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The great and the good of Scottish rugby joined a very healthy crowd at Netherdale on Friday evening to witness the Scotland A team win a match they looked destined, even determined, to lose in the first half.
It wasn't just the Scottish management team of Andy Robinson, Graham Lowe and Gregor Townsend, Ireland were represented by national coach Declan Kidney and forward boss Gert Smal. They were there to cast an eye over the likes of Tomas O'Leary, Tony Buckley, the giant lock Devlin Toner and, especially, Gavin Duffy who did his chances of starting in Rome no harm at all with an assured performance at fullback. Afterwards Robinson shook hands with his opposite number and exchanged small talk, both men knowing the real test is yet to come.See the full content of this document
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This was a bizarre match with all the action in the one half of the pitch. Ireland dominated the first half and Scotland the second. With Edinburgh struggling this season you might wonder how an A team with ten of their players in the start...
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