Townsend is adamant his side can thrive when the pressure is off as they get set to make a splash at the World Cup.
Gregor Townsend insists Scotland are ready to throw caution to the wind in a bid get their Rugby World Cup campaign off to a winning start.
But Townsend is adamant his team relish the challenge of triumphing over adversity and he’s told his players to pull off the shackles and perform as though there’s nothing to lose. He said: “The underdog tag was something we mentioned when we played France away last month in a warm-up game. We had nothing to lose in that game. We were playing the favourites for the World Cup in front of their own supporters and we said to go out there and play like there was nothing to lose.
“You’ve got to balance that underdog spirit with the mindset that we’re here to win. It’s an opportunity for us, that’s the way we are looking at it. There are big games at the World Cup and you have to play at your best to beat the best teams.” “Delivering what we believe we are capable of, and doing that for longer periods. When you talk in those terms it is probably interpreted as only in attack. It’s not. It’s defence, it’s managing when times go against you at set-piece, it’s leadership, it’s all those things, and we’ve got enough evidence over the past 12 months that we are about to do that.
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