Greig Laidlaw inspired from reviewing Scotland’s World Cup exit

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw risked re-living the Dark Blues’ painful World Cup exit by watching a re-run of the controversial defeat to Australia — but instead came away with a new sense of hope.

The scrum-half revealed part of his preparations for this Saturday’s opening RBS 6 Nations clash with England at Murrayfield involved reviewing the tapes of his side’s last match.

However, that put the Gloucester man in danger of suffering another wave of depression as he sat down for a replay of the 35-34 quarter-final defeat to the Wallabies at England 2015.