Hawick and Stuart Hogg hoping stars can align for 24 hours

Hogg will win his 100th cap on Sunday but his focus will be on his home club on Saturday as they host Currie Chieftains in the final of the men’s Tennent’s Premiership

BORDER BOY: Scotland's Stuart Hogg warms up. Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.

Good vibes aren’t bound by borders or restricted to one dressing-room. The sense that this can be Ireland's Six Nations is strong enough to touch and taste but the faintest hint of expectation can be gleaned amid the hope that has attached itself to Gregor Townsend’s Scots this weekend.

Few players will bound out of bed like Stuart Hogg this Saturday. Scotland’s full-back has played Test rugby for the Lions, won a Celtic League, an English Premiership and a Champions Cup, and he will earn a hundredth cap for his country on Sunday as they chase a first Triple Crown in 33 years.