Scotland stews over premature Ireland-All Blacks quarter-final chatter

'Reading a few comments after the game it looked like Ireland were already in the quarter-finals and [there are] even people chatting today saying that Ireland are playing New Zealand, so for us maybe that’s already been decided'

MAN AND BALL: Scotland's Kyle Steyn battles for possession in Nice with Tonga's Afusia Taumoepau and Sam Lousi. 

Rugby World Cup: Scotland 45 Tonga 17.

Gregor Townsend saw Saturday night’s game between Ireland and South Africa in Paris. And he heard the chatter around it too. Scotland, sequestered away down south and inactive since the opening weekend, seemed all but forgotten.