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“I believe they might want to depend on their larger gamers now – and they should step up much more. You take a look at somebody like Finn Russell, Blair Kinghorn has been enjoying over in France and I believe they will actually be look to them now to essentially shine.”
Hastings believes “we are able to nonetheless be very optimistic” going into the Six Nations.
“There is a tiny bit extra stress on the depth of the squad, however boys have been enjoying brilliantly for his or her membership, a number of the greatest type I’ve seen,” he mentioned.
A house recreation in opposition to the Italians is considered by some as the proper recreation to open the championship for Scotland, however after defeat in Rome in final season’s Six Nations – and having been taken to the wire by the Azzurri in victory within the 2023 championship – Hastings says no one within the Scotland camp can be wanting previous the menace Italy pose.
“It is humorous, even a few of my mates from college, all of them sort of have that mindset like, ‘we’ll smash Italy’, nevertheless it’s not a factor [within the camp],” Hastings mentioned.
Hastings, who confirmed he’s nonetheless round 5 weeks from a return to motion after sustaining a fractured jaw in opposition to Fiji within the autumn, harassed “there’s completely no method there is a mismatch” given Italy’s qualities.
“They have some actually, actually good gamers in that staff,” Hastings added. “Take a look at the midfield partnership, [Paolo] Garbisi as effectively, Ange Capuozzo, they’re no slouches.
“Treviso are a critically laborious staff to beat – enjoying away over there within the URC is brutal.
“Clearly, we’ll go in assured and goal that recreation as the primary one up, and I am positive we’ll go full noise, however Italy are an excellent staff. They have been enhancing each single 12 months for a variety of years now.”
