Is Scotland's attack coach Gregor Townsend set to get a helping hand?
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The Scotsman's Tom English talks to Scotland assistant coach Gregor Townsend ahead of the latest Six Nations battle.
"Scotland have failed to score a try in 13 of Robinson’s 24 Tests. In both of his Six Nations championships, Robinson’s side have either finished bottom or joint bottom of the try-scoring charts. In New Zealand they became only the second side in World Cup history to go three games on the bounce without scoring a try. The other being that rugby behemoth, Spain, in 1999.
Robinson addressed all this stuff last week and said that a new coach would be coming in after the upcoming Six Nations. This is what brings us to Townsend’s door. The feeling is that the new guy is being brought in on the attack side, even if Robinson doesn’t specifically say so. The name mentioned more than any other is Brian Ashton, a relatively free agent at the moment and a radical thinker on the subject of attack play.
This doesn’t look great for Townsend. “How do you mean?” he says.
“Andy Robinson wants to bring in somebody on attack.”
“I don’t think he mentioned attack. Andy never mentioned anything about attack. If you look at his quotes he said he wants to bring someone into the coaching group, which is a great idea.”
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