Rallying from 15-points down to grind out a gritty win over Wales demonstrates Scotland’s growth as a team, according to back-row star Matt Fagerson.<\/p>\n
The Scots’ Six Nations challenge was hanging by a thread as they trailed 20-5 with half an hour to play at the Principality Stadium, but they scored three tries to snatch a 26-23 victory.<\/p>\n
A criticism of Scotland in recent times has been their inability to come through difficult situations, something they did impressively in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
“I think the second half especially, the belief was always there,” number eight Fagerson told BBC Scotland.<\/p>\n
“We spoke about how we were going to get up and put ourselves in positions to score.<\/p>\n
“Once we got into that finish zone, we had a try disallowed off our trick play and that was a bit frustrating. <\/p>\n
“The mental fortitude for the boys to then go back and put points on the board to put us into the lead, that’s a massive growth in this team.<\/p>\n
“There’s plenty of years gone by that you’ve probably watched that we probably wouldn’t have done that – that’s a big positive.”<\/p>\n