Six Nations 2013: Ireland may be weakened but they are far from weak, says Scotland kicking coach Duncan Hodge Hodge has been Scotland's kicking specialist for the past few seasons, but it is understood that his role has widened considerably since Scott Johnson took over from Andy Robinson as interim head coach two months ago. That backdrop suggests he could be in the frame for a role at Edinburgh following last week's announcement that Michael Bradley will leave the club at the end of this season. Hodge ducked questions on that issue, saying that his attention was focused entirely on Scotland for the moment. Focused, specifically, on getting his players to make the improvements he think they need to add the scalp of Ireland to the one they took from Italy the weekend before last. "We have to keep improving," he said. Every team improves week to week. Ireland, historically, have been a stronger team than Italy, so I think we need to play better than we did in our last match. We've got good players. What we have been trying to focus on is working out what makes Test matches tick. What are the fundamentals of getting the best out of those players? We have scored a few tries, which is great and it does breed confidence. What we've got to do now is back that up week to week. It's no good when it only happens one week and not the next. That's not what we're after. The Scotland team to face Ireland will be named at lunchtime on Wednesday. The only change expected to the side which beat Ireland is at tighthead prop, where Euan Murray stands down on religious grounds. His place will be taken by either Geoff Cross or Moray Low.