Max Williamson is intent on ending a dream first season as an expert by serving to Scotland full a clear sweep of summer season tour victories once they face Uruguay in Montevideo on Saturday.
The 21-year-old lock made his senior debut at membership degree for Glasgow final November, helped the Warriors in the direction of United Rugby Championship glory and was rewarded for his spectacular kind with a maiden call-up to Gregor Townsend’s squad for the journey to the Americas.
Williamson (6’7, 120kg) made his debut as a starter in opposition to Canada within the first recreation, got here on as a sub in opposition to each USA and Chile and is now set to win his fourth cap within the area of a month in Montevideo this weekend.
“It’s been fairly surreal,” mentioned the second-rower. “From making my Glasgow debut earlier this season to the place I’m now, it’s been fairly a journey for me. I’ve beloved all of it to this point.
“I didn’t see any of this coming to be trustworthy, I’d been fairly large on simply taking it one week at a time since you by no means actually know what’s going to occur. I’d have laughed at you should you instructed me at first of the season every thing that was going to occur.”
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Williamson’s growth has been aided by having senior Scotland second-rowers Richie Grey and Scott Cummings as team-mates at Glasgow.
“It’s sensible to have each of them,” he mentioned. “Richie’s executed just about every thing within the recreation and his data and the calmness he brings actually helps me.
“I study a number of element off Scott, he’s been nice with me, taking a look at my performances and serving to me kick on. Each of them collectively, I couldn’t actually ask for significantly better function fashions.”
Scotland have eased to high-margin victories in every of their three tour matches to this point, however Townsend expects Uruguay – who misplaced 43-28 to France and 79-5 to Argentina earlier this month – to be harder.
“We did anticipate Uruguay being the hardest opponent on this tour and we most likely nonetheless do regardless of their heavy defeat in opposition to Argentina final week,” mentioned the top coach.
“They have been the strongest workforce once we have been coming into this tour due to what they did within the World Cup and in addition due to the video games they have been going to get previous to enjoying us, in opposition to France and Argentina, so they’d be higher ready for taking part in Check groups.
“Clearly they didn’t carry out that properly on the weekend however that might make it slightly bit harder for us as a result of we all know we’ll get a response from them.
“We’ve received to take a look at what they did within the World Cup, once they pushed France shut, once they have been main in opposition to Italy going into the ultimate quarter of the sport, and once they performed France not too long ago and had alternatives to be forward within the recreation, so we’re anticipating an actual bodily workforce.”
