Nathan Hines is confident Scotland will be in a good place for the second Test with Japan

Scotland assistant coach Nathan Hines is confident the team will be in a good place for Saturday's second Test against Japan.

Hines echoed the views of head coach Vern Cotter and Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw that the team can build on the 26-13 victory in the first Test by eliminating silly mistakes.

"We just need to make fewer errors," Hines said. "We controlled the set piece, it was just unforced errors and giving them the ball that cost us. If we cut down the error rate and keep the same standards in the other areas of the game we will give ourselves a good chance.

"I am happy with the result but you are never satisfied with the way you play and should not be. It is exactly as Vern and Greig said at the time - we will be looking to improve.

"We are always looking for things we did not do the way we wanted to and will try to improve them. There is always good and bad stuff in every game."

Former second row Hines felt Scotland had done well when it came to winning the ball in the first Test but were not so good when it came to keeping it, while Japan were the opposite.

He said: "Japan struggled to get any platform off their line-out and we were pretty good on ours.

"Set piece-wise we were pretty happy, but that can change and we will need to adapt to what they can do this week.

"I would think they are going to put a bit of emphasis on trying to win their first phase and we know they are pretty dangerous if they get their own ball and get a bit of momentum, because they can hold onto the ball for 20 or 25 phases.

"We don't want to be tackling for that amount of time."