88 Quotes by Frank Hadden

I was very impressed with MacLeod's play against Wales when he came off the bench.

I think Chris started twice in the November matches and Mike came on after 20 minutes in the New Zealand game and performed exceptionally well - he deserves the opportunity to start this time. At stand-off, the most pertinent factor is that Gordon has only trained twice with Scotland this season while Dan has been consistent throughout.

It is fantastic to be in a situation where you'll have to think twice about Simon Taylor.

Mike deserves his chance to start but, putting my hand on my heart, I could say that Chris will play a very important part in our Six Nations campaign. We are fortunate to have such talent and this is a case of horses for courses.

We are where we are at the moment on the international rankings - ninth,

We have a number of candidates for captain and we will be assessing leadership qualities and their aptitude for the job during the squad sessions over the next few weeks.

Those who have been mud-slinging at Dan need to have a look at themselves now.

We had an outstanding pre-season and we are raring to go,

When you are away from home there is absolutely no substitute for experience. We are playing against a team that we have not beaten at Lansdowne Road for eight years.