{"id":651131,"date":"2026-11-04T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/651131\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:14:10","slug":"all-blacks-v-scotland-scott-cummings-says-scotland-can-beat-all-blacks-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/651131\/","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks v Scotland: Scott Cummings says Scotland can beat All Blacks for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">But Scotland lock Cummings feels the manner of that loss will give Gregor Townsend\u2019s men \u201cloads\u201d of self-belief in their opening match of the European leg of the Nations Championship, although they cannot afford a repeat of that slow start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s obviously an exciting occasion getting to play the All Blacks,\u201d Cummings said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe build-up probably feels a bit different this time because the last couple of times we\u2019ve played them it\u2019s been three or four years [since the previous meeting] but we got to play them last year, so we know what to expect from them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cObviously they\u2019re a quality outfit and we know we need to be at our best on the day to beat them. I believe we can do that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe way that we started that game a year ago probably wasn\u2019t our best rugby in the first half. We obviously showed a lot more of it and how we want to play in the second half. So to beat them it\u2019ll take the 80-minute performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">Cummings, 29, played under current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/all-blacks-coach-charting-the-rise-of-dave-rennie-from-club-rugby-to-head-coach-of-the-all-blacks\/premium\/FDMRXWL3QBEGLLQK5NQJKCMUY4\/ \" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/rugby\/all-blacks\/all-blacks-coach-charting-the-rise-of-dave-rennie-from-club-rugby-to-head-coach-of-the-all-blacks\/premium\/FDMRXWL3QBEGLLQK5NQJKCMUY4\/ \">All Blacks coach Dave Rennie<\/a> when he was in charge of Glasgow between 2017 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHe\u2019s a real quality coach,\u201d Cummings, a 2025 British and Irish Lions tourist, said. \u201cHe had a massive focus on attacking rugby and that fitted with how we played at Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI really enjoyed my time with him and I\u2019m happy to see he\u2019s gone on to higher honours. He\u2019ll know some of our players, we\u2019ll know some things about him, but a lot has changed, the game has changed a bit since he was coaching us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBut it\u2019ll be exciting to see him and play against his team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nVDwvDZk\" style=\"display:none\">Listen to Elliott Smith\u2019s live commentary on Newstalk ZB Sport and iHeartRadio, or join the Alternative Commentary Collective on iHeartRadio and Radio Hauraki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But Scotland lock Cummings feels the manner of that loss will give Gregor Townsend\u2019s men \u201cloads\u201d of self-belief&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[286884,5263,4498,8136,198,58237,1888,2082,111,139,69,312,11063,8139,213,10809,2044],"class_list":["post-651131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-310am","tag-all","tag-beat","tag-blacks","tag-can","tag-cummings","tag-first","tag-for","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-says","tag-scotland","tag-scott","tag-sports","tag-sunday","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}