Scotland’s longstanding injuries plague Vern Cotter’s decision making

The record-breaking 48-7 win over Italy at Murrayfield provided the coach with few answers as he struggles to decide on the balance between forwards and backs in his Rugby World Cup squadFrom nights under canvas in the Pyrenees to foraging for food – lobster included – in the more familiar surroundings of St Andrews, Scotland have spent the past two months bonding and putting together their World Cup squad but the coach, Vern Cotter, admits it is unlikely to be until sometime on Monday that he will have all 31 pieces of the jigsaw.Long after the dust had settled on a comfortable – probably too…