Greig Laidlaw: Scotland boys raring to go in bid for Rugby World Cup places
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• Coach Vern Cotter ‘keeps you on your toes’ in countdown to 31-man squad• Second warm-up in a week against Italy is final chance to shineScotland would have wished otherwise but increasingly their seasons tend to be defined by games against Italy, so a second win in a week over the Azzurri on Saturday would not go amiss if Vern Cotter’s side are to leave for the World Cup with anything like a skip in their stride.Not that it will be easy. For the third warm-up game running the New Zealander has made wholesale changes. In fact, only Sean Lamont, seeking to prove that his 34-year-old legs are u…





