It was good to see Scotland support for T2
SCOTLAND, for reasons beyond me, have been getting heat over their ‘meaningless' summer tour of North and South America, not least from their own media but I want to both congratulate and thank them.
Too many T1 nations talk a good game when it comes to supporting T2 nations … and then singularly fail to deliver. The occasional fourth Test in the autumn simply doesn't cut the mustard so a massive hat tip to the Scots for walking the walk.
In the course of a memorable month the youngish squad thrashed Canada 73-22 in Ottawa, beat USA 42-7 in Washington DC, defeated Chile 52-11 in Santiago and then had enough in the tank to get past Uruguay 31-19 in Montevideo. During that time they were also able to cap and ‘capture' dual qualified players such as Gus Warr, Aaron Reed, Nathan McBeth and Will Hurd.
Call me old fashioned but I like to think that, as well as getting four Test wins under their belts, the entire Scottish party also took the opportunity to decompress a little and get an insight into old style tours. A chance to take the foot off the accelerator a little. What's not to like?
