McInally hoping for improved Scotland against Italy

Scotland hooker Stuart McInally believes his side must take their opportunities if they are to beat a «quality» Italy outfit in Rome. Scotland opened their campaign with a 20-17 win over England at BT Murrayfield but fell to defeat in Wales by the same scoreline the following week. Ad/> And after a disappointing 36-17 defeat to France at home in Round 3, Gregor Townsend's men travel to Italy and then Ireland to conclude their Championship.

RugbyStuart McInally relishing Guinness Six Nations test against Ireland8 MINUTES AGO McInally believes Scotland have not been clinical enough in the games they have lost and stressed that his side will not be underestimating the challenge posed by Kieran Crowley's men, who the Edinburgh captain believes are better than their defeats to France, England, and Ireland would suggest. He said: «We need a reaction from the last couple of weeks, we've not been at our best. Against France we came up against a really good team.

I thought they were extremely clinical; they took their opportunities and we didn't. »We gave them opportunities and they scored very quickly because of the skill and the power that they have, but we had our opportunities as well, and we didn't convert them. «We know we're creating opportunities, we just need to take a few more of them.

»After a week off, everyone is itching to go, and we're really looking forward to Italy now and we know how tough a match this is going to be. «We've never had an easy match in Rome, it's going to be an incredibly tough Test match, we respect them, and they've played some great rugby in this Championship. »I believe their scores don't represent the quality that they've been putting out there, so we're really looking forward to it and we