4:45 This isn't good news for the Cricsim XV. Sam Verigotta has taken a massive hit in a clash of heads. He's clearly concussed and he has to go off the field of play. An early substitution for the Cricsim XV. James McDougal, a man of Scottish heritage comes on to replace his Sharks team mate.
Line Out to Scotland. That's a good throw. Easy take there for the Scotland. The ball secured easily by Kelly Brown. The next phase to be played from 44 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Max Evans is tackled by Gareth Weaver for the Cricsimmers and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but the Scotland show good ball security and extracate the ball from the ruck. The next phase to be played from 44 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Ruaridh Jackson with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 6 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Bobby Blunder but he evades the tackle and keeps on running. The next phase to be played from 50 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Ruaridh Jackson with the ball on the run here. He's over in the corner. That's the first points on the board for Scotland TRY TO Scotland Conversion attempt for the Scotland. Kick to be taken by Chris Paterson. Great kick. He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points. Cricsim 0 - 7 Scotland
17:15 Scrum to the Cricsim. Penalty to the Cricsim. Clearly some issues with the way that Kelly Brown was binding on there. The next phase to be played from 21 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Penalty to the Cricsim to be taken by Jake Luffman. From here, they're going to have a Kick for Touch. Great kick. That finds touch 10 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out. The next phase to be played from 31 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Line Out to Cricsim. That's a good throw. Easy take there for the Cricsim. The ball secured easily by James McDougal. The next phase to be played from 40 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Incredible stuff here! He's burst through the defensive line and he's on a run. Andrew James with the ball for the Cricsim. I think he's going to make it all the way. Yes, he touches down under the posts. A great run of 11 metres. TRY!! TRY TO Cricsim Conversion attempt for the Cricsim. Kick to be taken by Jake Luffman. Great kick. He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points. That evens things up Cricsim 7 - 7 Scotland
With fatigue now a factor as this is using the new sim, that virtually guarantees you'll get game time.
25:00 Michael Chung penalised for interference at the line out. This is a dangerous place to be conceding needless penalties from. Jackson takes the penalty kick and finds touch only 10m from the Cricsim try line. Another line out here. That's easily taken by Richie Gray. The Scots set up a maul here and Gray is in a great position here. The Scots get a great rumble on here and the Cricsim forwards are in disarray. I think they could make it the whole way here. Yes, the Cricsim forwards can't slow the Scotland shove down. Gray scores for the Scots Paterson converts and the Scots are back ahead. Cricsim 7 - 14 Scotland
32.00 Penalty to Cricsim. Only 15m from the line. They're going to take the 3 points which Luffman easily secures. Cricsim 10 - 14 Scotland
35.30 Dave Eggman penalised for Hands in the Ruck. 28m out here, but it looks like Chris Paterson is lining up the penalty here. Lovely connection and he secures another 3 points. Cricsim 10 - 17 Scotland
Half Time Code: MTk TkM BTk HE RM KMiP KMPen KiP KE PenIP GA GS CA CS LB NR IEAG OS HITR SI LOOB LOS LOI BT TA T LBA Time Sam Verigotta 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 James McDougal 1 3 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 Al Farnsworth 0 1 4 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Andrew James 0 1 2 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 Benny Read 0 2 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Bobby Blunder 2 0 0 0 20 84 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Callum Laing 0 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 Dave Eggman 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 40 Ed Ames 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Gareth Weaver 0 1 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Heath Davis 0 1 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 Jake Luffman 1 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40 Marcuss Deane 1 3 2 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Michael Chung 0 2 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 40 Steve Cambridge 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Tom Delonge 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 Al Kellock 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 Allan Jacobson 1 8 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Chris Cusiter 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40 Chris Paterson 1 1 0 2 9 99 133 8 1 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Joe Ansbro 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 John Barclay 1 3 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 40 Johnnie Beattie 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 40 Kelly Brown 0 2 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Max Evans 0 0 1 0 8 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Moray Lowe 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 40 Richie Gray 0 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 40 Rory Lamont 3 3 1 1 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Ross Ford 1 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 Ruaridh Jackson 2 2 3 0 20 74 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 40 Sean Lamont 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Hard to believe we're losing this. Ames and Delonge having poor games and Blunder well below what we'd expect from him. The Ames/Luffman combo not firing.
44.00 Scrum to the Cricsim. What is this? Amateur hour. Ridiculously poor attempt at a scrum feed from Jake Luffman. That'll be a free kick to the Scotland The next phase to be played from 23 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Chris Paterson opts to kick here for the Scotland. He's trying to Kick Downfield. A decent kick downfield yields a territorial gain of 22 metres, but he's handed over possession. The next phase to be played from 45 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Alistair Kellock with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 1 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Jake Luffman but he manages to offload to Johnnie Beattie in time. The next phase to be played from 46 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Johnnie Beattie with the ball on the run here. He's through. Too easy for the Scots. TRY TO Scotland Conversion attempt for the Scotland. Kick to be taken by Chris Paterson. Great kick. He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points. Cricsim 10 - 24 Scotland
Following on from that... Restart to the Cricsim. Bobby Blunder with the kick. He kicks deep. That's gone to Richie Gray who takes the catch cleanly. Richie Gray with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 6 metres. Good Tackle by Tom Delonge and a ruck forms. The next phase to be played from 14 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Richie Gray is tackled by Tom Delonge for the Cricsim and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but the Scotland show good ball security and extracate the ball from the ruck. The next phase to be played from 12 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Sean Lamont with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 7 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Gareth Weaver but he manages to offload to Kelly Brown in time. The next phase to be played from 5 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Kelly Brown with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 10 metres. Great tackle by Heath Davis causes Kelly Brown to lose the ball in the tackle. Knock on, scrum. The next phase to be played from 5 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Scrum to the Cricsim. Great work by the Cricsim. They've secured their own ball and win that scrum gaining 2 metres. The next phase to be played from 3 metres on the Cricsim side of the halfway line. Incredible stuff here! He's burst through the defensive line and he's on a run. Bobby Blunder with the ball for the Cricsim. I think he's going to make it all the way. Yes, he touches down in the corner. A great run of 54 metres. TRY!! TRY TO Cricsim Conversion attempt for the Cricsim. Kick to be taken by Jake Luffman. Nah, that's sailed wide of the posts. Cricsim 15 - 24 Scotland
49.00 Scrum infringement by Benny Read. That's a penalty to the Scots. Paterson has been on fire with the boot all evening, and it's no surprise that he slots this 15m penalty over. That puts them well ahead in this game. Cricsim 15 - 27 Scotland
Substitutions. Dafter on for Read Pilgrim on for Luffman Morris on for Delonge Scott Lawson on for Ford.
52:30 Ed Ames is tackled by Allan Jacobson for the Scotland and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested but there's clearly some Scotland hands in that ruck. The ref's spotted it. Penalty to the Cricsim The next phase to be played from 26 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Penalty to the Cricsim to be taken by Ed Ames. From here, they're going to have a Kick for Touch. Great kick. That finds touch 19 metres upfield. The players run up to form the line out. The next phase to be played from 45 metres on the Scotland side of the halfway line. Line Out to Cricsim. That's a good throw. Easy take there for the Cricsim. The ball secured easily by James McDougal. Cricsim are trying to take a leaf out of Scotland's book here and set up a maul with McDougal at the centre of it. And the Scottish forwards are incapable of doing a thing about it either! TRY TO Cricsim Conversion attempt for the Cricsim. Kick to be taken by Ed Ames. Great kick. He's nailed that one and they earn the extra 2 points. Cricsim 22 - 27 Scotland Cricsim right back in this.
