Paul Rees says it is too often like Groundhog Day north of the border as the Six Nations looms.

The Six Nations has this decade become Scotland’s Ground-hog Day. Every campaign is anticipated with eagerness only to disappoint, not least because of the persistent failure to get the better of Ireland.
The campaigns have been notable for occasional performances rather than consistency. Few dispute that the current squad is Scotland’s strongest in the professional era, but it has tended to tilt at windmills rather than the title and with many of their leading performers now in their 30s, time i...