Rugby Union: Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw urges caution after win over Tonga

Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has urged caution after his side rediscovered their try-scoring touch in their most prolific November home Test series for eight years.

Five tries in Scotland's 37-12 victory against Tonga at Rugby Park on Saturday - following on from the 41-31 win over Argentina - sparked more talk of a sustained revival under coach Vern Cotter's regime.

"We have not got to get carried away, because there's a tough competition coming up," said Laidlaw, looking ahead to the 2015 Six Nations Championship, which starts for Scotland with a trip to the Stade de France on 7 February.

"It always comes round pretty quickly, but it's brilliant from a player's perspective to know that we can cause teams so many problems now. We're getting the end credits as well. You can see we're being able to cross the try line again."

Laidlaw was quick to acknowledge the impact of Cotter, who took up his role prior to the summer tour to the USA, Canada, Argentina and South Africa.

"Vern keeps going back to individual skill sets and we're really hammering that as a group and that's bearing fruit now," he said. "I think you can see that coming through now in the performances and in some of the tries that are being scored."

Looking ahead to the 2015 Six Nations and the World Cup, Cotter said: "This is great but where do we move to next? If we come back thinking we'll reproduce the same stuff, that's a dangerous trap.

"We'll be looking to move everybody forward and to improve our team performance as well. The players are playing for each other and playing for the shirt and playing for the people who are coming to watch them.

"That's really pleasing to see. The team has a soul and wants to perform better and better."