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Scotland prop Zander Fagerson concerned by error-count in Six Nations win over Ireland

Scotland's Zander Fagerson (left) and Richie Gray celebrate winning the Six Nations match at Murrayfield
Image: Scotland's Zander Fagerson (left) and Richie Gray celebrate victory over Ireland

Scotland prop Zander Fagerson has warned his team-mates they need to cut down on errors and deliver complete performances if they are to challenge for the Six Nations title.

Vern Cotter's side overturned a second-half fightback from Ireland to win 27-22 on Saturday and open the championship with victory for the first time in 11 years.

Success over an Ireland side victorious against South Africa, Australia and New Zealand within the past seven months has boosted Scotland's confidence ahead of Sunday's match in France.

However, prop Fagerson was keen to point out Scotland will not get carried away with their success at Murrayfield, with the hosts under pressure for much of the second half until two late Greig Laidlaw penalties secured victory.

Scotland coach Vern Cotter
Image: Scotland coach Vern Cotter steps down this summer

"We'll look back at the tape and see what we did well and what we didn't. We'll also have to see what threats France will pose us," said Fagerson.

"I think Saturday's result will give us a lot of confidence - but we can't get ahead of ourselves. It's only one game.

"It wasn't an 80-minute performance. We switched off a few times and they came back into it. We made it difficult for ourselves.

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"If we can get an 80-minute performance and stick in like we did against Ireland we can go over there and get a result. It was a great result and we'll take the benefits from it. But we weren't perfect.

"We made a hell of a lot of errors so if we want to be the best team, we need to scrub them out and put in an 80-minute performance.

"Once we can do that, I'll say we're on the way."

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