BRENDAN GALLAGHER

And hey presto, Scotland will find themselves ranked five in the world on Monday morning when the World Rugby computer fires up and belches up its latest standings. It moves in mysterious ways but is rarely wrong.
Such an elevated ranking may catch some by surprise because Scotland and Gregor Townsend often seem under fire and frequently get accused of underperforming but then when you consider they have lost only once to England in their last six meetings, perhaps not.
This is also the group that beat Australia in the Autumn, played the All Blacks off the park for an hour ...