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Why Scotland's dire performance left The Rugby Pod's Jim Hamilton feeling embarrassed
By Rugby Pod
The Rugby Pod has reflected on an energetic first week of the Rugby World Cup, with Jim Hamilton reacting to seeing his Scotland suffer a definitive loss to Ireland last Sunday.
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Hamilton claimed this was not what he had expected from his fellow countrymen. “I’m not embarrassed for the team because I don’t play for them now… but I was embarrassed after the game for a number of reasons.
“One, because I put my neck on the line before the game on here [The Rugby Pod]. Doing ITV, I’m with (Brian) O’Driscoll and (Paul) O’Connell, legends of the game, and I was trying to convince them that Scotland will win the game.
“Now an element of me was thinking, ‘We don’t need to win the game, we just need this to be respectable’. But I was watching it and I was embarrassed.”
Scotland take on Samoa next on Monday in a game they should win, but Samoa put in a strong performance against a busy Russia side.
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Happy for him. When starting out for the western force (Perth Australia) he gave up some penalties but did a great job going toe to toe with the saffer forward packs. He’s tough and he’s tall.
Go to comments5 Welsh talking points perhaps. Wallabies do have some genuine threats out wide and in field, a solid set piece and could be a handful in the back row if they bring the attitude. Wallabies discipline a major issue, but should they keep the count low then they may have a shot at applying pressure.
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