SCOTLAND captain John Barclay was lavish in his praise of departing coach Vern Cotter. “It is hard to put into words what Vern has put into the team. He is a good man and you can hear the crowd. He has made a fantastic contribution to Scottish rugby and built a fantastic culture within the team and he will be humble about it all. “We wanted to finish on a high especially after last week. We really wanted to give the coaching team a good send-off. We had to dust ourselves off after a loss like the England one and set the record straight.”

Cotter added: “The players ...