Six Nations: ‘Hard man’ Cotter lays it on the line

The New Zealander has generally been very supportive of his players since taking up the post last summer but, after three successive losses in the Six Nations Championship, his patience has worn thin.

As the countdown to Saturday’s match against England at Twickenham reaches its final stages, Cotter has become more demanding of the squad, as well as changing his approach to analysing what has been going wrong.

“We’ve had it from the coaches and rightly so,” Laidlaw said yesterday.

“We’ve now seen both sides of Vern – he’s a hard man.

“He has high standards and we’ve certainly seen what …

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