New Scotland forwards coach Dean Ryan will punish any English complacency in Six Nations opener Ryan is an Englishman by birth, a bruiser by trade and a rugby intellect by occupation. England will not have anything easy when Scotland come to Twickenham in just over three weeks" time for the opening match of the Six Nations Championship. Lancaster could not have wished for a more foreboding image than that of the former abrasive back-row forward in the Scotland camp, a wrecker of many a presumptuous thought. Perhaps Ryan is a fifth columnist, a Sassenach plant. Lancaster himself insists that he has no concerns about his squad's mindset as they approach the Calcutta Cup. There was a familiar hue and shape to the names released on Wednesday with some tickling round the fringes with the selections of Gloucester centre, Billy Twelvetrees and Northampton's reformed bad boy back-rower, Calum Clark. There should be no qualms about him being in the squad. A ban is a ban, be it two weeks or, in the case of Clark, eight months. You serve your time and you learn your lesson. Is he good enough to be in such company is the more pertinent line of inquiry? The changes, featuring only two new caps, are the natural evolution of a squad. England are settled and relatively successful, with that trophy All Black scalp tucked under their arm as they stride towards the championship looking to inflict mayhem on their domestic neighbours. How could a smidgen of complacency not creep in, a sub-conscious sense that they might have cracked it with that landmark victory? That is why Lancaster will have been delighted at Ryan's presence north of the border. There has been a neat role reversal in the fortunes of these sides over the last 12 months. A year ago, England headed to Murrayfield, again for their first match of the tournament, fresh-faced and ripe for a lesson in the realpolitic of Test rugby by Andy Robinson's Scotland. Lancaster was to field seven new caps that day, and still come away with a win, a scruffy one, admittedly, but the precious cargo of victory on the road was stored away as new-look England set off on a great adventure. This time it will be Scotland who will be written-off, ripe for the plunder as they head south. Quite naturally, Lancaster believes that his men will take nothing for granted, even if they did cream the world champions by 17 points, an opponent whom Scotland have never beaten. Lancaster has confidence in the grounded attitude of his squad. The head coach has brought them up well. It was no coincidence that he was back at West Park RFC on Wednesday to make the announcement. It is where Lancaster's son plays mini-rugby, a solid, well-run, honest-to-goodness club. It is where his first England squad convened, where the cultural implant took place, a sense of graft and humility flushing out the over-weening tendencies of the previous lot. But what now? There is a sense of expectation in the air that has to be met. There is pressure of a different kind. No more development talk. That was last year's mantra. Lancaster will ensure that his men are put on edge when they congregate. The presence in the Saxons squad of the likes of Wasps young powerhouse No 8 Billy Vunipola and rugby league recruits Joel Tomkins and Kyle Eastmond ensures that the senior squad will be very much aware of a chasing pack. As the likes of Joe Launchbury, Freddie Burns and Tom Youngs have been rewarded for form and promoted from within, so the next generation is gathering at the gates. It will be fascinating to see if Twelvetrees can kick on to the next level. He could be the missing link at inside centre, although Saracens Brad Barritt is an impressive figure. Clark has more to do to disturb the first choice back row. England's foundations have been set. Ryan's wrecking-ball will have to be at its most damaging to disturb them.