Italy have made so much progress this year and, to be honest, I think they have played better than us in this championship.

I never really saw us winning the championship, but I think we've done enough this year to convince people that we are a good side and there will be a lot of teams that won't relish the prospect of playing us in future.

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

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.