Land title glory vows Scots boss
S Hogg (Glasgow); B Kinghorn (Edinburgh), H Jones, P Horne (both Glasgow), S Maitland (Saracens); F Russell (Glasgow), G Laidlaw (Clermont); G Reid (London Irish), S McInally, S Berghan; G Gilchrist (all Edinburgh), J Gray (Glasgow); J Barclay (Scarlets), H Watson (Edinburgh), R Wilson (Glasgow).
Replacements: F Brown (Glasgow), J Bhatti (Glasgow), WP Nel (Edinburgh), T Swinson (Glasgow), D Denton (Worcester), A Price, N Grigg, L Jones (all Glasgow). the Aviva Stadium clash and said: “Momentum is great. You come into camp knowing things you’ve worked on have led to a win.
“There is a cohesion as the team is much the same as the wins over England and France and we felt that in the November Tests too.
“Even though we didn’t beat New Zealand, there was confidence from that performance we took into the Australia game.
“The different thing this time, the difficult thing and the bigger challenge is we go away from home against a team who are unbeaten.
“Ireland have only lost one from their last 20-odd at home so we know this is a huge challenge.”
Edinburgh’s Blair Kinghorn will start against Ireland, replacing injured Tommy Seymour, in the only change to the side that defeated England.
And the Gunners flying machine insists the game in Dublin can’t come soon enough as the 21-year-old reckons his debut from the bench in the Calcutta Cup victory will stand him in good stead.
He said: “I can’t wait to get out there, I’m really excited. I had 15 minutes against England and it was good to get a feel for what it is like at Test level.” AUTO: robertsonhomes.co.uk