Cusiter won't contemplate wooden spoon

Chris Cusiter insisted the thought of captaining Scotland to the RBS 6 Nations wooden spoon had not even entered his mind ahead of Saturday's final match of the campaign in Ireland.

Defeat at Croke Park would make the Glasgow scrum-half the third man to captain Scotland to Test rugby's most notorious booby prize since the Six Nations began.

Ask if the prospect of the wooden spoon had given him any sleepless nights, Cusiter said: "That's something for the media to talk about. We're here to perform for Scotland and win for Scotland."

He added: "It's been a frustrating championship. The fact we feel we could've had a number of wins and haven't got them has been frustrating.

"That's why we are where we are in the table."

Scotland have earned plenty of plaudits for their performances throughout the championship but Cusiter believes the Six Nations table does not lie.

"It obviously tells the truth in terms of results, and that's all that really matters," he said.

"As a squad, we're pleased with a lot of the aspects of our performance. We have been playing really good rugby.

"Not quite winning has been an issue because we haven't scored a lot of tries and haven't managed to get ourselves away from teams.

"We'll learn a lot of lessons but winning is what counts. Once we get that win, we can kick on an improve as a team."

Date published : 19 Mar 201016:37:59

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