Live text – England v Scotland

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

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0830: Skipper Lewis Moody and Steve Thompson share a head nussle at the end of God Save the Queen, Alastair Kellock, recalled to lead Scotland, finishes his anthem with a determined middle-distance stare. Words over, time for action.

England: B Foden; C Ashton, M Tuilagi, M Tindall, D Armitage; J Wilkinson, B ngs; M Stevens, S Thompson, D Cole, L Deacon, C Lawes, T Croft, L Moody (capt), J Haskell.
Scotland: C Paterson; M Evans, J Ansbro, S Lamont, S Danielli; R Jackson, M Blair; A Jacobsen, R Ford, E Murray, R Gray, A Kellock (capt), A Strokosch , J Barclay, R Vernon.

0828: The two teams stride out side by side, kick-off rapidly approaching, time for a check on the line-ups.

0825: Heavy rain has been the common denominator in Scotland’s wins over England in 2000, 2006, and 2008. Scotland coach Andy Robinson has just said in the tunnel that “an element of chaos” is essential to their chances and the weather gods have done their part.

0821: We may have been basking in some unseasonally warm sunshine in the UK, but there has been some stormy weather predicted for Auckland. And the forecasters are bang on with buckets of the stuff descending on Eden Park. Martin Johnson’s side have been dousing the balls in training to try and get reaccustomed to slippery conditions. They are allowed to do that by the way.

0813: That little lot is harder to digest than a bowl of morning muesli and prunes. Regardless of however far got through it, let me know what think the outcome is going to be. The hashtag is #BBCRWC for the Twitter-inclined, the text is 81111 for those in the UK. Hit me.

0808: And now Scotland:
A win by more than seven points = qualification as group winners and likely quarter-final against France if Argentina fail to win against Georgia. Qualifications as runners-up if Argentina beat Georgia with four of more tries.
A win by seven or less points = Elimination if Argentina beat Georgia with four tries. If both Scotland and Argentina score less than four tries in a wins then Scotland’s win needs to be 15 points better than Argentina’s
Draw = progress as runners-up if Argentina lose
Defeat by less than seven = progress as runners-up if Argentina lose by eight or more to Georgia.
Defeat by more than seven = elimination.

0804: First of all, England:
A win = qualification as top dogs and likely quarter-final with France
A draw = ditto
Defeat by seven or less = ditto, so long as Scotland fail to score four tries
Defeat by more than seven = elimination if Argentina score four or more tries in victory over Georgia. If both the Pumas and Scotland fail to score four tries in wins today, likely to progress on points difference.

0757: Deep breath everyone, these are the permutations for today. Corrections and additions welcome.

0754: At six and a bit weeks long the World Cup takes its time to sift 20 teams down to one winner. But knock-out rugby, albeit with a hefty pinch of advanced maths, has arrived a week earlier with the final round of group matches.

0750: Morning all. This is more like it isn’t it? England against Scotland, the oldest international fixture in rugby, always packs a lot of historical baggage. In this 129th meeting though both sides will be more concerned with their actual baggage – keeping it off a flight home and en route for the World Cup quarter-finals.

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Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/sport1/hi/rugby_union/9604350.stm