FRASER Brown wasn't surprised how well half back pairing Ali Price and Finn Russell performed in the absence of injured skipper Greig Laidlaw against Wales on Saturday - because they have been playing like that all season for Glasgow Warriors.

While Price was his usual self on his first full start for his country, Russell kicked all seven of his attempts at goal as the Scots slayed the Welsh dragon for the first time in ten years by a 29-13 scoreline.

It is all part of the jigsaw which means that the Warriors hooker feels there is a new kind of self-belief amongst the Scotland side which will travel down to Twickenham in a fortnight's time hoping to win there for the first time since 1983 to secure their first triple crown since 1990.

"There's been a lot of chat this week since we found out about Greig's injury but you have to watch how Ali has played at Glasgow this year, how he sees his opportunity, and how he has brought everyone else on around him," said Brown. "Ali brings other guys into the game and he was very level headed for a guy making his first start. He controlled it well, both himself and Finn. But that's how he has been playing all season. I thought he played very well."

Like the rest of this squad, Brown wasn't born when Scotland last won at Twickenham, by a 22-12 scoreline. While he knows they will have to hit heights of performance which surpass their winning displays against Ireland and Wales thus far, he will ignore the weight of history on the players and focus on the details in an attempt to deliver a big win which would go a long way to validating the players' efforts during the Vern Cotter era.

"I don't know how much more incentive you need in a Calcutta Cup game," said Brown. "But there will be a bit of added spice. Both sides are playing well.

They might not have played vintage rugby but they've done what they needed to do to win and that's the measure of a very good side.

"If you think about the weight of history and things like that it affects the way you approach the game and takes your focus away from what's important, and that's the details," he added. "But the performances you've seen in the past year have been building for a while. I think you can see the skill we have on show. The difference now is maybe having the confidence and self belief to execute those skills. If we go behind like we did against Ireland or like today it's about having that confidence in the guys around you to know that you are always going to get an opportunity. It's about having that level headedness to execute those opportunities, I think in years gone by we got a bit frantic and a bit rushed."