Townsend must get his Scots to forget their away-day blues

BRENDAN GALLAGHER looks at Scotland’s mission in Dublin – and their famous past clashes

BRENDAN GALLAGHER

So here’s the dilemma facing Gregor Townsend: In the last two games at Murrayfield the Scots have sent the French packing and then played rugby from the gods to dismiss England from their presence and that is on top of a riotous win over Australia in November and a match against the All Blacks they should probably have won.
Yet a month ago, adopting the same free booting expansive style that has brought them much success and hope, they were humbled 34-7 by Wales at t...

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