As someone of 50% Scottish extraction – the other 50% is French-Canadian – I was interested to see that Scotland trounced Japan in the Rugby World Cup this afternoon. Japan beat South Africa the other day, which leads inevitably to this conclusion:
Scotland is superior to South Africa at rugby.
No alternative interpretation of the results could be credible. I confidently expect Scotland to beat South Africa by at least 20 points when they meet. Torrential rain in the hours before the game, and during it, might help…