Proud Scots are no pushover

IT WASN’T just the tournament favourites Ireland who got a wake-up call on the first weekend of the RBS Six Nations Championship.

Tue, 08 Feb, 2005 - 00:00
Charlie Mulqueen

Scotland in Paris and Wales in Cardiff performed well enough to confirm Eddie O'Sullivan's view that "this is the most open Six Nations for a long time."

Crucial refereeing decisions at the Stade de France and in the Stadio Flaminio went against the underdogs, but isn't that invariably the case?

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