WOODEN spoon - been there, done that, got umpteen DVDs. Nothing new, nothing to see here - move along.
I can well understand Scottish football fans getting uptight and fractious at the repeated failure of the national team in recent years. I mean, once upon a time, albeit outside living memory, Scotland was a team to fear and respect. The same can hardly be said about the national rugby team.
Sure, we can compete, we can give the best a hard run for their money, but, two Grand Slams in 66 post-WWII years is hardly the stuff of dreams.
Sure, we feel bad at the moment, we were properly dire in Rome, but, it's hardly a new phenomenon. Sadly, for all his proven ability as a coach, Andy Robinson hasn't really cut it with Scotland - he hasn't properly kicked-on from his promising start and, since we cannot immediately ditch the failing players, who must take a lot of responsibility for the many unforced schoolboy errors they have been guilty of, the coach has to go.
Let's hope the RFU revert to type and don't give Stuart Lancaster the England job on a permanent basis - after the good job he has made with his England squad this Six Nations, I fancy the former Scottish Universities cap could be the man to take Scotland forward.
RBS Premier A is coming to a crescendo of a conclusion. With at best two fixtures to go, I haven't a clue which club will emerge as champions, or which clubs will join the new champions in next season's British & Irish Cup.
Maybe, at long last, the new smaller top flight which comes into play next season will see the club game make giant strides. There is still much work to be done, but, to have real competition at the top of the club game can only benefit Scottish rugby on a wider stage.
WELL done Wales, on another Grand Slam, by the way. That said, this was a fairly dire Six Nations, there is not a lot between the countries and we are still a long way behind the Southern Hemisphere big guns. Nothing there to have the sheep worriers losing sleep I feel.
