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Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's for contact with The Telegraph and Remy Martin.

Coming up, the Autumn internationals got underwear this weekend, and to discuss it all,

we're speaking with England, Karen Bracken, Ireland, Paddy Wallacedy Wallace, Wales, David James and the women's coach, Gary Street. But first this week, I'm joined in the studio by the former Scotland scrum half, Rory Lawson. Rory, hello, how are you?

Yeah, very well, thanks, Brian. Delighted to be here.

You made a point off there about the autumn international as the start of them. They've fixed you.

What's your view on the challenges of an opening game?

Look, I think in general, there wasn't masses of rugby that had us on the edge of our seats over the weekend.

They were all interesting.

They all had compelling facets to them, and there's been plenty of discussions off the back of it.

But I don't think anybody really hit their straps and none of the visiting well South Africa I

don't think we're right on top of their game certainly in the first half they had multiple

opportunities and I think obviously the other games when it's the the all northern hemisphere

with Scotland down in Cardiff and Italy and Ireland over in the States,

you're playing familiar opposition, it's all a little bit alien, and it pretty much went to prediction, I would say.

Okay, well, we'll be discussing the games in detail with the representatives of some of those countries,

and you'll obviously be batting for Scotland, so'll come on to that later obviously the England won finished in controversial circumstances

but as a whole England were not expected I don't think

to win that game I don't care what anyone says the disruption with the

injuries the fact that they had a back row with

10 caps, makeshift front row against a team that had played very well in the rugby championship.

People were talking about England being lucky and so on. To me, if Malcolm Marks misses

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