Barclay ready for Bergamasco battle

JOHN BARCLAY felt for Mauro Bergamasco when Italy’s extraordinary gamble of playing the flanker at scrum-half backfired so spectacularly.

Barclay ready for Bergamasco battle

But that will not stop the Scotland openside piling on the misery for his opposite number when they go head to head in tomorrow’s crucial RBS 6 Nations clash at Murrayfield.

Italy head coach Nick Mallett’s decision to play Bergamasco at half-back has been branded one of the biggest selection blunders in the history of Test rugby.

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