I think England will beat Ireland next week thoughtigerburnie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:42 pmYou could see the hand of O'Connell all over that performance, he may not have been on the pitch, but he led that side from the dressing room.
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I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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I’m Welsh so naturally we enjoy beating England but we more enjoy beating the bigger fish.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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I appreciate that but when has it ever happened?Dokie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:41 pmI’m Welsh so naturally we enjoy beating England but we more enjoy beating the bigger fish.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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The year the Scottish media doesn’t drag out Jim Telfer is the year I will recognise that they have got over their England chip and I will possibly start to think things may be on the up for them. And just to put it into context my mother and grandparents were Scottish, so they’re my ‘second’ international team and I want to see them do well, but this frustrates me every year. They have to treat England fixtures as no different to any other.
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You can't blame any team for being able to up their performance against England. You may pity them if they can't manage to do it against anybody else.MCC1964 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:45 pm The year the Scottish media doesn’t drag out Jim Telfer is the year I will recognise that they have got over their England chip and I will possibly start to think things may be on the up for them. And just to put it into context my mother and grandparents were Scottish, so they’re my ‘second’ international team and I want to see them do well, but this frustrates me every year. They have to treat England fixtures as no different to any other.
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Good try with the fishing trip Dorkie...no one is biting to that...Dokie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:41 pmI’m Welsh so naturally we enjoy beating England but we more enjoy beating the bigger fish.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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h's dad wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:44 pmPresumably that would be the All Blacks. I particularly enjoyed the welsh victory over the all blacks in the 2000's, or was it the 90's, or the 80's or the 70's or the 60's ..........or the 50's.Dokie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:41 pmI’m Welsh so naturally we enjoy beating England but we more enjoy beating the bigger fish.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
I appreciate that but when has it ever happened?
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The 30s was when it last happened, so most of their fans have never enjoyed beating a "bigger fish" - probably why the England wins are so important to them.Traveller wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:25 pm
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Yes because you've got such a great record against the ABsDokie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:41 pmI’m Welsh so naturally we enjoy beating England but we more enjoy beating the bigger fish.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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Well the Scottish are apparently brought up to hate the English.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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Guilty as charged but you wait, some won’t be able to resist wading in!Dr H Flashman MBE wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:08 pmGood try with the fishing trip Dorkie...no one is biting to that...Dokie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:41 pmI’m Welsh so naturally we enjoy beating England but we more enjoy beating the bigger fish.JP14 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:41 pm I'm English so it doesn't matter a jot to me what a Scottish rugby fan's priority is, but for a majority to only care about the Calcutta Cup that's pretty unambitious and shallow. Does that reflect onto the national team itself? Arguably from the Wales game you could say yes, but we'll be forever bogged down by whether or whether not Scotland would have won that game without the red card...
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It was 1953TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:35 pmThe 30s was when it last happened, so most of their fans have never enjoyed beating a "bigger fish" - probably why the England wins are so important to them.
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