TIM Visser today issued a rallying cry ahead of Scotland's visit to Twickenham and insisted this group of players CAN win at the home of English rugby for the first time in 34 years. The Harlequins wing, who plays his club rugby over the road at the Stoop, scored one try and had a hand in another as a rampant Scottish side overcame Wales by a 29-13 scoreline for the first time in ten years at Murrayfield on Saturday, then said there was no shortage of belief in the ranks that they can continue rewriting the record books by completing their first triple crown since 1990 in London. Having said that, as unconvincing as England were against Italy yesterday, he feels Scotland must play better than they have in the Six Nations thus far to do so.

"I live quite close to Twickenham," said Visser. "But not too close. I don’t like it that much!Of course we believe we can win there. Just look at the evidence of the last couple of years. You have to break the mould at some point. So why not this year?"

Like the rest of this squad, Visser wasn't even born when Scotland last won at the home of English rugby, a 22-12 triumph courtesy of tries by Greig's uncle Roy Laidlaw and Tom Smith. But records are made to be broken. And it is worth remembering Saturday's win against the Welsh came with John Hardie and Gordon Reid joining Alasdair Dickinson, WP Nel, Sean Maitland, Duncan Taylor, Greig Laidlaw and Josh Strauss on the sidelines. Hardie is out for the remainder of this year's tournament.

"I wasn’t born then [in '83]," said Visser. "You can’t underestimate England, ever. They are easily the best team in the Championship and have been for years. We will have to up our game to get a result there. But anything is possible. You’ve seen that with our win over Wales. We won our first game in the Championship [for the first time in eleven years] and we beat France last year, something we hadn’t done for eight years. Beating England at Twickenham would be the best result I’ve ever been involved in – and I’m pretty sure it’s like that for the rest of the guys, too. We’re not the finished article, by any means. England are formidable and have been for the past couple of years. Ever since the World Cup, that is. But we will be going down there with optimism and looking forward to it."

Meanwhile, stand-in Scotland skipper John Barclay has praised the Glasgow Warriors half back pairing of Ali Price and Finn Russell for making light of the absence of usual play caller Laidlaw. While Laidlaw didn't attend Murrayfield on Saturday, he called Barclay on Friday night to ensure that the transition was as seamless as possible.

"I've got confidence in my own ability as a captain but it is made easy for me by the guys around me. I thought Finn played with a lot of composure, Ali as well. Watching them play for Glasgow, they have played that way for the whole year. They played with confidence but I also thought they played with a lot of composure. There are conversations going on on the pitch that you don't see, which make my job easier and I was happy with the way the boys responded."

Price, on his first start for the Scotland team, said the Glasgow connection had helped him produce such an assured debut performance. "Having Finn playing outside me - obviously we play together at Glasgow - helped a lot," said Price. "There were a number of guys in training making themselves heard - Ryan Wilson, obviously John Barclay as captain, Jonny and Richie Gray, Finn, Stuart Hogg, while Alex Dunbar leads our defence at 12 - everyone needed to step up and bring more leadership to the party and I felt like we did that."