Scotland showcase potential to chase Six Nations title and end pain against Ireland

Gregor Townsend knows how quickly hope can turn to despair but their performance against France could spur them on to greater heights The feeling that Scotland might just have the hang of this winning thing continues to build. Playing dazzling rugby every now and then has never been a problem. Meaningful wins? Harder to come by. Perhaps the most entertaining part of the extraordinary win over France – and there were, how to put this, quite a few of those – was watching the resolutely unmoved dis