Allan Massie: Wounded England a daunting prospect

IRELAND have beaten England by ten points and France by seven. Scotland have lost three matches by a sum total of 13 points. Ireland are a team that knows how to win. Scotland one that doesn’t – not yet anyway. You might say this is a matter of experience, and Ireland certainly have a fair number of old hands. Yet though there are several young and inexperienced members of the Scotland XV, others – Sean Lamont, Greig Laidlaw, Euan Murray, Ross Ford, Alasdair Dickinson and Johnnie Beattie – have years of international experience, even if, sadly, it has mostly been experi…