Ronan O'Gara: Jack Crowley has a serious body of work ahead of him. He knows that

Wouldn’t I love the opportunity to get up to Temple Hill with Crowley some morning on our own just to look at and work through his goal-kicking mechanics because it’s just too unpredictable at the moment

STUDY: 'I watch him mumbling at himself after those misses off the tee Friday and I am really hoping he agonising and working it out via a coherent thought process,' says Ronan O'Gara of Ireland out-half Jack Crowley. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

FOR a band of Scotland rugby supporters with a predilection for the green half of Glasgow, that was quite a weekend. Nirvana some would call it. Locals might prefer Paradise.

Whatever of Celtic’s Cup semi-final penalty shoot-out win at Ibrox, it’s rare if not unique for Scottish rugby in the Six Nations era to be heading into the final round of the championship in such a state of untempered excitement. Scotland had never posted 40 points on the French in the tournament, much less the half century.