Samoa v Scotland: Teams, Build Up & Live Match Thread

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Mon 18 Jun 2012, 9:11 am

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Can Scotland do the unthinkable and make it 3 from 3 down under? Here's when to watch:

Saturday 23rd June, 2012 15:30 WST, 03:30 BST
Friday 22nd June 22:30 EST ()
Apia Park, Apia - capital of Samoa
Capacity: 15,000
Current forecast for Saturday: Sunny, 22C/72F, 20mph winds

Andy Robinson keeps the 15 largely unchanged, with one forced and two unforced changes. Richie Vernon comes in for John Barclay who has left to arrange his wedding. Chris Cusiter has been 'rewarded' by Andy Robinson with his first start on tour at the expense of Mike Blair, who is likely to now start on the bench. Sean Lamont comes in to directly replace Max Evans at 14, preferred for his physicality.

**Scotland bench and Samoa squad to be updated here later in the week.**

Scotland Squad:

1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors) 2 caps
2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) 60 caps, 2 tries, 10 points CAPTAIN
3 Euan Murray (Newcastle Falcons) 46 caps, 2 tries, 10 points
4 Richie Gray (Sale Sharks) 23 caps, 1 try, 5 points
5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors) 43 caps, 1 try, 5 points
6 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan) 27 caps, 1 try, 5 points
7 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh Rugby) 18 caps
8 Richie Vernon (Sale Sharks) 19 caps

9 Chris Cusiter (Glasgow Warriors) 61 caps, 3 tries, 15 points
10 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby) 9 caps, 2 tries, 6 conversions, 14 penalties, 64 points
11 Tim Visser (Edinburgh Rugby) 1 cap, 2 tries, 10 points
12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby) 3 caps
13 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby) 35 caps, 1 try, 5 points
14 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors) 67 caps, 8 tries, 40 points
15 Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) 6 caps, 1 try, 5 points

Replacements : S Lawson (London Irish), G Cross (Edinburgh), T Ryder (Glasgow), R Harley (Glasgow), M Blair (Brive), D Weir (Glasgow), M Evans (Castres)

Samoa team 15 Fa’atoina Autagavai (Vailoa); 14 Paul Perez (Vaimoso), 13 Fautua Otto (Bristol), 12 Paul Williams (Stade Francais), 11 David Lemi (Glasgow Warriors) CAPTAIN; 10 Tusi Pisi (Hurricanes), 9 Kahn Fotuali’I (Ospreys);

1 Sakaria Taulafo (Wasps), 2 Ti’i Paulo (Clermont-Auvergne), 3 Census Johnston (Stade Toulouse), 4 Fa’atiga Lemalu (Papatoetoe), 5 Daniel Crichton (Counties Manukau), 6 Ben Masoe (Papatoetoe), 7 Maurie Fa’asavalu (Harlequins), 8 Kane Thompson (Waikato Chiefs)

Subs: 16 Wayne Ole Avei (Bordeaux Begles), 17 Logovi’i Mulipola (Leicester Tigers), 18 Joe Tekori (Castres), 19 Afa Aioni (Marist), 20 Jeremy Sua (Tasman), 21 Ki Anufe (Marist), 22 Lolo Lui (Moata’a)

Who's up for this one, then?!

by flyhalffactory Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:08 am

Good morning Alba gu brath mate

That was some immense pressure by Samoa must have been about 16 phases

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:10 am

Murray looks a bit off

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:11 am

Decent scrum there. And this commentary is so much better than last week. (Although Big Richie disguising himself as Kellock was pretty impressive)

by Scot Abroad Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:11 am

Cusiter having a mare

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:11 am

And morning, FHF.

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:12 am

Great run from Visser- shame it was a knock on!

by Scot Abroad Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:14 am

Our handling is better in the rain

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:14 am

Really need to hold this score for half time

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:15 am

Morning Scot abroad - glad you've joined us!

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:16 am

Come on ref- they're delaying the put in as well - ping them!

by GLove39 Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:16 am

Concerningly close.
Pretty sure if I wasn't so tired I'd be rather worried just now...

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:17 am

Let off there - although massive forward pass in the build up!

by GLove39 Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:17 am

We got very lucky there
Boys need to wake up, Samoa looking very dangerous

by Scot Abroad Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:17 am

Good tackle by cusiter there.

I make that 2,057 knock-ons so far in this half

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:18 am

Saved by Samoa there. We have to be more precise in the second half

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:18 am

How long is this half??

by flyhalffactory Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:19 am

RDW_Scotland wrote:Come on ref- they're delaying the put in as well - ping them!

Morning to all the newcomers...............

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:20 am

Phew - what a half!

Tell you what Rennie has had a cracking game again.

Looking forward to halftime entertainment!

by flyhalffactory Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:22 am

Agree there Rennie had a cracking first half. Impressed with Scott and Visser going forward, but having a heart attack every time they try to defend, get a grip boys

I would bring Weir on around 60 mins I would say this is his type of game

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:22 am

After that half, I'm looking forward to a halftime refill on the booze! Its all a bit squeaky bum time again!

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:27 am

I hope the stream comes back for the 2nd half....

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:28 am

I refreshed the page on ustream, and it went back to normal

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:31 am

Scratch that, I seem to be back at the start. I hope its a replay covering the half time

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:34 am

Keep hitting refresh but not going back to the stream...

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:34 am

Got it now!

Just in tike to see them get a penalty

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:35 am

Big Census Johnson off

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:36 am

Been disappointed with Hogg - made a few mistakes and those 3 points came from his mistake

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:36 am

Blair on

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:38 am

Strokosh has been anonymous - get Harley on to do some choppin!

Samoa started strongly - getting worried

by grannyfromross Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:39 am

we're in a bit trouble here

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:40 am

Really can't afford to be losing our own lineouts!

by Scot Abroad Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:43 am

good quick thinking from Blair there

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:43 am

Cheap shot in the ruck there on Ansbro

Blair has made a difference

by Scot Abroad Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:44 am

We need to sort the restart

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:45 am

Need a bit of "get the ball to Visser"!

by flyhalffactory Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:47 am

great hoof up, and good pressure............. Hogg fantastic run

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:50 am

high risk 22 dropout from Scotland there - no need in my opinion and now they have a fantastic attacking opportunity

by Artful_Dodger Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:50 am

What up folks - score?

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:51 am

This is not great from Scotland

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:51 am

Max Evans on.

We're very lucky Samoa have knocked on a lot

by grannyfromross Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:51 am

Samoa 9 - Scotland 10 - 15mins into 2nd half

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:52 am

10-9 Scotland

by GLove39 Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:52 am

How the **** did our pack lose a scrum against Samoa???

by GLove39 Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:53 am

Try for Samoa Shocked

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:53 am

So bloody frustrating - we have the nudge on in the scrum but don't protect the ball and they nick it and leads to a bloody Samoan try.

Stupid play Scotland - ever since that stupid 22 drop out

by Scot Abroad Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:53 am

terrible scrum leading to a try for Samoa. We are in danger of losing this

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:53 am

that was an awful scrum. Try Samoa from that

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:54 am

Big test now for the guys.

Get Harley and Cross on for some fresh legs please!

by Alba gu brath Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:56 am

Harley on. Decent clearance from Laidlaw but we have to put some pressure onto them

by **RDW** Sat 23 Jun 2012, 4:56 am

Harley on, Ford off too which is a big call

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