Scotland's forwards have made significant progress in the past two years and have only come off significantly second best against South Africa in a World Cup warm-up.

The pack has out-muscled the likes of England and Ireland during that time as they have carved out a sound reputation on the world stage.

However the backs have not been able to make similar strides and a lack of firepower has stunted Scotland's growth under Hadden.

Ford believes the second Test victory against Argentina provides the blueprint for a successful Scotland side.

After losing the first Test against the Pumas, Hadden's men bounced back to record a terrific victory away from home - with Ford scoring a memorable try.

The 24-year-old said: “The win was definitely up there with my best achievements in rugby. Winning away from home is tough to do, especially in international rugby and against a team like Argentina.

“The atmosphere over there was really memorable and to win the match was a great achievement.

“I think everybody knew what we had to do after the first Test. We had a lot of possession, but we just didn’t play to the standards that we had set ourselves.

“But in the second Test we cleaned up the breakdown area and (scrum-half) Mike Blair got a lot of clean ball for once.

“He was able to play the ball a lot quicker and we showed what we can do when we get a bit of quick ball. Ben Cairns had a great game and we opened them up three times.”