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What are you doing for the world cup? Got a grandstand going on? Touring to NZ? Biggest barbie ever?
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23 October 2012 by Englandfan
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The summer tour of the southern hemisphere proved to be a massive boost for Scottish rugby but the key for the national side must be to build on that success in the autumn internationals.
Scotland have always been capable of pulling off major scalps, from their time under head coach Frank Hadden to their current spell with Andy Robinson.
Wins over the likes of Australia and South Africa have been marred by failing to get results in their bread and butter tournament, the Six Nations Championship.
Having been handed the wooden spoon in last season Six Nations, the Scots went on their summer tour with a clean slate and managed to record fine victories over the Wallabies, Fiji and Samoa; enjoying the best tour of any northern hemisphere side in the process.
If Scotland are to compete in February and March against their home nations rivals, France and Italy then much of the hard work must come in November.
The Scots face New Zealand, South Africa and Tonga in their autumn internationals and, backed by the home crowd at Murrayfield, they are more than capable of grabbing a win in one of those two massive games against the All Blacks and the Springboks, despite what the betting over at http://betting.betfair.com/rugby/ currently says.
It’s hard to see Robinson’s men causing an upset against the Kiwis but to have a competitive game would show progress from the Scots, after some heavy defeats to the All Blacks in recent years.
The Springboks are certainly more vulnerable and punters over at Betfair Rugby think that Scotland could pull off a shock win against them.
However, the Tonga clash at Pittodrie Stadium is a must win, as they will want to take some winning momentum to the home of the Auld Enemy on February 2, when they face England in their opening clash of the Six Nations.
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