This one is for for you Doddie

secured a record-margin win and equalled the highest points total scored against the Dragons which has stood for 99 years.

A double of tries from Kyle Steyn and scores from George Turner,

Blair Kinghorn and Matt Fagerson was lapped up by a Murrayfield crowd that saw the home side lift the Doddie Weir Cup and back up last weekend’s triumph over England at Twickenham.

A stunning secondhalf display brought 22 points. And Townsend insists achieving backto-back wins in opening Six Nations games for the first time is all about momentum as he delivered an emotional tribute to the Weir family who had passed on a good luck message in the first Scotland home match since losing their father to Motor Neurone’s Disease last November.

Toony said: “I’m sure he would have been proud.

“He used to message me before and after games. He would always wish us all the best before the game and I’d picture him having a Guinness or a red wine sitting at home.

“If we won he would say after the game that it was all down to the coaches and if we lost he would say it was nothing to do with the coaches.

“It was always a nice text to receive from him and Cathy has continued that tradition.

“It was a big day for Cathy and the boys and for them to feel the love that everyone has for them, and for Doddie’s legacy to continue with the fundraising meant today was a special day.

“It was brilliant we were able to win for them.”

A trip to Paris to face a France side who lost to Ireland yesterday is next up for Scotland in a fortnight’s time.

Townsend believes it was an even better performance from his side than last weekend against the English. And the coach insists it will have to move up another notch again if Scotland are to start having Six Nations title talk. He said: “It feels like an improved performance. It didn’t feel like that at half time. It felt more like Twickenham but the second half was improved.

“If it was a seven out of 10 last week it has moved up to an eight out of ten and we will have to improve again.

“The next two teams we play are ranked one and two in the world and we have to get up to nine out of t10 to beat them.

“The satisfaction was giving our crowd a really good day. We were playing for a trophy that meant a lot to us.

“It’s unusual to play for trophies in Six Nations games – we play for the Calcutta Cup, the oldest trophy in the world, and that motivates us.

“This trophy motivates us now, the Doddie Weir Cup. The internal focus was on playing better than we did last week.

“We did in the end do that but there’s more to come from the group.

“We’ll be confident, winning really helps. We had a really good week where we weren’t easy on the players as coaches, but the players weren’t easy on themselves.

“We had two tough physical sessions and there were areas we had to improve from Twickenham.”

Finn Russell was the star man for Scotland and Townsend added: Townsend added: “Perhaps the most impressive part of his game was his defence.

“Wales ran down his channel but he made tackle after tackle. So to then have the accuracy he showed in attack after that shows what a competitive player he is.

“The players outside him then give him so many options. It was a collective effort and with Finn in that form it was very good.”