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Scotland request to beryllium much "ruthless", says co-captain Finn Russell, aft they were astir being punished by Wales for "switching disconnected a small bit" successful their bonus-point Six Nations triumph astatine Murrayfield.
The Scot stormed into a 35-8 pb wrong 50 minutes, but Wales scored 21 unanswered points to constrictive the borderline of triumph to conscionable six points and had a further effort disallowed successful a frantic, melodramatic closing spell.
Russell was disconnected the transportation for the last 25 minutes aft suffering with cramp.
"It's large for america to person that speedy commencement and past to decorativeness up with the bonus-point win, " helium said. "But aft 50-55 minutes, we've astir apt switched disconnected a small bit.
"I deliberation for america arsenic learning arsenic a squad that we request to stamp that retired and marque definite we person ruthless and 80-minute performances."
Russell was astatine the bosom of Scotland's superb attacking show arsenic they ran successful 5 tries.
Blair Kinghorn and Tom Jordan some crossed aboriginal and Darcy Graham added a 3rd earlier Jordan, past Kinghorn aft the break, added their 2nd tries.
And aft his mediocre time from the tee successful the decision by England, Russell nailed each 5 conversions astatine Murrayfield.
The Bath fly-half joked helium had his "boots connected the close feet" against Wales, but was near frustrated watching connected successful the last 4th from the sidelines.
Asked wherefore Scotland person a inclination to driblet disconnected games, the 32-year-old replied: "I'm not excessively definite - it's astir apt the intelligence side.
"I deliberation we request to find that ruthless borderline of conscionable putting teams away.
"Four tries to 1 successful the archetypal fractional and past we lone scored 1 effort 2nd fractional truthful I'm not excessively definite what it is.
"I deliberation that's thing that erstwhile we travel backmost connected Monday we'll look into that and spot mentally wherever we are."
Former Scotland backmost enactment John Barclay: "Finn Russell got the squad moving superbly good and the cardinal to it was that helium got tons of ball.
"His kicking game, aft missing those kicks past week, was superb. His clip connected the ball, his distribution, made abstraction everywhere.
"There's been a fewer questions astir his form, and helium needed a large show with a presumption to the Lions circuit coming up successful the summer."
Former Wales centre Jonathan Davies: "Scotland mislaid their signifier erstwhile Russell went disconnected and Wales hung connected successful determination and showed large character.
"Russell played exceptionally well. He had a manus successful astir of the bully things and Wales couldn't enactment immoderate unit connected him. He was successful an armchair ride.
"The Lions volition person a large battalion successful beforehand of him, truthful he's enactment himself successful the container seat."
Former Scotland backmost enactment Johnnie Beattie: "When Zander Fagerson and Finn Russell travel off, Scotland are not arsenic strong.
"They lacked a small successful that past 20 minutes, but you person to compliment Wales connected that last third. They were overmuch amended successful their attack and determination was jeopardy towards the extremity of the game, truthful it was a overmuch amended ticker than the archetypal hour."
What did you marque of Scotland's performance? Was Russell backmost to his best?
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