Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da alkawuran da suka yi a cikin kamfen na kaka, Scotland ta fara gasar zakarun kasashe shida ta farko ta Townsend tare da rashin nasara 34 zuwa 7 ga Wales. Scotland ta koma hanyar cin nasara a zagaye na 2, ta doke Faransa 32 zuwa 26. A zagaye na 3, Townsend ya jagoranci Scotland zuwa nasarar farko a kan Ingila tun daga 2010, inda ya lashe 25<unk>13, nasarar da suka fi nasara a kan Ingila a wasan Kasashen shida. Wannan nasarar na nufin sun fadada nasarar da suka samu a gida a gasar Championship zuwa 6, wani abu da ba su samu ba tun lokacin da suka yi nasara a gida tsakanin 1989 da 1991 Five Nations Championships. Duk da samar da dama a kan Ireland, Scotland ba ta iya samun nasara ba, ta rasa 28 zuwa 8. A zagaye na karshe, ya zo ne a hukuncin minti na karshe daga Greig Laidlaw don tabbatar da nasarar 29-27 a kan Italiya, don kammala na uku a kan teburin, matsayinsu mafi girma tun 2013
Ka yi haƙuri. Gwajin na Yuni na 2018 ya ga matashi mara ƙwarewa ya yi tafiya zuwa Amurka. Wasan farko ya ƙare da nasara 48<unk>10 a kan Kanada, duk da haka gwajin na biyu ya ga Amurka ta yi nasara da 30<unk>29 don ganin sun sami nasarar farko a kan Scotland da kuma Tier 1 a cikin ƙwararrun ƙwararru. Duk da wannan, Scotland ta ci gaba da samun nasarar nasara a kan Argentina, ta lashe 44 zuwa 15.