Duncan Weir has already denied a Welsh team with the last kick of the game this year, although it is in highly different circumstances to his first start for Scotland against Wales on Saturday.
The penalty that lifted Dundee HSFP to their first British and Irish Cup win over Camarthen Quins in December was greeted with great acclaim at Mayfield and even a whoop from Weir himself, but he has not allowed himself the dream of how it would feel in front of 67,000 at Murrayfield.
The 21-year-old who replaces Ruaridh Jackson clubmate for Glasgow and High this season in the starting team was on his way back from injury when he turned out for High and the experience was a good one for both sides.
“That game set me up perfectly for where I am now,” he said.
“I was coming back from injury and I desperately needed the 80 minutes. The guys at Dundee welcomed me in so warmly and even simplified their gameplan so that I would fit in, I really felt part of the squad spirit that they have.
“It was great to kick the winning goal, give them something back and do my bit for the team, because that was a big result in their history and for club rugby.”
It has all fallen into place for Weir, who led the Rabodirect PRO12 in scoring last year in his rookie pro season but suffered a nagging injury and initially found it difficult to adapt to the new coaching regime of Gregor Townsend when he took over at Glasgow.
Orchestrating the Warriors’ record-shattering 60-3 win over the Dragons last month and piloting the team to the top of the PRO12 in last week’s win over the Blues, as well as a strong impact as a replacement for the final 20 minutes of Scotland’s win over Ireland, shows how well he has adapted.
“I have had to change, because it’s two new coaches with Glasgow and Scotland, and there’s more going into the attacking side of the game,” said Weir, who was already known as a strong kicker and defender.
“It’s been a big learning curve to get used to what Gregor and Johnno expect from me now.
“There’s also the leadership roles that you have to take on as a 10, and the Dragons game was a good example of how we’re working our way into them.”
That leadership role meant the young 10 only Stuart Hogg is younger in Saturday’s team had to cover up his emotion on Monday when he learned he was starting.
“We had a squad meeting yesterday afternoon and Johnno took me into the team room 15 minutes before the squad got called to tell me, so I had a little while to digest it,” he said.
“Obviously I was immensely proud and excited.
“But then I had a slight panic as I just had to kind of try to absorb it, then put on a professional face about it because of those leadership qualities you need from a 10, and you shouldn’t leak too many emotions.
“But I locked myself in a room later and had a good wee jump about.”
He had had no inkling of the selection even though the man he replaced, his good friend Jackson, had tried to hint.
“We were playing on the Playstation together when Jacko said, ‘Johnno wants to see you but don’t worry, it’s a good message’,” added Weir.
“I feel frustrated for Ruaridh because he didn’t get much ball against Ireland, but against Wales there’s a different gameplan and I’ve been given the nod to fulfil that.”