Hadden standing by troops

FRANK HADDEN insists it will take more than one poor performance to alter his opinion that Scotland can have a successful Six Nations campaign.

The Scots were well beaten by France at Murrayfield Sunday but there has been little time to dwell on the 27-6 defeat. Hadden’s side are back in action against Wales on Saturday, and Chris Paterson returns to the starting XV in one of two changes. He replaces the injured Rory Lamont at full-back, while Kelly Brown steps in for the dropped Dave Callam at number eight. But head coach Hadden resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes and insisted it was too soon in the championship to be making radical selections.

“We stand by the team we selected last week, although we were very disappointed with the performance – and we stand by the team we’ve picked this week,” said Hadden.