Scotland at 2007 World Cup: Expectation met but Frank Hadden remembered for reasonable if unpopular team call
France hosted the 2007 World Cup, though some pool matches were played in Scotland and Ireland. There were four pools of five, with the top two in each. Neither Wales not Ireland reached that stage, while Scotland did so only by the skin of their teeth.
Though Frank Hadden had been welcomed after the dismal Matt Williams years, and had some success in his first season with France and England defeared at Murrayfield and Italy