The Scotsman's David Ferguson previews Scotland's final outing of the autumn against Samoa.
"Coaching a Scotland team to victory when the backs are to the wall and a dose of humiliation has been injected into the heart is invariably one of the lesser demands of a national coach in this part of the woods, but Andy Robinson is acutely aware that he faces that stiffer challenge this afternoon of creating winners from winners in Scotland's final EMC Autumn Test match of 2010.
"The nation last week moved up to sixth position in the IRB world rankings, but even if they win at Pittodrie this afternoon - the SRU is very confident the game will go ahead despite heavy snow in Aberdeen yesterday - they are likely to fall back to seventh at the close of the weekend. The points gap between them and Samoa in 11th is such that Robinson's side cannot improve on their tally today, whereas the winner of Ireland and Argentina in Dublin tomorrow will gain points and move back above Scotland.
"However, Robinson was quick to make clear yesterday just how much this game matters in terms of altering a common meandering path through the last decade of rugby history in Scotland. He and his fellow coaches and players are on the trail of consistency, the holy grail of Scottish rugby in its elusiveness."
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