Logan hails Robinson’s vision as Scots boosted
Former Scotland wing Logan believes Saturday’s result vindicated theadventurous brand of rugby being played under head coach Andy Robinson, which ultimately secured only one win in this season’s championship.
“I actually said last week I thought we could beat Ireland because I think we’re a good team,” Logan said yesterday.
“Andy believes in every player – we didn’t have that before – and believes in the system he’s playing. It’s the best we’ve played for years, absolute years.
“The last time Scotland played like that was ‘99, when we won the FiveNations. We played by taking the game to teams and not being scared.”
Logan, who turns 38 next week, added: “Andy’s brought a sparkle back into the fans’ eyes, a real belief that we can win games.
“We could have been sitting here today having finished second or third.
“All these games, we’ve actually deserved to win. In previous years, we never looked like winning.”
After being deservedly beaten in their opening game against France, Scotland suffered a cruel defeat in Wales, and a failure to take their chances saw them lose in Italy and draw with England.
Despite their performances, they went into Saturday’s match with Ireland with the threat of the wooden spoon hanging over their heads.
But Logan said: “I’d rather have seen us pick up the wooden spoon playing like that, than grind out the kind of win over Italy that has saved us from it in previous years.
“We’re actually starting to look like we’ve got a number of world-classplayers. Our back row is outstanding, the second row has really grown.”
The remarkable turnaround in Scotland’s performances was sparked by the recall of Dan Parks after the fly-half spent 16 months in the internationalwilderness.
“He’s proved everybody wrong,” says Logan. “It’s not your fault sometimes when you play for your country and people slag you off.”
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