JEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK

SCOTLAND have been a decent side for a while now, but they struggle to get over certain obstacles – such as winning more than three games in a Six Nations campaign.
So, while all the signs are good as the Scots go through their World Cup warm-up matches, the neutrals’ view of their chances of beating South Africa and Ireland in Pool B, the French tournament’s ‘pool of death’, are slim.
There is a tradition of games between Scotland and Ireland being close, but the Scots have not beaten Ireland since before the Japan World Cup, and the...