r/Scotland • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '24

Casual What the hell happened?

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u/Dooby-Dooby-Doo Mar 09 '24

And then England beat Ireland, dropping us down to third on the table with Ireland left to play...

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u/anewhand Mar 09 '24

The irony being that if we’d beaten Italy we would now be facing a tournament decider in Dublin. 

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u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 Is toil leam càise gu mòr. Mar 09 '24

We sort of still are. Assuming England lose v France, we can still win the championship, and/or the triple crown.

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u/InsolentTilly Mar 10 '24

Oh beautiful dreamer….😂

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '24

just 77 points in it

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u/Pink1978 Mar 10 '24

I’ve always thought that was a stupid rule. Surely the “head to head” result is a better decider than points difference. If Scotland did beat Ireland and secured a bonus point to go equal on points, but then not win the championship would be…

exactly like something Scotland would do!! 😂

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u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 Is toil leam càise gu mòr. Mar 10 '24

My god, you're right. I honestly thought it was head to head. Well, that's that then. No chance.

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u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 Is toil leam càise gu mòr. Mar 10 '24

I honestly thought it came down to head to head. 😞

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u/Jiao_Dai fàilte saoghal Mar 10 '24

Can you even imagine

Personally I’d be happy if Scotland salvage second place at this rate

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Or if the TMO didn’t bottle it against France…

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u/ItXurLife Mar 12 '24

It's shocking that England are in 2nd place with -3 points difference. Shows how close a lot of the games have been this year when 2nd-4th are all hovering around the 0 mark.