Finn Russell row has echoes of past for Townsend and Scotland | Andy Bull

Gregor Townsend fell out with the Scotland coach 22 years ago but now he is in charge and is waiting for an apologyThe best, most richly gifted fly-half in Scotland has been dropped; he and his coaches disagree about his role and the way the team ought to play; he is feeling “claustrophobic and angry” and is desperate to get back to his club in France. Right now Gregor Townsend has likely got other things on his mind, but maybe somewhere among it he is thinking if history does not repeat, it rhymes. Because all that was 22 years ago, when he was the player who had been dropped, replaced by Dun…