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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Michael Aylwin

Scotland and Wales stick with what they know in search of better fortunes

Duhan van der Merwe of Scotland scores his side's third try against England
Duhan van der Merwe scores for Scotland against England in an impressive team performance last time out that went unrewarded. Photograph: Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images

Neither of these two are where they want to be after three rounds. In the case of Wales, rock bottom cannot be worse than where they feared they might be; in the case of Scotland, fourth must be so much worse than they had hoped. And some might say deserve.

Eyebrows may rise, then, at the news that both coaches will more or less send out the same teams that featured in their respective defeats in round three. But Six Nations tend to have narratives more nuanced than those supplied by the table at any given moment.

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