Scotland coach Gregor Townsend on the challenge posed by Ireland ahead of Six Nations match at Murrayfield
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00:00A number of years, clearly favourites for this game and looking to win three Six Nations
00:07in a row, which would be unprecedented, so all credit to them, they've worked hard to
00:12be one of the top teams in the world and they've kept that going over the last couple of years.
00:16You've knocked over a lot of hoodoos in your time as Scotland coach and this is maybe the
00:22last remaining one, but the records, it's been a long time since you've beaten them,
00:26do you lean into that and that little bit of history can be made or is it just another
00:29game, a fresh start and this game will be what it will be?
00:32I think you only lean into it once you've ended it, honestly I think it's not something
00:39that our players talk about, we talk about our recent experiences against Ireland and
00:46why we weren't able to play our best or what they did, how it's shaped us and how we play
00:53now, a couple of those games we've had against Ireland, but I don't think maybe one player
00:59or two players have been here throughout the seven or eight years, it's more your recent
01:05experiences, our most recent experiences are our last week's game and the two training
01:09sessions we've had this week, that's what fills the minds of the players as we go into
01:13a game.