Sunday rugby headlines as fuming pundit slams 'putrid' Scotland and Dan Biggar explains game-defining decision

Your rugby morning headlines for Sunday, February 13.

Scotland have been panned by a BBC journalist, who branded their performance in Cardiff 'putrid' and said they got what they deserved.

Gregor Townsend's side looked threatening at times in the first half but were completely stifled by a desperate Wales side in the second period.

Despite the scoreline being narrow, Wales always seemed to manage the big moments well and the victory burst Scottish optimism after their Calcutta Cup victory over England last week.

"Not good enough. Not good enough," Tom English said on BBC Scotland's Rugby Podcast.

"It was a litany of mistakes. Every kind of mistake in the book. They conceded eight penalties at the breakdown, 12 or 13 overall.

"Scotland never played. The scored one try, a great try, the one time they tried to play.

"In the second half, they were abject, they never ever tried to put a bit of width and ambition into the game.

"It was all Wales. Wales were pretty average and they deserved to win the game. No complaints at all but Wales were no great shakes.

"Scotland just did not turn up. Whatever game plan they were trying to play is beyond me. I'm quite angry at the performance because the Scotland team is better than that. That was a putrid performance.

"They never threatened, they never put pressure on on Wales. They tried these dopey kicks in the second half to try to play the game in Wales' half, they didn't have the accuracy to even do that much.

"Wales had more thunder about them. Scotland had nothing and we know this team has loads of attacking strengths but they delivered none of that tonight and got absolutely what they deserved.

"They [Wales] looked like a team that was desperate for victory. They had a rage to