Hamish Watson: ‘I hung a saltire in my bedroom to prove I was Scottish’

The Scotland back-row who grew up in England is lighting up the Six Nations despite his small stature and a debut to forget against Italy two years agoIf Scotland’s Hamish Watson looks like he plays with a point to prove it is because he has been doing so since the age of eight. While his name would have you think otherwise, Watson’s accent sounds more Macclesfield than Musselburgh, even if he always knew where his allegiances lay.The back-rower went as far as to hang a saltire on his bedroom wall to prove it: “That’s actually a true story. It was more weird for me because I had to prove to ev…