Autumn Nations Series - Week 4
Autumn Nations Series - Week 4
Friday night rugby, with France vs Argentina to kick off things. Then Sat is Ire vs Fiji, Wal vs SA, and Ita vs NZ. Sun is Sco vs Aus, and Eng vs Japan
Been a great 4 weeks, lets hope for some great matches again! Game of the weekend looks to be Scotland vs Australia, and guess who's going?
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I'm on Scotland-A vs Chile instead of tgehe Wales match. On a knife edge with 15 to go
I know Chile are on the improve, but is the Scottish 2nd team really that bad, or were conditions the levelling factor?
Conditions were poor, but Scotland A hasn't played in like 5 years either. Got the win, they should be happy
Oh wow, we run at least one alternate team every year, does Scotland just not have the players, or is it a money thing?
We used to do it much more frequently. Scotland often play lower tiered nations with the full team, but with loads rested, and the A only coming out when playing the same week. We have the players, nearly 100 professional in Scotland alone. Money and fixtures I suspect more. The 6n has given up on A matches, with the u20 taking its place essentially. And traveling to far flung places means cash, and an invite to a tier 1 with some mid week team to play. Scotland haven't done a summer tour to NZ since like the 90s. SA last invited us and Italy together. And Australia didn't put up a midweek team for us :(
So a few factors, but great to see them last night