It’s become something of a pre-match ritual at this point. The week before Scotland play Ireland, someone in a navy jersey finds a microphone and tells the world that this time it’ll be different. Stuart Hogg did it in 2020. He went to Dublin talking about Scotland expressing themselves, having fun. Then he dropped the ball over the try line, as his side lost by seven. They did it again at the World Cup in 2023, when Blair Kinghorn famously and probably stupidly said, ” They [Ireland] have been on a good run of form recently, but we’ll end that…

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