The Rugby Titanic
IN SCOTLAND, for so long the biggest loser from rugby going professional in 1995, the situation looks rosier now than at any point since the country last won the Grand Slam in 1990 and then reached the World Cup semi-final in 1991.
After almost three decades of decline in which the only fleeting respite was winning the last Five Nations title in 1999, the game in Scotland finally appears to be turning a corner.
Since Kiwi coach Vern Cotter took over the reins of the national side in 2014, the game has been on an upward curve.
After a whitewash in Cotter’s first Six Nations in 2015, the next year Scotland won two matches to finish fourth, and in 2017 won three matches to again finish fourth.
In the 2015 World Cup, Scotland were seconds away from a semi-final only to be denied by a poor refereeing decision against Australia.
When Cotter left for Montpellier, he did so
