Ground staff at Murrayfield have resorted to spraying garlic on the turf to combat the threat of roundworms.
The slithery blighters have been causing havoc to the grass in the famous old stadium in Edinburgh destroying root structure and generally being a pain.
The Scots open their autumn Test series this weekend with Japan the visitors, with South Africa and Australia also paying visits later this month.
Officials are worried that the wriggly pests will weaken areas around the scrum.
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Now specialists have resorted to spraying a whiffy mix of garlic on the affected areas hoping the smell drives the worms onto pastures new.
Scottish Rugby Union director of management services Mark Laidlaw says the parasites have caused a ‘shallow and weakened root network and, though it continues to perform well in play, it can weaken under the significant pressure exerted by scrums’.
Let’s see how the little blighters wriggle out of this one.
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Scotland"s home of rugby Murrayfield in turf war with worms
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