Scotland international Sean Lamont has leapt to the defence of departed Scotland boss Frank Hadden, insisting the players should take the blame for the Six Nations disappointment.

Hadden paid the price for a third consecutive Six Nations campaign containing a solitary win when he left his post earlier this month.

There is speculation that former England manager Andy Robinson is poised to take over at Murrayfield.

But Northampton wing Lamont believes his international team-mates should be shouldering the blame for the Six Nations fiasco.

"Last year we had a very young side and we were still learning as a team, whereas this year we still had a lot of young lads but they had experience of last year under their belt so we should have done better," he said.

"We were a year on from that in the Six Nations and we should have come on a lot in this campaign.

"The goal was to make Murrayfield into a fortress. Last year we beat England at home which was a great result and we had three home games this year, which we needed to be winning but we didn't.

"A couple of years ago Wales were being talked about as the whipping boys and they were really struggling. But they went from there to the situation they are in now so it can be done, although it just didn't happen for us."