Six Nations 2012: Scotland are angry at continued frustration, says Allan Jacobsen To many eyes, Jacobsen was the most downcast member of a glum Scottish squad in the aftermath of their 32-14 defeat by Ireland. He has never been one for disguising his feelings and the loss hit him hard. It was only on Monday, when he returned to Murrayfield and reviewed some of the match footage, that his spirits started to rise, consolation coming from his realisation that things were maybe not so bad after all. "You can get pretty negative about things," he said. I was unhappy with everything in general, but especially the way the scrum had gone. But when I came back in I saw that the majority of scrums on our ball were OK. We were pushed off the last one in the last minute, which is unacceptable, but in the first half especially we were pretty good. In the second half we were chasing the game and we just lost our focus on the scrum. We were trying to get out early and make tackles. When you're chasing a game away from home it's the scrum and lineout that keep you in it. We forgot about our bread and butter. And yet, Jacobsen believes there is only so much comfort that he and his team-mates can take from the match video. The mood in the Scotland dressing room was the angriest he has ever experienced in an international career that began with an appearance as a replacement against Canada in 2002. Now, he says, it is time for the anger to be channelled into the task of salvaging a Six Nations win from a season of otherwise unremitting disappointment. He said: "It has been a frustrating campaign for everyone. In the last few years we've promised so much and never delivered. This year is the same, but it's doubly frustrating because I genuinely feel this team is better than the results have shown. But all that matters is winning and losing. In 50 years that's all they'll look at. We just have to nail down how to win games. I've played in games where I came off at the end thinking we never could have won because we weren't good enough. This year is different. We were in all these game and that's more frustrating. The guys are angry, with themselves and each other, because we're not showing what we can do. It does make you angry. All of which only whets the appetite for what Jacobsen might produce in the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, for the signs are that this East Lothian version of Raging Bull will be pawing the ground when he locks horns with Castrogiovanni for the first time. The odds against a match-winning try are maybe a little longer. Edinburgh scrum-halves Chris Leck and Alex Black have both extended their contracts until 2014.