Writing in The Scotsman, David Ferguson says that Scotland's exit is all the more painful with the knowledge that they were good enough to progress to the quarter-finals.
"The final group of Scotland players and management departed Auckland last night and left their World Cup dreams behind them.
"It has been a tough experience for a squad that appeared to be as strong and talented as any that had gone before them, and it will be rammed home this weekend when a so-far sluggish England take on a faltering France in the quarter-finals, and Ireland and Wales go head-to-head, while Argentina, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa come together in an appetising business-end of the tournament. There is nothing worse than knowing you could have been there, and there was no doubt that this Scotland team had the ability to join them."
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