And with the wooden spoon now beckoning following their last-gasp loss in Rome against fellow basement strugglers Italy – Cusiter has demanded Scotland stand up and be counted in Ireland.

“It’s not a result you want,” said Cusiter. “It’s better than a defeat but ultimately we didn’t get the victory we were looking for, and I thought we deserved

“The game is over now so we will take the positives from it and we will move on to Ireland. It is a huge challenge over at Croke Park, we have got a week to recover and give a good account of ourselves over there.

“We’ve got nothing to lose and it’s our last chance to get a win in this championship and we will be going on to do that.”