Rugby evening headlines as confident Scotland international claims Wales 'didn't put up much of a fight'

Here are the latest rugby headlines on the evening of Wednesday, February 9.

Wales "didn't put up much of a fight" in defence against Ireland and Scotland will be fancying their chances of getting a first Six Nations win in Cardiff in 20 years, according to Scotland international Ryan Wilson.

The Glasgow Warriors captain, 32, predicts Scotland will be in a different mindset heading to the Welsh capital this weekend than they usually would off the back of their dramatic Calcutta Cup win over England in round one.

"They'll be saying 'we're focusing on ourselves', but they'll have one eye on Wales at the moment," Wilson told Scrum V. "This could be their year.

"It's a shame to see the way that Wales played at the weekend. Ireland were brilliant, they were fantastic. But I just don't think the Welsh defence was very good, they didn't put up much of a fight.

"Going into any Six Nations, a lot of the time - no matter how the Welsh regions are going - you can bet nine times out of 10 that Wales come in and they put up a fight and they stand those gains.

"They're always a team just sort of clinging there, they play very clever at national rugby where you've just got to stay within a score and keep the points ticking over.

"It was the first time in a good while that I've seen them in the Six Nations get completely blown away and not be able to get anywhere near it.

"That, for me, gives Scotland a hell of a lot of hope, especially the way that Scotland controlled the game in tricky conditions."

Having won the last of his 50 caps to date in the 2021 win in Paris, Wilson has an insight into the Scotland of old and also this resurgent side being tipped for Six Nations silverware - and credits Welshman Steve Tandy as having a big