Scotland assistant coach Steve Tandy

Scotland assistant coach Steve Tandy on the squad's preparations for Six Nations opener against Italy

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00:00The losing field but that's rugby, every team has it and yeah, lost a couple of big ones

00:05but it's what it is, we've just got to focus on the boys that are coming in, it's just

00:09an amazing opportunity to represent Scotland or whoever it may be to come in.

00:14So yeah, just excited for Saturday now to be honest.

00:17How much, if at all, has Rome been referenced this week in terms of the threat that Italy

00:23pose and that's the only reminder you need to how good they can be?

00:27I think it is, yeah, it's definitely a reminder, it's definitely been referenced in and around

00:31the learning, I know probably you don't like me saying learning but ultimately it was an

00:36experience that we didn't like, weren't happy with but I think we've grown, we put a performance

00:42in the week after and ultimately we've had a good autumn and we know how good Italy are,

00:47there's a lot of consistency in Rome, the boys playing for Treviso, you see the guys

00:51as well, some big players playing in France, so we know and totally respect what Italy

00:55do, they're a really good outfit, well organised, well drilled so we know how we're going to

01:01have to put in a complete performance on Saturday.