November 07, 2005

Warriors face the Pumas

Posted by Editor on November 7, 2005 10:36 AM | One comment | Print | E-mail author

Craig Hamilton plays for Scotland on Saturday
Five Glasgow Warriors are included in the Scotland 22 to face Argentina at Murrayfield on Saturday (ko 5.30pm).

Rory Lamont, Dan Parks, Andy Henderson and Craig Hamilton start for Scotland, while Scott Lawson among Scotland's substitutes.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden said: "Argentina will represent a formidable challenge for us on Saturday. They are above us in the IRB world rankings and Scotland have not beaten The Pumas for 15 years.

"But I believe we approach this game in good heart and the fact that our three pro-teams amassed between them another 10 point haul in the Celtic League at the weekend means we can go into the contest with confidence and I'd encourage as many supporters as possible to come to Murrayfield on Saturday to cheer us on."

15 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Gunners)
14 Rory Lamont (Glasgow Warriors)
13 Marcus Di Rollo (Edinburgh Gunners)
12 Andy Henderson (Glasgow Warriors)
11 Sean Lamont (Northampton Saints)
10 Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors)
9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh Gunners)*
1 Gavin Kerr (Leeds Tykes)
2 Dougie Hall (Edinburgh Gunners)
3 Bruce Douglas (Border Reivers)
4 Craig Hamilton (Glasgow Warriors)
5 Scott Murray (Edinburgh Gunners)
6 Jason White (Sale Sharks) CAPTAIN
8 Simon Taylor (Edinburgh Gunners)
7 Allister Hogg (Edinburgh Gunners)*

Substitutes
16 Scott Lawson (Glasgow Warriors)*
17 Craig Smith (Edinburgh Gunners)
18 Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh Gunners)
19 Alastair Kellock (Edinburgh Gunners)*
20 Kelly Brown (Border Reivers)*
21 Chris Cusiter (Border Reivers)*
22 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh Gunners)
*= Member of Scottish Institute of Sport

Comments
Posted by Number 9 on November 7, 2005 02:15 PM | Reply to this comment

Interesting move to go with a complete subtitute front row.

Hopefully Kerr, Hall and Douglas can soak up the scrum/maul punishment as best they can for 45-50 minutes, and then we sub in a fresh front three with more attacking / ball carrying skills for the closing 30 minutes.

Discipline at the scrum and maul will be key (not necessarily a strength for Kerr and Douglas.

Murray, Hamilton and White should be a strong defensive line-out. Might prompt a territorial kicking game - kick out at their corners to try and pin them back, and then attack their line out with less fear of them catch & driving if we miss.

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