Andy Robinson says his 30-man squad for the World Cup is almost finalised after Scotland's 23-12 win over Italy at Murrayfield.
Walker an injury doubt after being taken off in win over Italy
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson says his 30-man squad for the World Cup is almost finalised after his side's 23-12 win over Italy at Murrayfield.
The Scots followed up the 10-6 win over Ireland two weeks ago to claim a 100 per cent record from their two warm-up fixtures.
Robinson will reveal his squad on Monday, with eight players set to miss the cut and Scotland wing Nikki Walker a doubt after picking up a knee injury during the clash against Italy.
"I wanted to watch today's game to confirm everything. I'm pleased with what I saw today to confirm it," Robinson said.
"The final decision will be made in discussion with the coaches tonight (Saturday) and based on the injury report from Nikki Walker."
Damage
Robinson added: "He's got damage to his knee and he's going for further scans.
"It's really disappointing for him that he's got the injury, but we are hopeful that it is not as bad as maybe first thought. Nikki's the only (injury) concern I have."
Despite the victory, Scotland were punished for two defensive errors as Tommaso Benvenuti and Fabio Sementazo crossed for tries, but Robinson is satisfied with the progress that is being made.
"The one thing I've been really pleased about is the way we've started games and the energy we've put into that first 20 minutes," he said.
"Today we started very well. In some respects we're having too much possession. But the work we've been doing and the movement involving the whole XV I've been pleased with.
"It's important we're able to build on the starts we're getting. Credit to Italy, though. I thought they scored a very good try (through Benvenuti) from that scrum."
Opportunities
He added: "The team are frustrated that we weren't able to go on to win by 40 points with the opportunities we created.
"That's the mentality, the skill level, the decision-making we've got to be able to find.
"It's about how we are able to achieve that - let's not stop creating opportunities. We are working hard to create opportunities - it's now about really nailing them."
Italy ultimately fell short despite moving within a point of Scotland when Sementazo crossed early in the second half, but head coach Nick Mallett was pleased with the improvement from last week's 31-24 win over Japan.
"In some areas we were much better than against Japan, but there's just an enormous amount of improvement in terms of our understanding in terms of how to control a game of rugby," Mallett said.
"Our forward pack were very good today - it's the first time an Italian pack has stolen three line-outs from a Six Nations side in our 22 when they were on attack.
"It must've been very frustrating for Sergio (Parisse, the Italy captain) to have won so much ball and to have spent the whole game playing between our 10-yard line and our 22. That was the big mistake we made today."
