Jack Dempsey: Glasgow Warriors win can inspire Scotland

When Jack Dempsey references “going to hell and back”, you wonder if he’s talking about the hangover that surely must be in the post after celebrations as relentless and enduring as the performance the No 8 delivered in Glasgow’s URC final win.

Dempsey is still going strong (ish) when we speak in the Scotstoun tunnel on Tuesday night, the memories of what he and the team achieved against all odds in Pretoria 72 hours previously still crystal clear despite the many bags that have set up camp under various eyes in the intervening period.

The 30-year-old actually wants to get across his belief that the triumph can act as a catalyst for the Scotland national team to push on and finally take that elusive leap