Marginal gains guide Wales to glory

In the end it was hard not to feel sorry for Scotland; so much fire and enterprise in their first two matches and so little to show for it.



That least desirable of near-annual events, a potential wooden spoon decider against Italy, looms again.

Both teams have played some excellent rugby in losing four matches between them, so it will probably be a shocker.



False Scottish dawns, born as much of hope as of expectation, have been a regular feature of the years since they became the last Five Nations champions in 1999.

Yet there is reason to feel that there is more substance to this na…