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ma io, ogni volta che l'inghilterra perde, sorrido! <div><br></div><div>E quando perde 35 a 0, vado a dormire con un sorriso enorme...</div><div><br></div><div><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Scotland A 35 England Saxons 0</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">England Saxons suffered a major setback when they went down to Scotland A at Galashiels and suffered only their second defeat in 20 games at this level in the process.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Duncan Weir led the way with a try, three conversions and three penalties in his 20-point haul, Duncan Hogg added a spectacular solo effort and Rob Harley and Matt Scott forced their way over late in the game.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Saxons saw plenty of the ball in the Borders during the opening 40 minutes but never generated much in the way of momentum – James Gaskell and Ed Slater sin binned along the way – and paid the price for missing a handful of important tackles.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">They had made eight changes to the side that won 23-17 against the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds including a debut for Leicester Tigers lock Slater with Dominic Waldouck (London Wasps) a late replacement for Jonathan Joseph (London Irish) in midfield.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Weir nudged Scotland in front with a fourth minute penalty but after a slow start the Saxons worked their way back into the game only for Hogg’s burst down the left to put them on the back foot.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The Glasgow full back’s 40 metre run and sidestep under the posts put the hosts 10-0 up after 17 minutes and the Saxons then lost skipper James Gaskell to the sin-bin two minutes before the break for a high tackle.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Weir’s second penalty sent them in 13-0 down and the Saxons made an instant change at fly half with Freddie Burns replacing Ryan Lamb and another shortly after with Kearnan Myall taking over from George Robson.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Any route back into the game was halted by Weir’s 52<sup style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">nd</sup> minute try as he shrugged off two sets of tackles to go under the posts, adding a conversion and a penalty five minutes later with Slater the second Saxon in the sin bin.</p><p style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Harley forced his way over into the right-hand corner after a close-range scrum and Scott found a huge gap to accelerate through 12 minutes from time.</p></div> </div></body>
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