Vern Cotter’s order to keep calm and carry on helps Scotland see off Samoa

• Greig Laidlaw praises Scotland coach’s half-time appeal for calm• ‘The message at half-time was don’t panic and you’ll grind them down’Greig Laidlaw admitted Scotland needed a calming word from their head coach Vern Cotter as their World Cup quarter-final hopes were left hanging in the balance at half-time of their final pool game, against Samoa.Needing a win to secure their place in the knock-out stages, and against a team that had already been eliminated, the Dark Blues were behind for much of the first half as Samoa cut through their shambolic defence seemingly at will. Continue reading..…