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Well I must be wearing orthopaedic shoes because I stand corrected....

Scotland to start strong, clean and clinical, Russell moving the ball back and forth, probing defences in a thing of beauty, team working well together with excellent coordination. Beautiful kick to find space, VDM closes down the clearance, Scots to surge forward. Forwards get the ball...

Smith backing himself with ball in hand, which I like to see, but if the defence has all the time in the world to set up a solid wall then what chance does a hobbit have to break through. Painfully slow ball....

Well that's that f****d then. This is going to be a long afternoon.

The crap being spouted against Joubert is getting right on my t**s. His carding Maitland was wrong, he missed the late tackle on Hogg, and obviously got the last decision wrong, but none of that would have mattered if Scotland had been nailing their restarts and lineouts. I couldn't believe...

Scotland to smash it by 15!! Hooray!!! Damn. Knew whisky on the cornflakes was a bad idea....

Agreed. So much individual talent on a team and they play like a dog's dinner so often.....

Sneaky! Lucky to get away with it. Worthy of McCaw, that....

I was hoping the French would face them, since they do have that famous ability to turn up and upset a lot of Kiwis. Looking at the two teams though, I don't think the All Blacks have to worry too much....

Their defence was immense in the first half, let's be fair. But they seem to have left it behind in the changing rooms....

O'Driscoll will be opening up the trophy cabinet and dusting off the boots at this rate.

Something as cynical as that certainly will be. Not even in the heat of grappling or the ruck. He might have gotten away with it if it was mid brawl and just been cited, but I doubt it.

Aye, right in the breadbasket. It doesn't take much to wind you if you don't see it coming. Right in the diaphragm...

Right there - definition of a sucker punch. What a tool. Reckon he'll be getting the attention of the law for that one...

Well, I don't want to sound like a dour Jock, but given how the Criminal Element are playing we're lining up to get a proper pummelling. The only way I can see us winning is to have every skirt-wearing, haggis-munching borderline alcoholic performing rain dances from now until the game. Kill...

Too close to call. If Bastareaud is allowed to run at Sexton and close him down the Paddies are in trouble since I can't see them making yards with ball in hand too much. They'll need his boot to make territory. I'm ridiculously excited about this match up, but have the sinking feeling...

Dear Lord, gents, how did a thread on the glorious game of rugby get sidetracked into a discussion about Braveheart? On that note, rugby may be even more exciting if everyone is allowed a dirty great chopper in the ruck. May be difficult to put together a consistent team though, what with the...

Good call on the cards. And liked how he wouldn't take any chat from Clerc. One of the best things about rugby is the fact that no player should backchat the ref or he will fill your world with hurt. Sometimes it's a bit worrying when you see captains trying to influence his decision, asking...

Depends if they can get the errors under control. Even the US will be a challenge if the Scots keep gifting penalties in their own half. The occasional exciting running from the backs can't make up the defecit. Dunno about that. As I recall, Scottish forwards were totally bereft of power...

Flower of Scotland was written for guitar accompaniment, and should be a lot faster. Unfortunately they insist on playing the screechpipes every time which play in a different key, so it's downtuned. Turns it into a dirge. Which is actually somewhat appropriate for the sporting performance...