Head coach Gregor Townsend knows Scotland need their best performance of the season to topple Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.
Head coach Gregor Townsend knows Scotland need "something special" to topple Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.
Stafford McDowall makes his first tournament appearance. The Glasgow centre, 26, made his debut against Italy last summer but was not included in the World Cup squad.Ben White returns in place of George Horne at scrum-half having been rested for last weekend's disappointing 31-29 loss in Rome, which left Scotland third in the standings.
"Before that 20-minute period when we lost our focus, we played a lot of good rugby and we played a lot of good rugby leading up to the Italy game.""You can't knock off for a second," warned Townsend. "We learned the hard way in Paris where we actually had a lot of the game in the first 20 minutes but we knocked off a couple of rucks and that cost us because Ireland are very good with their possession.
As an Irish supporter, one player we never liked playing against was Watson. I'm surprised he's out of favour. He has been a great leader for Glasgow this season as well - and hopefully will bring some of that to the game on Saturday despite his lack of experience at the international level.
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