By Steve Scott, rugby correspondent

HIS HEAD cleared after making a instinctive try-saving tackle in the weekend victory over Australia, Scotland captain Chris Cusiter wants to see his side finish the Bank of Scotland Autumn International Series with a clean sweep and some flair against Argentina.

Head coach Andy Robinson’s credo of getting one point more than the opposition provided the promised entertainment in Saturday’s battle.

However, Cusiter—withdrawn after 20 minutes with a head knock but fit for Saturday’s meeting with the Pumas—thinks blanket defence will only take Scotland so far.

He said, “No doubt beating a team like Australia will give us confidence, but looking back at the video we’re disappointed with our attack.

“We won that game through defence but if we’re to progress and regularly beat this sort of team we have to create a lot more pressure in terms of attack, and that’s our focus moving forward.

“Saturday was pretty unique in the way we defended for so long, if you look at the stats without knowing the score you’d assume Australia won easily.

“It was a great result but we have to look to our attacking side of the game.”

The squad were determined that the good work against Australia should not go to waste in the next game, as has happened after previous big wins in recent times.

“Nobody wants to finish this series with a loss; the Australia game was great but we have to move on quickly now,” he added.

“Our defence improved a lot from the first game in terms of intensity and hit, but our attack we didn’t improve, our shape was pretty good but we have to hold on to the ball a bit longer.

“It’s not big changes, just better execution.

“Argentina I would expect are desperate for a win—they came very close to upsetting England at Twickenham, which is very difficult to do, and they’ll come here with confidence high with a pretty good record against Scotland in the last few years.

“I don’t think I have played three winning internationals in a row, and that would be good to do.”

The skipper certainly played his part in the 20 minutes he was on the pitch on Saturday, but he took a step back at the end of the game as his team-mates celebrated.

He added, “At the end, I felt there were guys who’d done the rest of the work, who deserved the plaudits.

“Having gone off so early, I’d changed out of my strip and felt it was right for them to get the crowd’s applause.

“I was okay by then—it took me 20 minutes to get back to normal —but obviously I wasn’t going to be able to hide through that 20 minutes on the pitch, so it was right to come off.”

The captain didn’t retire until he had made a key tackle on Wallaby hooker Stephen Moore, seconds after the tackle on Adam Ashley-Cooper that caused him to go into a daze.

He added, “It’s a bit of a blur but I remember making the hit (that caused the knock) and then the other one at the line, I was running across and thought he was going to score, but then Rory (Lamont) made a great tackle and then instinct took over, I suppose, I just tried to stop him getting the ball down.

“It wasn’t until after that I got up, felt a bit sick and couldn’t see that well out of my right eye.

“There wasn’t really any decision to make, it’s a key decision-making position and we had Rory Lawson in reserve, who has great experience.”

The problem has passed after routine neurological checks and cognitive tests got pass marks from squad doctor James Robson and his colleagues yesterday.