Are Scotland suffering from a World Cup hangover?

Are Scotland suffering from a World Cup hangover?Image source, SNSImage caption, Scotland were beaten heavily by England in front of a record crowd at MurrayfieldByAndy BurkeBBC Sport Scotland Senior ReporterPublished22 minutes agoIf last year’s Rugby World Cup represented a new high for Scotland women, it seems now we are seeing the comedown.Reaching the quarter-finals, with superb victories over Wales and Fiji along the way, the Scots achieved everything they set out to do on the biggest stage of all.With a new coaching team, led by Sione Fukofuka, and the introduction of a host of new players, there was always going to be a period of transition and this Women’s Six Nations campaign so far has proved to be a big old dose of reality.After an encouraging start with victory in Cardiff, an 84-7 walloping at the hands of England and a surprisingly heavy 41-14 defeat in Italy have laid bare the scale of the rebuild.”We’re seeing an element of just what it takes to perform at a World Cup,” stated Fukofuka.”There’s a number of teams that are now having challenges with player availability posed. The reality is that the players worked really hard in that pre-season, obviously, and performed really well [at the World Cup].”But then a lot of them went straight back to club rugby. There wasn’t a lot of time for them to get that reset back into it. There’s also a natural attrition of that cycle, where we knew it was always going to be a bit of a transition coming in at the start of this cycle.”Probably didn’t expect it to be this much of a transition, but what it has afforded us is an opportunity to expose and see some of those younger players who, in the next two to three years, will really feature.”Scotland make seven changes for visit of France