Scotland's Dan Parks has called time on his international career
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Scotland's Dan Parks will forever be associated with blame after giving critics what they want, according to The Daily Telegraph's Jim White.
"Parks is a sensitive soul, prickly to criticism, defensive about his eligibility. Yet in the past he had reacted well to adversity. Andy Robinson, the Scotland coach, reckoned he was as good as anyone he encountered at taking the flak.
"As indeed he demonstrated in 2010, when, after initially being dropped by Robinson, he returned to the side to have a stellar Six Nations and propel Scotland to their first ever series win in Argentina.
"That, though, was clearly not enough to satisfy the trolls. They seized on his Saturday mistake and once more engaged the vitriol.
"Even so, it came as a surprise that Parks terminated an international career spanning some eight years and including a Scottish record 17 dropped goals, with such dispatch. After just one game in the Six Nations, he announced his retirement from duty with immediate effect."
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