Monday 14 November 2016 15:48, UK
Finn Russell insists Scotland's confidence has not been dented by Saturday's narrow defeat to Australia.
Vern Cotter's team produced an impressive performance against the Wallabies but Bernard Foley's late conversion saw the visitors snatch a 23-22 victory.
The Australia fly-half also kicked the controversial last-gasp penalty which denied Scotland a place in last year's World Cup semi-finals, but stand-off Russell remains upbeat after their latest setback
"The boys were gutted after the game and yeah it's another defeat but we need to take the positives out of it as much as possible," he said.
"The guys who were on the pitch will have learned so much, especially the last 10 minutes when we couldn't hang on despite having extra men.
"The quicker we can learn from games like that and results like that, the better we will get.
"That's twice we have pushed Australia close in the space of a year. The one at the World Cup was so tough to take and we felt we should have got the win at the weekend as well.
"We were ahead the whole game and they only took the lead at the death. But even after the clock had gone two minutes past dead I still believed we would get our chance, maybe a penalty or a drop-goal, to win it.
"That is the belief that Vern has instilled in us though. He's made us realise we are good players and good enough to beat these teams."
Scotland adopted a risk-reward strategy against Australia and this will be put to the test again this weekend when Argentina visit Edinburgh.
"As players, we like to play that exciting style of rugby and it is the game plan Vern has drawn up for us too. We just try to execute it as well as possible," added the Glasgow playmaker.
"It's a fun game for us to play but it's also a tough style to defend against. When the opposition can't predict what's coming it makes it harder for them to defend.
"We hit it up the forwards, we threw it wide, we put chips in, we offloaded. When there are so many different things coming at you when you're defending, that's hard.
"Yeah it's high risk at times but we have the confidence and self-belief to pull it off.
"We showed that by scoring three tries against one of the best teams in the world. Okay they beat us by a point but attacking-wise we feel we're in a good place."
