Ford motivated for beating Auld Enemy

ROSS Ford expects all the old cliches about sticking it to the English to be flying around the Scotland dressing room ahead of tomorrow’s Calcutta Cup match.

But the Edinburgh hooker insists he needs no more motivation than the scent of victory whenever he pulls on the dark blue of his country.

“The boys are all different. They draw on different things to motivate them,” the 25-year-old said.

“The cliches do come out – it’s just about getting in the right frame of mind to go out and do a job.”

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