Frank Hadden
Frank Hadden
Frank Haddenis a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby...
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As far as captaincy is concerned I will be speaking to my fellow coaches when we gather for the first time on Sunday night,
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As a proud and passionate Scot this is the ultimate honour and one that I am determined to enjoy,
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The simple fact is that we will need our most experienced guys for what will be a massively difficult game.
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It really was an absolutely unbelievable defensive effort and it's a reminder that there's more than one way to win a rugby match.
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Scotland's history has been one or two occasions of tremendous over-achievement, and I am hoping this is the start of one for us.
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You only had to hear the players talking about Andy Murray's victory in the tennis earlier in the week to appreciate how much they believe that Scotland can compete on a world stage. All these things add up. We are where we are in the rankings because of the limited nature of our resources. But what's important is to believe that when we go out against the big guns of world rugby, such as England, that we have a genuine chance of winning. And we do.
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Let there be no confusion, the way forward for Scottish Rugby is for the three professional teams to be the vehicle for driving professional rugby in this country,
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Phil could yet feature in the Six Nations.
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It is fantastic to be in a situation where you'll have to think twice about Simon Taylor.
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I will be speaking to my fellow coaches when we gather for the first time on Sunday night. We have a number of candidates and we will be assessing leadership qualities and their aptitude for the job over the next few weeks.
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Conditions just got too difficult for the players and they couldn't cope with it.
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I started thinking about South Africa two days after the Italy game in mid-March, that's just the nature of the beast. We've played a lot of physical teams in the last 12 months but this is the ultimate challenge for us physically and we're playing them in their own backyard, so it will be really tough.
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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.
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I've said all along that we have three top quality performers in that position. Now is the opportunity for the other two to show what they can do.