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Saturday's 30-15 defeat by Wales, with Chris Paterson kicking all five of his penalty attempts, left Scotland with just one try in five matches and they rarely threatened the Welsh backline following their disappointing opening RBS 6 Nations defeat by France at Murrayfield.

"We were making the breaks but not executing them," said Hogg. "Unfortunately that's where we were struggling."

Hogg was involved in one of Scotland's better breaks when he burst forward on to the edge of the Welsh 22 before despatching the ball to Andy Henderson, who was blocked by Ian Gough.

Paterson converted the resulting penalty to make the scores 20-15 but Wales stepped up the pace in the final 20 minutes and Shane Williams crossed for his second try.

He said: "It was a good inside ball, John Barclay was up in support.

"We made three points out of that as well, but breaks like that we need to be getting tries from. Maybe Wales were street-smart, giving away the three points and not letting us have any momentum."

Hogg came on for skipper Jason White, who suffered a head injury around the half-hour mark, after being left out of the 22 for the defeat by France.

"Last week was pretty tough for me," he said. "It's the first time I have been dropped.

"It happens to everyone, it's how you come back from that. But I was pleased to be on the bench and pleased to come on."