A mild depression has set in about the state of English rugby, and I haven’t been able to shake it off since half time during the Scotland v England game on Saturday. With that in mind, I wasn’t in generous mood when considering Player Ratings.
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News from the England camp has confirmed that Ugo Monye has not sustained any permanent damage to his neck after being stretchered off in today’s game.
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England and Scotland drew 15-all at Murrayfield today in a match that lived up to expectation. Unfortunately, the expectations were extremely low, and the tryless affair was exceedingly dull.
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Join us for live text updates, real-time opinions, debate and banter as Scotland host England in the oldest battle in rugby. It might not be vintage stuff today, so why not liven it up by joining in here, and get the frustrations off your chest as the game unfolds.
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Any match involving England is difficult to predict these days, and there’s a general feeling that this came could be exceedingly dull.
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On the face of it, there is not much in Saturday’s match between Scotland and England for the neutral. Two teams devoid of confidence, bereft of ideas regarding how to turn their loudly trumpeted attacking ambition into something, anything constructive or substantial. Hell there have even being England supporters on the message boards saying they are sorely tempted to give it a miss themselves. But there is far more to this game than that.
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Brian O’Driscoll’s 100th cap at Croke Park should be a brilliant occasion, and it could be a cracking game with some proper rugby.
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Are we about to see a surge of improvement in Italian rugby? It would seem that way, as finally, after long debates and studies, it was confirmed this week that two Italian teams will be joining the Magners League next season.
