Summary
WITH the start of the autumn internationals a mere six days away, a new spirit of optimism is enveloping Scottish rugby like a comforting eiderdown. The pro teams have been doing well with the exception of injury-plagued Glasgow and even they gave mighty Munster a bloody nose.
Under Frank Hadden the players are reportedly enjoying national squad training and, whatever else happens, the coach got his first important call spot on. It is still early in his reign but Jason White looks as though he was placed on this earth with the task of captaining Scotland in mind. And, after several years of barely suppressed laughter, even the foreign media has noted the sea change with Eddie Butler boldly predicting "a transformation in the fortunes of Scotland".See the full content of this document
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Hadden's Imperfect 10s
That alone should be warning enough. The danger now is that expectations run ahead of ability because this Scotland squad still has more missing pieces than an old jigsaw. The tight-head propping crisis has migrated to the other side of the scrum where there is now a chronic shortage of loose-heads. The absence of Nathan Hi...
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