HAVING suffered heavy defeats to Wales and Italy, it has been a fairly demoralising Summer Series for Scotland under-20s so far, but the form of Liam McConnell has been a silver-lining.
The flanker, who celebrated his 18th birthday the day before making his under-20s debut in that Wales defeat, has shown a physical and mental maturity which underlines why he has emerged as one of the most exciting prospects in the Scottish game during recent months.
