It is fantastic to be in a situation where you'll have to think twice about Simon Taylor.

I think Chris started twice in the November matches and Mike came on after 20 minutes in the New Zealand game and performed exceptionally well - he deserves the opportunity to start this time. At stand-off, the most pertinent factor is that Gordon has only trained twice with Scotland this season while Dan has been consistent throughout.

That situation has to be managed for Nathan and for Scotland.

As a proud and passionate Scot this is the ultimate honour and one that I am determined to enjoy,

I've long held the view that we have to best harness what we have by attacking in different ways. In the past, Scotland have had a restricted attacking strategy. They have not used all the possible areas of attack open to them. Wide, close, through the middle, through the boot - there are many options. You have to unsettle the opposition.

We targeted the Llanelli line-out and it was especially pleasing to see Scott and Ally Kellock come up trumps.