Allan Massie: Don’t be fooled, France will be a tough test

The matches in Cardiff and Rome have confirmed the impression one formed during the World Cup: that Vern Cotter is putting a pretty good team together. It is still a fairly young one, and we may have to wait another couple of years for its full flowering. Careers are longer now in the professional game, and the best international teams are considerably older and more experienced than was the case 20 years ago. It is likely that, over the next two seasons, Cotter’s team may lose as many matches as they win but this, of course, would be a great improvement on Scotland’s overall Six N…