The Scotland captaincy matters - why I'm not sure we need to change it

At 6ft 5in or whatever, the long-striding Blair Kinghorn doesn’t look like everyone’s idea of a fly-half and is indeed some ten inches taller than England’s new darling, the quick-silver Marcus Smith.

There was some surprise – also criticism – when Edinburgh’s new coach Mike Blair moved Kinghorn from his usual position at full-back or wing, all the more so because in the South African born Scotland international Jaco van der Walt Edinburgh already had an accomplished fly-half, adept at controlling the game. But Blair’s judgement has proved good, Kinghorn at 10 playing an important and influential part in what has been Edinburgh’s most impressive season for some time, done it well enough indeed for Gregor Townsend to have selected him at 10 ahead of Finn Russell for Scotland’s last Six Nations match. Moreover, given that Finn and his club Racing 92 may well be engaged in French domestic rugby well into June, it would be no surprise if Kinghorn was at 10 in at least the first match of Scotland’s July three Test tour of Argentina.

Selection for that tour may indeed be influenced by the demands of English clubs as well as Finn’s Paris one. The English Premiership semi-finals and final will not be over till mid-June. If, for instance, Exeter Chiefs are involved right up to the end – though this looks less likely at present than one would have expected a few months ago – would Stuart Hogg, Jonny Gray and Sam Skinner be in need of a break?

It's a difficult question. Even if one is sorry that it is now some time since Scotland ventured to New Zealand or South Africa, Argentina – currently ranked nine in the world – two places behind Scotland, may offer the most suitable challenge to the Scotland squad at its present state of