Win against Georgia is what Scots have in mind

The Dark Blues round off their autumn Test fixtures when they take on t he eastern Europeans at Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park on Saturday.

Australia mugged Vern Cotter’s side of a win in their series opener at Murrayfield but the Scots made amends by pinching victory from Argentina three days ago.

Now Laidlaw, who kicked a stoppage-time penalty to see off the Pumas, has targeted another win as he looks ahead to their upcoming Six Nations schedule.

Scotland kick off the 2017 campaign with a clash at home to Ireland on February 4 and the captain wants to march into that battle with a squad high on confidence.

The Gloucester scrum-half said: “If you can win games back to back, it builds confidence and it builds momentum.

“The next time this group comes together after this game will be for the Six Nations. So if we can win again after Saturday, it will be huge for us.

“It makes such a big difference. It means the boys have confidence in each other and everything we are trying to do out on the field.

“To be honest, even though we fell short against Australia, we can still take confidence from the type of performance we put in.

“If we can get a performance and a result we’ll be in a great spot.”

However, Laidlaw knows his side’s physicality will be tested to the limit by t he heavyweight Georgian line-up.

The Lelos edged out Samoa on Saturday 20-16 largely thanks to their muscular forwards who were rewarded for their heavy labour with a penalty try and another pushover surge.

However, having seen his side battered about by both the Wallabies and Argentina, Laidlaw is confident Scotland can handle what the visitors will have to offer.

“Georgia are developing into a good side,” said the Scotland skipper. “They have had a lot of positive results this year and I’m sure they will be confident in their own right.

“They are very big on their scrummaging and their forward play. Coming off the back of a big win, they will be coming here to cause an upset.

“We will have to be right up for it. We need to play an aggressive game because they are an aggressive team themselves who like the contact side of the game. However, so do we and we have shown that.

“We enjoyed winning on Saturday so it’s very important we finish off this series with another win.

“The two games so far have been pretty brutal and that’s part of the challenge.”

SCOTLAND rugby skipper Greig Laidlaw (right) is looking for a double helping of victory against Georgia this weekend as he aims to serve up a successful RBS 6 Nations campaign.