Tim Visser takes up the new challenge of being a marked man By DAVID FERGUSON Published on Monday 30 April 2012 05:28 EDINBURGH winger Tim Visser believes he has been set a new challenge after being marked out of Saturday's Heineken Cup semi-final. The big Dutchman, who is expected to be named in his first Scotland squad next month, to tour Australia, Fiji and Samoa, has been Edinburgh's potent finisher in the past two seasons, but he was unusually subdued in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday after having the door closed on early efforts to make headway. Revealing afterwards that his opportunities are dwindling with every game, the 24-year-old is feeling a new threat in his bid to continue his record-breaking try-scoring and take it to the next level. "It is frustrating," he said. All I can do is get myself into the game, which I thought I did [against Ulster]. I got around the park and made a few small bursts, but I have noticed recently that the better teams man-mark quite well. They identified the threats and they tried to shut them down, which Leinster did two weeks ago against me and Ulster have done for the last couple of games. They will name-drop you and won't necessarily move off you. In a few moves that we tried I put myself in different situations but they just kept a close eye on me. It does get a lot harder, but you hope it makes space for other people around the pitch. But Ulster had a great defence and did not necessarily get too tight or too wide for there to be any space. Visser shares a belief in the Edinburgh squad, however, that the experiences of this season's Heineken Cup has increased belief, and the desire to become more consistent. The teams that are there every year, like Clermont, Leinster or Munster, are consistently winning and that is not something we have achieved so far. We have achieved that in the Heineken Cup, but I wouldn't say we have achieved that overall. Those teams always turn up physically. They don't make many mistakes and their game management is top notch. You look at the tight games that they win and they will bring their physicality to the game and will win the collisions. Getting to the semi was incredible, a hell of an achievement, but once you are in it, you are in it to win it and we were very much focused on winning this game and getting to the final, so there is a lot of disappointment in the camp. We will take pride from our performance this year, but the big teams do it year after year and I don't think we deserve to be named among them yet. But this could mean a big change for Scottish rugby. It shows that we do have the potential and that we can compete with the big teams. The scoreline [on Saturday], was so close. That is frustrating, but it is also something that we have to take pride in. As to whether he was now allowing himself to think about representing Scotland when he completes his three-year residency qualification in June, Visser added: "That is the next challenge for me. I was very focused on the Heineken Cup up to this point and I still am in my mind; I still have to get over it emotionally. We have one more game against Treviso, where we will give our all, and that is another season gone for us. The next stage then is Scotland and I hope my performances have put me in a good spot for it.