BOK TO FUTURE DO THE HUGGA; Scotland 10 South Africa 68: Scots must learn vital lessons from record thrashing.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: December 8, 1997| Author: Weir, Stewart | Copyright information

Where do we go from here? Scottish rugby reached new depths of despair on Saturday as South Africa rewrote the record books at Murrayfield.

The 68-10 thrashing by the world champions - who won the try count 10- 1 - was the heaviest defeat ever suffered in a Test by Scotland, and compounded the misery still being felt by Richie Dixon's men, hammered by Australia just a fortnight ago.

Certainly, the commitment to the cause was greater at the weekend than it had...

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