TOMMY WHO?
Scots try hero Seymour makes a name for himself despite TV Eddie’s Boyd gaffe
TOMMY SEYMOUR has insisted being labelled “Tommy Boyd” while becoming a Six Nations try hero for Scotland didn’t wreck his celebrations.
Thousands of armchair fans bombarded social media pages on Saturday after BBC commentator Eddie Butler repeatedly referred to Seymour as Boyd during the win over Wales at Murrayfield.
And Butler – himself an ex-Wales star – really hit a raw nerve when he described how Tommy Boyd squeezed in for the first Scots touchdown.
Many viewers assumed Butler was getting Seymour mixed up with the former Celtic captain.
Others wondered if he had been thinking about the 1970s kids’ telly presenter of the same name.
In any event Seymour yesterday forgave Butler but jokingly took a swipe at Scotland legend Chris Paterson for failing to correct him.
He said: “It made me laugh when I heard about it after the game on Saturday.
“I had no idea who he could have been talking about but I am not holding grudges.
“As co-commentator Mossy (Paterson) is, if anything, the more guilty party because he should have put Eddie right. Put it this way it didn’t ruin my night.”
Seymour has now shifted his focus to the Triple Crown quest against England at Twickenham a week on Saturday.
And he underlined his belief the oval ball Tartan Army can help Scotland pull off a first victory in London for more than 30 years.
Seymour said: “We have a huge amount of passionate fans now and it is brilliant the final match of the championship against Italy is another Murrayfield sell-out.
“It is hugely complimentary to us they so badly want us to succeed. For me this expectation is not a burden. It’s an enjoyable excitement to be still in contention for the title.
“It has to be a great opportunity and if it’s pressure that’s the main focus you are up for a fall.”
Seymour insisted the Scots must carry on against England where they left off against Wales – and produce 80 minutes of the relentless intensity that was evident in the second half last weekend.
He added: “We try to do that every time. No team wants to plateau at any single point. “At Twickenham we will need to get close to a complete performance to have a chance of victory.
“However, there is encouragement with what we have managed.
“We haven’t reached our dream end. We remember last time we faced them there two years ago we were leading at half-time, the first time that had happened for ages.
“We know we are capable of going to places and playing. We need to take our Twickenham history out of the equation and concentrate on what we can achieve regardless of the venue.
“It’s fun playing for Scotland. We’ve been playing free-flowing rugby in recent years with a lot of hard work put in.
“It’s been a natural progression to a more fluent style.
“An outside back like me is always reliant on those inside producing that.
“We have a lot of guys who can put wingers in space, especially Stuart Hogg.
“We’re having an enjoyable time as a group, playing a brand of rugby that is exciting for the fans to watch and for ourselves
to play.”