Morrison looks to keep the winning feeling

Morrison looks to keep the winning feeling

Graeme Morrison has urged his Scotland team-mates to "hold on to the feeling" after their thrilling RBS 6 Nations victory.

Andy Robinson's men produced one of their country's best performances in recent memory on Saturday to end their winless run in both this year's championship and in Dublin.

Glasgow centre Morrison was key to the 23-20 success thanks to arguably his finest outing in a Scotland jersey as he and Nick De Luca dominated Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon D'Arcy in the middle of the park.

But the 27-year-old knows the result will mean little if Scotland fail to carry that form into this summer's tour of Argentina and beyond.

"We've got to hold on to this, we've got to hold on to the feeling," Morrison said.

"We've got to get confidence from it, stay together as a squad and bring that confidence forward into Argentina and then further."

He added: "Scotland now are trying to play some ambitious rugby.

"We move the ball about the pitch, whereas in the past we haven't done that so much."

Saturday's Croke Park clash was a personal triumph for Morrison, who suffered severe criticism after some below-par performances earlier in the championship.

"I'm delighted I got a good bit of ball in my hands and was able to do a bit with it," he said.

"I played a bit better in the England game than I had done in the tournament and I used that as my baseline to improve game on game.

"I knew I needed another big game for the team and for myself. I believe I played quite well."

The recall of De Luca for the England game appeared to be the catalyst which sparked Morrison to life.

"Me and Nick had been talking all week about developing our relationship together," the latter said.

"We keep on talking to each other on the pitch and that just makes it easier.

"The ball we were getting to run at them with was really good and they didn't get the opportunities that we did, and we managed to dominate in that area."

Morrison admitted the moment of the final whistle was as good as he had felt in a Scotland jersey.

"We beat England in the Calcutta Cup in 2008 as well and that was up there as well," he said.

"But we came across here, no-one really thought we could win that game.

"From what I gather back home, we were clinging onto hope that the game was going to go by fairly painlessly.

"When that ball went off the pitch, it was awesome."


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