Tuesday 31 March 2015 16:35, UK
Scotland have confirmed they will prepare for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup at a training camp in the French Pyrenees.
Vern Cotter's side, who were the recipient of the Six Nations wooden spoon this year, will assemble at Murrayfield on June 15 before heading off for Fort Romeu three days later for a week-long stay close to the Spanish border.
Cotter said: "Six Nations gave us an opportunity to look at our game closely.
"There'll be no pretence from us. We'll be looking at every aspect of our game - technical, tactical, physical, psychological - holistically what we want to achieve and where we want to go as a group.
"There will be different stages to our preparation and this [overseas camp] will start us off, get the players away together and away from a comfort zone.
"It's a great training camp. It's not one of the flashiest places to go to but it's very functional and I think it'll be good to kick it off.
"I'm looking forward to spending some time together as a group, nut a few things out, run a few scenarios, develop our game management and become better athletes.
"We'll go through a number of phases of preparation that will come before the preparation games, which will be important for players to stake claims for the final squad."
Scotland have arranged four warm-up games ahead of the tournament in England - facing Six Nations champions Ireland in Dublin on August 15, facing Italy home and away and completing their preparation with a trip to Paris to take on France on September 5.
