The Scotsman

Up for the cup Scotland celebrate historic victory

- By ANDREW BALDOCK

Stuart Hogg proudly shows off the Doddie Weir Cup after Scotland's 14-10 Six Nations win over Wales in Llanelli.

The result means Scotland recorded three consecutiv­e victories in the Championsh­ip for the first time since 1996.

It also continued a remarkable run of success for Hogg who has now lifted trophies on each of the last three weekends.

He helped Exeter win the He inek en Champions Cup final a fortnight ago then was part of the Chiefs side that won the Gallagher Premiershi­p final against Wasps last week.

The win at ParcyS car lets was Scotland’s first on Welsh soil since 2002.

Hogg said: “It is 18 years since we last won down here. For us, that was an unacceptab­le records owe wanted to do everything we possibly could to change that.

"I believed in the boys from the first minute that they were going to win and thankfully they did exactly that.”

Alun Wyn Jones says Wales have "got to get better" after they slumped to a four-year results low and their worst Six Nations campaign since 2007.

Wales' lame 14-10 home defeat against Scotland in Llanelli made it five successive defeats under head coach Wayne Pivac, who can reflect on just two victories - over the Barbarians and Italy - since he succeeded Warren Gatland a year ago.

And it is in stark contrast to last season's Grand Slam-winning Six Nations campaign, with a fifth-placed finish and just one victory leaving Wales facing questions before an Autumn Nations Cup schedule that features appointmen­ts with Ireland and England.

Wales captain Jones said: "It's got to get better, hasn't it, first and foremost. We are quite candid on that, as Wayne has been as well. We go into the Nations Cup with a fresh start. I am pretty sure there will be changes and Wayne will continue giving people opportunit­ies, so it's wide open in that regard.”

 ??  ?? 0 Stuart Hogg and Scotland celebrate with Doddie Weir Cup after their historic win in Wales on Saturday
0 Stuart Hogg and Scotland celebrate with Doddie Weir Cup after their historic win in Wales on Saturday
 ??  ?? 0 Alun Wyn Jones gives his team instructio­ns at Parc y Scarlets.
0 Alun Wyn Jones gives his team instructio­ns at Parc y Scarlets.

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