This was worse than Twickenham last year. Sure, the score in Cardiff wasn’t quite as bad as it was against England, but at least then there were extenuating circumstances: Scotland were missing really important players, lost key leaders to injury during the match, had a player yellow-carded and were playing the side that would win the Championship.

There can be no excuses for the manner of Saturday’s defeat. This is an ordinary Wales side yet they outfought and outthought us, and were the superior side in almost every aspect. Put simply, Wales played with more passion and intensity than Scotland.

There were so many negatives to Scotland’s performance that it is difficult to know where to start, so I’ll focus on the one that surprised me the most: Finn Russell. I’m one of Finn’s biggest fans, and on so many occasions he has been the best thing about Scotland, but in Cardiff he was really out...