Ben White admits Scotland “fell short” when it mattered as he rued their lack of ruthlessness in the important thing moments of their Six Nations marketing campaign.
After kicking off with back-to-back wins over England and Wales, Scotland’s hopes of silverware had been dashed by subsequent defeats towards the world’s high two sides as they misplaced 32-21 away to France a fortnight in the past after which 22-7 at house to Ireland on Sunday.
Gregor Townsend’s males competed effectively for giant chunks of each of these matches however scrum-half White admits they should grow to be extra scientific if they’re to have an opportunity of defeating the elite nations.
“It’s tough to take any positives right now because we back ourselves to win and we fell short,” he mentioned. “Ireland had been superb, they had been correct after they wanted to be.
“Against the highest sides, you’ll get three or 4 possibilities and you must take all of them if you wish to win.
“Against Ireland we created three or 4 possibilities and we took one, and in the end that price us ultimately. They took their possibilities and we didn’t.
“Our accuracy within the last third wasn’t adequate and that’s one thing we’re going to should work on going into the Italy recreation.
Against the highest sides, you will get three or 4 possibilities and you must take all of them if you wish to win.
Ben White
“We were in that game until about 55-60 minutes and then they turned the screw on us, which is disappointing.”
Scotland hooker Fraser Brown, who got here on for the closing quarter on Sunday, felt Ireland confirmed their resilience in how they handled the problem of shedding their two hookers, Dan Sheehan and Ronan Kelleher, to damage inside 50 minutes.
“Ireland adapted very well to losing two hookers in the game,” he mentioned. “It takes something (special) for a side to be able to adapt their game that well and come out with a win.
“The fact they extended their lead after both their hookers went off, they controlled that situation really well. I’m disappointed we didn’t put more pressure on them though, particularly at set-pieces.”
Brown is adamant Scotland will have the ability to rouse themselves for his or her last match at house to Italy.
Although they now not have an opportunity of the title, the Scots can land the comfort prize of a top-three end in the event that they win on Saturday.
Brown hopes they will ship a giant efficiency to cap a marketing campaign that promised a lot after the opening two video games.
“It will be pretty easy to pick ourselves up because we’ve got another big game on Saturday,” he mentioned. “We started the championship really well, with two victories.
“We played really well in parts against France in Paris and did well to work our way back into the game and again against Ireland we played well in the first half and put them under a lot of pressure.
“We know the quality we have within our squad and how well we can play but the next part of the puzzle is putting it all together to produce performances week after week for 80 minutes.
“It’s important to win on Saturday, it’s important to finish as high as possible and it’s important for the growth of the team heading into a big summer.”
