Ben White: Scotland still confident they can win Six Nations

In-form Ben White says he's encouraged by Scotland's performance against France on Sunday, when they roared back from 19-0 down to get to 25-21 before the hosts killed off their hopes of a famous win with a late try.

The 24-year-old London Irish half-back, who only made his international debut a year ago, also believes that the Scots can beat Ireland next time out at Murrayfield and go on to claim a first ever Six Nations title.

Second in the Six Nations table, and five points behind Andy Farrell's unbeaten Irish, victory next time out would secure the Scots a first Triple Crown since 1990.

After scoring a try in the victory away to England, White also shone in the home win over Wales and Sunday's spirited showing in the 32-21 defeat against Les Bleus in Paris.

"I thought we showed a lot of courage to come back from being 19-0 down and give ourselves a chance to win at the end," he said. "I’m really proud of the performance in terms of how we stayed together as a group after the early red card.

"It could have gone completely the other way but we dug our heels in and grew back into the game. I thought we played some really good rugby. I felt France were there for the taking in the second half.

"We had them on the ropes but we just weren’t able to capitalise on that opportunity, which is frustrating but it’s also good to know we missed chances to take the game against a side ranked number two in the world. It shows we’re there and thereabouts."

"We have a lot of belief that we can win the championship. Being back at Murrayfield with our fans behind us is something we’re really excited about and the challenge of playing Ireland for the Triple Crown is awesome.

"We’re a good team and we’re confident in our ability so we’re really