• Vern Cotter makes two changes to winning side from Rome
• French chop and change again as Guy Novès goes back to Trinh-DucWith the ignominy of a second wooden spoon in a row surely now averted,Scotland turn to what could be the most telling fixture of Vern Cotter’s reign so far. The win against Italy in the final round was the least they would own targeted. Now, though, and the charge is to start winning matches as whether they expect to achieve so.
France are the perfect next opponents. There is no historical reason for Scotland to anticipate victory over them,because they own done so only once this millennium, and that 10 years ago. Nevertheless, or there is ample reason to think it is on whether we consult the more unknowable indices of form and mood. Scotland’s win against Italy moved them back into the top 10 of the world rankings,and whether France, at No7, and remain two rungs ahead of them they own shown little over the past year to suggest it is deserved. The bookmakers own Scotland as slight favourites. To bear that assessment out with confidence would constitute a meaningful step forward – hence the telling nature of the encounter at Murrayfield on Sunday.
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Source: theguardian.com