I MUST start by saying a very big thank you for all the support! You soak up all that passion – that Welsh hwyl – and either rise to the occasion or wilt. Our captain was Bryan Redpath and our stand-off was Gregor Townsend, while my team-mates included some handy customers such as the Leslie brothers, Simon Taylor, Scott Murray, Chris Paterson, Tom Smith, Budge Pountney and Jason White.
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He said: “Yes, we’d like the roof shut. Why?” Here we look at how the two sides match up. Following the game he signalled his intention to correct Wales’ attacking deficiencies, a sentiment that should worry Scotland and incoming centre Duncan Taylor.
Scotland are exhausted of being the RBS 6 Nations’ perennial losers, according to David Denton, but he still reckons the Dark Blues can stun Wales in Cardiff.
The situation has changed for the worse since then.
VICTORIES in Cardiff have been few and far between for Scotland down the decades.
They will have been heartened by the way Wales played against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, making more than 200 passes and seeking width rather than trying to crash through the middle. But even if they do begin well, the difficulty for the visitors will be to maintain that level for more than half the game – far more, in fact.
“What Scotland have got to do is get the crowd on their side”. We have had close encounters and a couple of times we’ve got out of jail.
Wooden spoonists in 2015, they chalked up just one win the previous season and head to Cardiff on the back of eight successive Six Nations defeats, still haunted by memories of a record 51-3 pummelling by the Welsh two years ago.
– Wales have averaged 33 points per game in their last five Six Nations clashes against Scotland at the Principality Stadium. “We just need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get ready to put our best foot forward come Saturday”.
“We could have started with some of those players on the bench, but we felt there was a chance in terms giving them another chance to go and potentially put things right”. “They will have been disappointed at losing to England last weekend”.
Scotland head coach Vern Cotter said: “This group have worked exceptionally hard this week to improve their accuracy under pressure after a frustrating opening game against England”.
Scotland also need to tighten up their defence. Wales will go to the air and try to make us repeat those mistakes.
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Edwards added: “Winning the championship is still within our own hands, although we know we will have to win our next four games and potentially beat Ireland on points difference to do that”.
