Ian Henderson thinks Scotland’s dramatic victory over Tonga can inspire them against Italy on Sunday.
The Catalans Dragons hooker starred in a
26-24 opening win at the World Cup
and now has his eye on a place in the last eight of the competition.
“The goal for us is to try and make the quarter finals and we have taken a step in the right direction,” he said.
“We’re full of spirit, that’s something that the Scots always have, and we are passionate in a tough group.”
Scotland led 20-4 at half-time on Tuesday but were trailing late in the game before Matty Russell ploughed over for a late score, converted by skipper Danny Brough.
“It is great for us to get a win, we have got great belief in the squad and for us it is just really satisfying to get the win,” added 30-year-old Henderson.
“I am not sure if it makes a difference who the opposition is, we are just happy to be competitive and to give ourselves a chance.”
“We want to be smart with the football too, we don’t want to be known as just passionate hard workers, and hopefully we can string another win on Sunday.
“We have got a few things to work on, we didn’t play well for long periods of time against Tonga but we are moving in the right direction, we are honest to each other and we just want to keep competing.”
Scotland head coach Steve McCormack has no injuries to contend with and is not likely to tinker too much with his side.
Italy opened their campaign with a
comfortable 32-16 win over Wales.
Scotland squad:
Danny Addy, Danny Brough (capt), Brett Carter, Luke Douglas, Dale Ferguson, Ben Fisher, Ian Henderson, Ben Hellewell, Alex Hurst, Ben Kavanagh, Kane Linnett, Brett Phillips, Matt Russell, David Scott, Mitchell Stringer, Alex Szostak, Adam Walker, Peter Wallace, Oliver Wilkes.
Article source: http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/scotland-rugby-players-investigated-over-assault-1-3169317
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