Scotland - time to start with attacking backs v1.

chewed_mintie wrote:Maybe it is mental more than anything?

Rennie should have put away....was it Blair? Sadly a lack of the basics in drawing the last man let him down. Laidlaw’s effort, I thought, was a try but it was such a marginal call. So there are two examples of where Scotland should have crossed the line.

As a Kiwi I’m used to seeing my side score tries and we have an abundance of world class players. Up until recently I would not watch a Scotland game unless NZ were playing them, purely because I thought the players were useless and the game would be boring – although I admit this is harsh. Nowadays, even though Scotland haven’t scored for 6 hrs of play, I can see the promise in the team. I watched the game on Saturday and I laughed when Jonathan Davies said Scotland don’t look like scoring. They were the only team to create try scoring opportunities!

Scotland have unearthed a gem in Denton – I don’t say that lightly. Ross Rennie looks good and there is depth in the backrow with Barclay, Brown etc. Max Evans is a creator and a class winger, he doesn’t get opportunities on the end of the line but makes the most of what he gets. I would like to see him move in to 13, although slightly small I could see him and Lamont forming a good partnership. Scotland have to play Blair and Laidlaw – these two look pretty promising.

Let’s look at the wider picture. Scotland are developing an awesome back row trio (whatever the mix), the locks are good and don’t shirk so Scotland should be able to retain possession playing a wider game. Blair and Laidlaw can get the backline moving a lot more than Cusiter and Parks and outside of that there is a promising threequarter line starved of space and possession. I think its time for Robinson to grow a pair and try another game plan...