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Scotland the bemused
By Steve Kaless in London
No question about the challenge facing Scotland, but was it over before it began? [AFP]
Scotland's Murrayfield ground once had the aura of being a tough venue for opposing teams to travel, but Sunday's decision by Scotland to field a weakened team against the All Blacks consigned that to history.
In fact, it now seems that if you are good enough, the Scots will be happy to wave the white flag and roll out the reserves.
Seriously, if you consider the repercussions of Scotland's decision it is hard not to shake your head.
The damage wasn't limited to the Scottish jersey, it exposed the Rugby World Cup for the lopsided competition it always has been and from the look at this year's competition always will be.
The Rugby fraternity like to think their game is a global one.
That claim looks pretty thin at the moment. A truly global game would mean competitive games at its showpiece tournament rather than the procession of predictable results we have in France.
Once again it looks like being a tournament whereby the three southern hemisphere powerhouses have a number of training runs before the semi finals, while England and France try to see who will take last place in the final four.
If you look back across previous tournaments, the similarity of results up to the semi finals is truly frightening.
The lesser teams should be aiming to bridge the gap, as has been happening in football over the last ten years, but in Scotland's case, it doesn't look like they are particularly interested in that at present.
Anyone, and I mean anyone, who has played sport at any level even vaguely close to competitive knows you get better playing people better than yourself.
Furthermore, the attraction of playing sport at a high level is that you have the chance to test yourself against the best in the world in that field, and maybe even beat them.
Northern crisis
With northern hemisphere rugby already suffering from a crisis of confidence at this tournament, Scotland had a chance on their home soil (seeing the World Cup is actually being held in France this was a nice bonus) to play the best in the world, their players could have learned a lot, and maybe they could have written a new chapter in Scottish rugby history.
By they chose before kick-off to ignore all of this to concentrate on their match against that European powerhouse……. Italy (you know, the guys beaten 76-14 by New Zealand).
Honestly, is this how far Scottish rugby has fallen? That they choose not to focus on beating the number one ranked team in the world but another side which is applauded for being competitive in the Six Nations.
It may have been pragmatic by the Scots, but it seemed to having nothing to do with the spirit of rugby I've heard a lot about but never seen a trace of.
For a nation which enjoys living off the stereotype of Braveheart it was a dark day.