Ritchie rallies his troops
CAPTAIN Jamie Ritchie has called on Scotland to impose their game on Fiji as they bid to bounce back from last weekend’s agonising
16-15 defeat by Australia. Despite the loss to the Wallabies Scotland are red-hot favourites to notch a victory today when the Pacific Islanders visit Murrayfield. Ritchie said: ‘We obviously want to win every game we go into, but we are confident this week that we learned some lessons from the game last weekend and we are going in full of energy.’
‘We will be looking to impose our game on them. We believe that if we put our best foot forward we will come away with the win.’ After playing with an entirely home-based team against Australia last weekend as the match fell outside the international window, Scotland are buoyed by the return of key men like Stuart Hogg, Cam Redpath, Chris Harris, Rory Sutherland and Jonny Gray. ‘It’s brilliant to have them back,’ said Ritchie. ‘There are a few more experienced heads in there and they have brought a lot of energy to training this week.
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