Welcome along to our new weekly segment here on Off the Ball - where Neil Treacy will take an in-depth look at every single nation competing at the Rugby World Cup in Japan later in the year.

Today's focus on Episode 1 of 'The Land of the Rising Scrum' is Scotland - we're talking to former Scotland player, the 65-times capped Scott Hastings, as well as Tom English, Chief Sports Writer at BBC Scotland.