By Lestyn - 29/08/03
August 30 2003

Tomorrow is a massive day and it all comes down to one question. Will Charvis and co rise to the occasion or will they simply bottle it like the England game? If it's the second outcome I sure as hell glad I'm not Steve Hansen come Saturday evening.....

Last Saturday was a new low, at a time when most of us thought we couldn't get any lower. But under Hansen the team our in free fall. Three complete non performances in a row and now were even worried about the Jocks giving us a good stuffing in Cardiff. This is dangerous territory even by our standards.

Scotland are hardly World beaters and are not a good travelling side. The Scots' have seen their Super clubs thumped time after time in Wales, so what's stopping us from taking that form out on to the field? Confidence, at the moment Hansen can't get anything out of his players, there's no belief that they can win at all.

Jamie Robinson out on the wing is a disaster waiting to happen. He's got pace for an outside centre, but whether or not he can keep up with wingers in any open space is another matter. Matthew Watkins hasn't put on a number eleven jersey for ages either, but at least he has some A team experience out there.

Good mobile back row though - perhaps a little. Popham looks more like a centre than a number eight. The cooper and Owen partnership looks a little short on pace, but apart from Robert Sidoli nobody has really impressed that much at lock ahead of the World cup.

With this being the final game before the World cup, Hansen must cut this performance over result rubbish. Play to win for Gods sake, get stuck in, do the basics well, keep the set piece simple and let Iestyn kick his goal and we should get the result. Keep it simple basically.

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