Battle of the 10's: Finn Russell v George Ford

Battle of the 10's: Finn Russell v George Ford

Finn Russell v George Ford. 

A battle of the 10’s who are normally the talismen for their teams, whether it be club or country. In today’s game Scotland came out on top with a big thank you to Finn Russell who was phenomenal for his team. Russell marshalled Scotland forward to a Culcutta Cup victory. He was compossed, his decision making was on point with perfect execution too. Townsend said this was one Russell's best performance for Scotland. Ford on the other hand was dissapointing and did not live up to the standard that we are used to from him.

 Here are a few key moments from the two flyhalf’s which influenced the game.

8’ A brilliant flick on from Russell to Jones who races down the left and scores.



25’ Russell breaks the line and chips it, Genge fails to deal with it and White gathers it and scores.

52’ Ford tries a drop goal and it gets charged down by Fagerson who gathers it and gives it to Huw Jones who runs it in.


Here are some stats from the 2 fly-halfs's 

Finn Russell v George Ford

Metres made: 41 – 33

Points: 11 – 10

Kicks from hand: 9 – 8

Try assists: 1 - 1

Defenders beaten 5 – 3

Line Breaks 1 – 0

Carries: 7 – 5

Passes: 21 – 32

Tackles: 6 – 3

Kick success rate: 100% - 100%

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