Scotland have 'improved' before Argentina rematch

Scotland scrum coach Peter De Villiers says Scotland have improved since their chastening defeat by the Pumas at Murrayfield in November.

The inaugural Nations Championship starts on Saturday, with Scotland facing Argentina in Cordoba (20:10 BST).

Last autumn, Scotland raced in a 21-0 lead against the Pumas, but a second-half collapse delivered a 33-24 defeat at Murrayfield.

De Villiers says the side have learned from that, as wins over England, France and Wales in the Six Nations proved.

"Managing the back end of the game, working with momentum swings in a better way - we took those learnings into the Six Nations and there was good growth with regard to that," he said.

"So we're looking forward to a re-match with Argentina, having I think improved on the stuff we needed to improve on."

After facing Argentina, Scotland travel straight to Pretoria to face world champions South Africa as part of a daunting campaign that ends with Fiji visiting Murrayfield on 18 July.

"It's a different type of competition and different type of tour, immediately going into games against number five and number one in the world in their home countries," De Villiers said.

"There is definitely an edge which everyone is enjoying and looking forward to. We hope for a good prep this week and set us up for Saturday and the rest of the games.

"It's over two campaigns, which means we need to start strongly and build into something over this month before November. It's exciting."