Scotland assistant coach Jonathan Humphreys insists Jim Hamilton still has a Dark Blues future despite lasting just four minutes against Argentina.
The Saracens lock was a second-half replacement for Richie Gray but barely broke sweat against the Pumas before being sin-binned.
The 31-year-old was ordered from the field with eight minutes remaining for killing the ball at a ruck as the South Americans bore down on the Scots' try-line.
His illegal act left the hosts up against it in the final stages at Murrayfield and their five-try heroics from the first hour were soured as they conceded three late scores to win just 41-31.
However, forwards coach Humphreys says the 57-cap second-rower still has a big part to play.
"We have had a brief chat with Jim," said Humphreys. "It is always dreadfully upsetting for the individual when you are sin-binned. But it is something we all need to work on.
"It was not just Jim who was committing infringements in that last 15-minute period, it was quite a few of them.
"Will this affect his future chances? No. I'm not just going to identify Jim because it was a lot of people giving away penalties at the end."
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