TWO wins from four games in the Autumn Nations Series have tended to be seen as a pass mark for Scotland, and to give themselves a decent chance of doing that this year they need to beat Fiji today.
There is nothing at stake at BT Murrayfield this afternoon in the way that there is in the Six Nations or at the Rugby World Cup: for all the Amazonian spate of marketing hype, the Series remains a glorified agglomeration of friendlies. Nonetheless, the minimum requirement for any team eager to make progress – especially with the next World Cup now just a year away, and especially in home games – is the ability to beat teams further down the world rankings.
