing.
LikeLike
England hyping – NZ playing rugby
LikeLike
Two poor reffing decisions so far, we could go full Rassie on this game.
LikeLike
Anything Scotland can do against the Ab’s……
LikeLike
Jones out!
LikeLike
Pressure on England from a refereeing mistake… Mistaken scrum penalty given to NZ… Try NZ. Ffs. I don’t mean to be all Rassie but that’s petty shocking. Well. Not shocking but I’d expect better of an international ref.
LikeLike
You’d also expect better from an international 8. Billy’s given up two penalties.
LikeLike
Two dumb penalties given away by big Billy. Sigh.
LikeLike
It’s so nice having a proper fullback, who actually looks comfortable under a high ball, after the extended Daly experiment.
LikeLike
We’re getting absolutely pooped on.
LikeLike
@BB – totally agree. We will give away enough legitimate penalties without the ref adding extra ones.
LikeLike
Neck roll by AB saves England from going 3 tries down.
LikeLike
8 and 9 having a mare
LikeLike
The basic skills of the ABs are just unreal. Those passes at pace! I know they messed up straight after, but when this bunch click properly they are going to be formidable.
LikeLike
Why are Guardian match reports on Scotland games always so grudging when we win?
“An asterisk next to Scotland’s win”. Like it was our fault that an Argentinian decided to wipe out Jamie Ritchie with his elbow.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/nov/19/scotland-argentina-autumn-nations-series-rugby-union-match-report
LikeLike
I like the winger Telea, he’s much stronger than his frame would suggest
LikeLike
Do I hear some chickens coming home?
LikeLike
I may have been wrong.
LikeLike
Not exactly a balanced half-time panel – 3 Kiwis.
LikeLike
LikeLike
Right. 2nd half will be a true test of England’s manager and players.
Let’s see.
For me it’s the manner in which they play and the heart and head they show.
LikeLike
Arghhhhh, Manu went the wrong way there.
LikeLike
BV can’t even run to keep up with NZ’s maul – pathetic at this level
LikeLike
That was a lovely try from NZ.
LikeLike
JvP hasn’t had the best game, but he’ll have learned a lot. Hope he keeps being 1st choice.
LikeLike
Lovely try from NZ. England totally unable to get any momentum because we can’t get quick ball. We miss Underhill and Lawes.
LikeLike
Can see NZ tipping over 40. Can’t see us getting a try.
LikeLike