IT WAS the ultimate bittersweet experience for Darcy Graham. The Scotland winger played superbly against New Zealand on Sunday, scoring one exceptional try and having another acrobatic effort chalked off by the narrowest of margins, and yet still found himself on the losing side.
To put in a world-class performance against one of the three best sides on the planet has to be a source of pride, but perhaps that made the 23-31 defeat even more frustrating for the 25-year-old. After all, if you play badly and lose, all you can do is admit that you got what you deserved. But, having played so well and lost, Graham was left to reflect on what might have been, and in particular on two key areas of the game which proved most costly to Scotland - the opening ten minutes and his own disallowed score.
