Stafford McDowall played himself into Scotland’s Six Nation’s squad after being handed the captain’s armband for Glasgow Warriors key cup match on Saturday.
The former Stewartry midi from Dundrennan fully justified new coach Franco Smith’s trust in him with a leading from the front performance.
McDowall steered the Warriors comfortably into the last sixteen of the European Challenge Cup on a mild winter’s night at Perpignan deep in the south of France.
