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1444: PENALTY Scotland 3-0 Argentina The Pumas are penalised at a ruck and Phil Godman lands the simple penalty.
1443: There's a bit of early handbags at Croke Park following a heavy challenge on full-back Rob Kearney. Nigel Owens is clear with his telling off. "What went on there, ends there."
1441: Lively start in Dublin. Ireland try and attack from deep but they are turned over, Steyn attempts a drop-goal but it goes wide. Still scoreless in both games.
1440: Morne Steyn kicks off for the Springboks. Ireland, all in white, kick clear and a Springbok takes the ball into touch.
1439: It's pretty misty at Croke Park, I don't know if it's the smoke from pre-match fireworks or just the weather. We are ready to go.
1436: Scotland prop Allan Jacobsen pinged for a swinging arm at a ruck. Argentina centre Martin Rodriguez takes the long-range kick but it goes well wide. Ireland now have their anthem.
1435: South Africa anthem. It's a bit better than the one in France. Schalk Burger is sporting an extraordinary moustache by the way. Just thought I'd mention it.
1433: Scotland putting the ball through the hands and trying to give it a bit of width. Not making too much ground as yet though.
From richie4eva1 on 606:
"The standard of rugby in these autumn internationals has been very good this year, and the south certainly haven't had things all their own way as
in years gone by. Predicting wins for Ireland, Scotland and Wales but I think New Zealand may just be a bit too strong for France."
1430: Scotland start the match in Edinburgh. The Pumas gather and kick deep. BBC Sport's Eddie Butler has just mentioned that it's 5C and sinking in Dublin.
1429: We haven't had the anthems yet in Dublin. It's going to be a late start.
1426: South Africa out on the pitch in Dublin. Anthem time in Edinburgh. The rugby desk here has started a rendition of "Flower of Scotland". Emotional scenes. It seems a cold old day in Scotland, you can see the breath of the players. Ireland now out, wonderful reception. Not long now.
From AllBlackFuture on 606:
"SA by 15+... Not even close."
From Roo1396 on 606:
"Come on Scotland! Andy Robinson is doing an amazing job so far. We can beat Australia and Fiji, so I think we must be able to beat Argentina! COME ON SCOTLAND! DO YOUR COUNTRY PROUD!"
1420: Just a quick heads up. If you manually refresh this page now, you will get live coverage of the Ireland v South Africa contest at the top of the page. Jubbly.
Ireland coach Declan Kidney on BBC1: Ronan O'Gara is playing very well but when do you give a young man a go? We said that we want to grow as a side and this is another step in that."
1408: Can I just say a big thank you to
TranceDylan on 606
for his detailed explanation of the phrase "shake a stick at". Awesome work. Anyway, while England were completing their turgid and uninspiring autumn series with an improved display against New Zealand last week, former coach Andy Robinson was leading Scotland to a famous victory over Australia. I wonder if he allowed himself a rueful sigh as he looked down to London and the pressure now being placed on England manager Martin Johnson.
Three changes for the Scots: centre Ben Cairns and wing Thom Evans replace Graeme Morrison and Simon Danielli while flanker Jon Barclay, who apparently made more tackles than anyone else during the defensive heroics against the Aussies, makes way for debutant Alan MacDonald of Edinburgh. Argentina, shorn of the stars that helped them reach the last four in France, are not the force of two years ago and have lost to both England and Wales this autumn. They show six changes to the one that lost 33-16 in Cardiff last week.
1404: Plenty of spice ahead of the Ireland-Springbok clash. There has been lots of chat involving the Irish members of the British and Irish Lions squad that toured South Africa in the summer. Skipper John Smit, who reverts to hooker from prop, has claimed that a senior Irish player influenced their decision not to socialise with the Lions during the June series. There is also the little matter of Schalk Burger's inclusion in the South Africa side following his eye-gouging of Irish wing Luke Fitzgerald during the second Lions Test. Although Fitzgerald is missing today with a hamstring injury, I'm sure Burger will receive a warm Dublin welcome this afternoon.
For Ireland, there are a host of changes following the 41-6 victory over Fiji. Wing Tommy Bowe, scrum-half Tomas O'Leary, inside centre Paddy Wallace, prop Cian Healy, lock Donncha O'Callaghan and flanker David Wallace are all brought back but the main news was the retention of the talented Johnny Sexton at fly-half. Is Ronan O'Gara's reign coming to an end?
Just for your info, Ireland could go into the world's top three if they beat the Springboks and Australia lose to Wales. South Africa, meanwhile, will want to end their tour on a high after losses to France, Leicester and Saracens.
From hurley_burley on 606:
"Ireland by 30. All scored by Sexton. Then Rog to come on and dump tackle Schalk Burger... Oh just woke up. Can always dream. Shower, pub, Croker. Bring it on!!"
From eirebilly on 606:
"Looking forward to some good matches. I think that Ireland stand a good chance of winning today but it will be very close. I think that Scotland will win as well as the All Blacks. Wales should be too strong for an Aussie side that is struggling."
1400: Now we've got the small print out of the way, there's some late South Africa team news, just in case you haven't seen it. Second row Bakkies Botha is out after failing to recover from a back injury. Andries Bekker comes into the engine room, with scrum-half Francois Hougaard coming onto the bench. That means there is now no second-row cover on the Springbok bench.
1356: There are lots of ways to keep in touch with today's action. The Ireland match is on BBC1, with the Scotland game on BBC1 Scotland - both are being streamed live on this website. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra and Radio Ulster are following the Irish while Radio Scotland are at Murrayfield. The rest of you desperate souls can follow me tapping away furiously on this live text commentary. You lucky, lucky people.
From hawick on 606:
"I'll be surprised if the Scots boys can move after last week! Stiff as boards and I wouldn't be surprised against a physical Argentina if they fall off tackles in the second half. Sure they'll want to avenge the World Cup defeat, but I won't be rushing to take the 4/7 about them today."
1347: Now, I'll need all your banter and predictions throughout the afternoon. Here's some posers for you. How has the autumn series treated your country? How do you rate the autumn series overall? Do the authorities need to get busy with some rule-changing nonsense once again? Get involved with all your chat:
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1343: After three weekends of blood and bluster, there are just three autumn internationals left featuring the home nations. At 1430 GMT Ireland face fatigued world champions South Africa at Croke Park and Scotland, buoyed by their victory over Australia last week, take on Argentina in a repeat of the 2007 World Cup quarter-final. At 1715 Wales face Australia in Cardiff aiming for back-to-back wins over the Wallabies for the first time since the 70s.
1340: Afternoon all. Before we begin, I have to tell you about a dream I had last night. No word of a lie it was about today's live text commentary. I dreamt that there were three running at the same time and for some reason, I didn't deem it necessary to update anything until half-time. I promise not to let that dream turn into reality today, I'll be giving you more updates than you can shake a stick at (whatever that means). Welcome to the last weekend of the autumn internationals.
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