Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He wā whakamātautau tēnei mō Scotland. Ko te whakama o te kauwhata rākau me te whakapapa pea o ngā Whenua e Ono e tatari ana i te Rāhoroi. Heoi, kei te whakapono tonu etahi. Whai muri i ngā hinganga e whā o te Six Nations, tērā pea he iti noa iho tana wehe atu i te tūturu o te āhuatanga, engari ko Jim Hamilton, ko te tino kaha o te raka whakamua, e mau ana tēnei he kapa kei te paepae o tētahi mea motuhake. Ko te 32-tau-tau, kua wikitoria i nga whakataetae 60 i roto i tana mahi o te ao e iwa tau, ehara i te mea hei tango i muri i runga i te papa takaro. A e mau tonu ana ia, ahakoa ngā hua, kei te haere nga tangata a Vern Cotter i te huarahi tika. Kua wikitoria a Scotland ki a Jim Hamilton i ngā whakataetae 60 mō tōna whenua e iwa tau te roa o tana mahi ki te ao whānui. Ka ngana a Ireland ki te whakanui i te wikitoria me te whakamatau e hiahiatia ana i BT Murrayfield i te ahiahi o te Rahoroi ki te whakamahi i te taumaha nui o te pehanga ki nga hoa whakataetae Championship Ingarangi i mua i to ratou whakaeke i France i te ahiahi o te ahiahi. E tatari ana te whakaekenga. Otiia te tangata e huaina Cotter tona 'nui, toa tawhito' i roto i te huru ki te tango i runga i te pukapuka o te cannon-kai. A ko Hamilton, kua wheako i te mamae o te kau rakau i te 2007 me te 2012, i kii: 'E mohio ana ahau ko nga hua te mea nui rawa atu, engari he tino kaitakaro taatau ka taea te mahi i tetahi mea tino motuhake i roto i te wa tata. 'Kua whai wheako ahau ki te takaro mo Scotland, kaore hoki nga mea katoa e haere ana ki ta maatau huarahi, me te tarai i a tatou ano i roto i te raru, ka puta mai tetahi mea pai mai i te wa e haere ana tatou inaianei, e mohio ana ahau. 'He tino pai tēnei kapa, nui ake i te nuinga o ngā Whenua Ono i uru atu ai au ahakoa ngā hua. I runga i te pepa, kāore i te āhua he pai rawa ta mātou mahi i te mea kāore i toa i a mātou i te kēmu, engari ki taku whakaaro he tika ki te kī kei runga tonu mātou. E kii ana a Hamilton kei te haere a Scotland i te huarahi tika i raro i te kaiako o Scotland a Vern Cotter (i runga ake nei) 'Kei a maatau etahi kaitakaro whakamiharo e haere mai ana. I 21 noa iho a Jonny Gray i te Rāhoroi. Kātahi ka whai koe i a Ātama Āhe, i a Stuart Hogg, i a Finn Russell, i a Fraser...
Kua hinga a Scotland i ā rātou kēmu e whā i te whakataetae o ngā Iwi Ono i tēnei wā. Ko te kapa a Vern Cotter e tu ana ki a Ireland i te tukinga whakamutunga o te whakataetae i te Rāhoroi. Kua wikitoria a Jim Hamilton i ngā whakataetae 60 i roto i te iwa tau o tana mahi mō te kapa Scotland.