Vern Cotter and Scotland aim to sign off against Italy with a farewell flourish

New Zealand-born coach has overseen a marked improvement and two more tries on Saturday would beat their Six Nations record of 11 set in 2016When Vern Cotter was told in the autumn that Scotland would not be renewing his contract as coach, the New Zealander remarked with typical understatement that he was disappointed. As his side go into the final weekend of the Six Nations in sight of finishing second, he is not alone.When Cotter took over in the summer of 2014, Scotland had won four Six Nations matches in as many years, three against Italy. Although he started with a whitewash, they have si…