The groups as soon as once more meet of their opening match of this yr’s World Cup in England, giving Saturday’s Six Nations fixture much more significance.
“There’s at all times niggle in Scotland and Wales video games, it doesn’t matter what sport, whether or not it is a male or feminine sport,” stated former Scotland hooker Brown.
“There’s such shut proximity each in geography but additionally the place we’re as a group.
“We’ve three house video games – Wales, Italy and Eire – three groups who’re near us on this planet rankings, who’re near us in capacity and who’re additionally progressing and rising with professionalism rising event on event.
“It is actually wholesome for the game but it surely’s nice for us as a result of it means each single time we go into a contest we get to mark ourselves towards groups which are proper subsequent to us, pushing by way of professionalism and high quality.
“Wales at house is a wonderful alternative for us to exit and begin nicely.”
Saturday at Edinburgh’s Hive Stadium is an opportunity to strike a psychological blow earlier than that World Cup opener on 23 August in Salford, however the Scots are targeted solely on delivering a robust Six Nations displaying that might inevitably present a springboard in direction of the worldwide event this summer time.
“We have an excellent run of video games, an excellent order of video games,” stated Thomson, who represented GB Sevens on the Paris Olympics final yr.
“We have Wales up first after which away to France. We pushed France shut final yr [in a 15-5 loss in Edinburgh], however we all know that France are a distinct animal at house.
“As a bunch we have talked about simply specializing in this event. We’ve Wales first up within the Six Nations, Wales first up within the World Cup, however we have performed that earlier than.
“We’re simply trying ahead to an excellent recreation on Saturday once more.”
