Mark Palmer reports from Scotland's victory over Italy at Murrayfield - read his thoughts in the Sunday Times.
"Frank Hadden is a great one for context; for poking around behind the scoreline to check whether parts of the story have as yet gone untold. This time he will know better than to bother with the forensics. Game won, case closed. So pitiful were the Italians, so infrequently were Scotland required to drag themselves above the banal, that serious debate over where Scotland are going, and whether, indeed, Hadden should go, requires to be deferred for a fortnight.
"Yesterday brought only circumstantial evidence. There was sporadic cut and thrust from the Scotland backs, Max Evans and Simon Danielli in particular. The scrum and lineout were more convincing, there was more discipline at the breakdown, and, as a rule, more intelligence in the decision-making. Scotland never looked like losing. Italy, by contrast, never looked like winning."
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