Scotland vs France LIVE | Guinness Six Nations

Intriguing match-up. You never know which side of Argentina will show up, and Italy significantly improved in the last 6N. Hard to predict.

Great analysis Nick. I'd forgotten how effective Jordie was when he started in the 12 jersey, that certainly feels a long time ago.

Borthwick is great at selecting 1-15. He errs when it comes to 16-23.

Nah. He’ll be fine. They’re obviously putting one big boy onto another covering The Duhan.

Brilliant team. Only concern is Moodie's defence. It will be a game of two halves with that bench

I CAN ALREADY HEAR MATT WILLIAMS MOANING ABOUT THIS🤣

England are indeed massive favourites going in to this game.

I think we should add; being allowed to shine lasers in players eyes like we used to when we were lighties.

What a formidable B Team. Saving the A Team for England Obvs.

7/1 split?

it was always clear that Hanekom wasn't going to get game time after only being in the squad for a week (or two? I forget), but its great that Moodie is finally back in favour.

If Jalibert and Ramos are not back at #10 and #15 respectively against ABs, I will start to think Galthié likes to play with fire.

Vaa'i in at 6, Savea 7 and Sititi at 8 with Tuipulotu locking with Barret. With our regular front row that would make a world class forward pack.

Not a team I would have chosen but I ain't Rassie.

"Innovator", you are joking. First job of the Coach is to select the best players to play the positions from 1 to 15. Borthwick fails the first job of a Coach.

From Peter O’Mahony’s comments to Sam Cane to Reiko Ioane’s message to Johnny Sexton last year, this is now a Test with a lot of “spice”, to which Brooke believes “if you’re going to give it out, you’ve got to take it as well.”

I think "Arrogance" is the word here.

Sledging during the match is not the same as abusing players and spectators after the final whistle.

As well as that being a nastily arrogant act, NZs inability to admit when they get things wrong is a further symptom of entitlement and arrogance.

Mocking beaten players and spectators is wrong: even when the "Great All Blacks" no ifs, no buts.

Remember NZ were too big to have a beer with a team they didn't rate, never mind swap a jersey. Perhaps time these "Humble Heroes" were brought down to earth a bit.

A truly global game like soccer, where everybody plays, and the winners are truly world class: they shake hands, they swap jerseys, they respect opponents.

Seems like a worse team than last week

Agree

It can also be good for the kicker to have booing!

Of course, but that was (a) a final, and more importantly, (b) the weather was cr*p. However, if we fast forward to Oz 2027 where it will hopefully be dry, the very ability to score tries will be a major factor - much like the 2019 final in a reasonably dry Japan where the Boks scored two tries against the poms in thrashing them 32-12.

NZ gave England two chances and relied on luck to win. Can't you just be honest?