Scotland interim head coach Scott Johnson hailed the line-out performance of the returning Richie Gray after watching his side claim a narrow RBS 6 Nations win against Italy at the weekend.
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Gray, who toured with the British and Irish Lions, featured as a replacement in the 28-6 opening weekend defeat in Dublin but was not selected for the 20-0 loss against England at Murrayfield.
The giant lock was restored alongside Jim Hamilton against Italy and the line-out prospered as a result, with Scotland claiming 100 per cent of ball from Scott Lawson’s throws.
“He did really good,” said Johnson. “You always see the glory work with Richie with the big blond hair, you see him easily but it’s the other work that I was more pleased with, the dark arts.
“He was good in the dark arts. So for him he deserves congratulations because that’s what we want with a kid like him because his position requires the dark arts as well as the dirty work.”
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