To read some pundits’ accounts of the match and the fans’ comments on social media, you might think Scotland lost to Fiji at the weekend instead of winning by an eventually comfortable 16 points.
Last week I warned of the dangers Fiji might pose, and in the first half especially they were the better side, head coach Vern Cotter clearly having made them a much tighter outfit. It was Scotland’s discipline which fell apart under Fijian pressure and the penalty count against the home side was ridiculous in the first half, with seven conceded. Yet Scotland did as I asked them to last week and found a way to win with the 28-12 scoreline being about right.
