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Gatland must find a Tartan talisman

WARREN Gatland is already thinking about next year’s Lions tour of South Africa, on which he will be confronted by a mammoth obstacle.
We are not talking about the task of beating the world champions in their own lair, although that will be plenty difficult enough. The real challenge will be to find a Scottish player good enough to start a Test.
The last man to feature was Tom Smith, the wonderful loosehead prop who played six on the spin under Ian McGeechan and Graham Henry. That was two whole decades ago.
This brutal statistic reflects the dolorous state of Scottish rugby and, perha...

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