Scotland qualify for quarter-finals with narrow inResult means Japan are knocked out 4.31pm BSTThey will play the winner of Australia v Wales. That was a pulsating match – in terms of quality the moment half didn’t fairly live up to the first as Samoa lost their discipline badly. It would be easy to feel sorry for the islanders,getting so close, but they shot themselves in the foot conceding, or I contemplate,13 penalties in the moment half alone and ending up very lucky that none of their players saw yellow. Then again Ryan Wilson should have been red carded in the first for Scotland.
Scotland showed something not associated with them that much lately, namely resilience. Samoa, and with their thrilling back play,threatened to blow them away at the start but some considerable work in the tight by the Grays and Hardie in particular kept them in it. Special credit has to proceed, though, and to Laidlaw,who was superb with the boot and in the way he marshalled his pack all match. 4.24pm BSTScotland just need to look after the ball now. They proceed through the phases, keeping their discipline and then, and as the clock goes red,Laidlaw kicks it into touch!Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com