After missing the 6 Nations last year due to illness, I was determined to get there this year. Finn Russell's antics ahead of the game may have ensured a defeat that was always likely in any event but we did at least get a Scottish performance to be satisfied with.
Adam Hastings took his chance at stand-off and Stuart Hogg marshalled a side which defended well and which managed to press the hosts for large periods of the game. Ultimately Scotland were, once again, able to capitalise on repeated try-line phases which ended more often than not with a turnover or Scotland conceding a needless penalty. When we did finally breach the Irish line, the TMO showed Captain Hogg inexplicably dropping the ball a foot from the line as he touched-down.
None-the-less, it was still a decent weekend in good company in some of the best pubs in the world. I was pleased to be able to get match tickets for an old work boss long term resident now in Denver. The ten of us enjoyed a pint of Ireland in Searson's on Friday night and Doheny & Nesbitts on Saturday.
The real cheer of the day came from SE7 where Lyle Taylor was quick to remind us, post-January window, just why he remains our talisman. Andre Green's emotional second for the club in the week his grand-father died gave us the breathing space for the second-half assault from the Tykes which we managed to survive.
My good lady and I will head north this weekend in the motor and plan to be at our hotel outside Edinburgh by Midday. Time enough to get into town for lunch ahead of the Charlton game at Stoke and the main event at Murrayfield.
Adam Hastings took his chance at stand-off and Stuart Hogg marshalled a side which defended well and which managed to press the hosts for large periods of the game. Ultimately Scotland were, once again, able to capitalise on repeated try-line phases which ended more often than not with a turnover or Scotland conceding a needless penalty. When we did finally breach the Irish line, the TMO showed Captain Hogg inexplicably dropping the ball a foot from the line as he touched-down.
None-the-less, it was still a decent weekend in good company in some of the best pubs in the world. I was pleased to be able to get match tickets for an old work boss long term resident now in Denver. The ten of us enjoyed a pint of Ireland in Searson's on Friday night and Doheny & Nesbitts on Saturday.
The real cheer of the day came from SE7 where Lyle Taylor was quick to remind us, post-January window, just why he remains our talisman. Andre Green's emotional second for the club in the week his grand-father died gave us the breathing space for the second-half assault from the Tykes which we managed to survive.
My good lady and I will head north this weekend in the motor and plan to be at our hotel outside Edinburgh by Midday. Time enough to get into town for lunch ahead of the Charlton game at Stoke and the main event at Murrayfield.
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