Scotland international Jack Dempsey has hailed head coach Franco Smith's impact on Glasgow after the Warriors reached their first European final.
Scotland's Greig Laidlaw has announced his retirement from all rugby at the age of 37.
Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg has announced that he will be retiring from playing rugby after the World Cup later this year to pursue a new career as he declared that he "always wanted to finish at the top end of the game".
Blair Kinghorn will get another chance to impress at stand-off after being given the nod to start in the Scotland number 10 jersey in Saturday's Six Nations match at home to Italy, following injury to Finn Russell.
Ireland kept themselves on course for a first Grand Slam since 2018 as they ended Scotland's Triple Crown dream with an impressive second-half performance in Sunday's Guinness Six Nations showdown at BT Murrayfield.
Andy Farrell is confident Grand Slam-chasing Ireland can deal with the emotion of the Six Nations battle against Scotland on Sunday.