Writing in The Scotsman, David Ferguson looks at Scotland's shortage of out-halves and wonders how the situation can be improved.
"The need for debate over how Scottish rugby develops talent such as Alex Blair, Matthew Scott and Rory Hutton was underlined on Wednesday in bold red pen by Andy Robinson when he named just one stand-off in his first autumn Test squad as Scotland coach.
"There are 32 players in there, but just one recognised stand-off. Why? Simply, because we have not produced any others that Robinson and his assistants, Gregor Townsend and Graham Steadman, rate worthy of the Scotland jersey at this moment in time Embarrassed? We should be.
"The stand-off role may be the most glaring deficiency right now, but the whole system is under the microscope. Ian McGeechan tried to make changes as director of rugby in 2004-05, but had ideas binned, or agreed upon, but told there was no finance to implement them."
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