Scotland head coach Andy Robinson was pleased with his side's improved display in a tense 15-15 Calcutta Cup draw with England at Murrayfield.
Dan Parks landed four penalties and a drop goal to help Scotland earn a draw, with Robinson feeling that better options taken in the visitors' half could have secured a shock win.
He said: "You've got to work hard for your tries. When we put England under pressure there were a couple of occasions when we chose the wrong options.
"We're learning and what you saw today was an improvement from Italy. The players took another step forward this week.
"I thought we played positive rugby, I thought we moved England around and, credit to their defence, they held up well.
"I thought we created opportunities and I thought the way we tried to play with the counter-attack and some of the attacking play we put on was very good.
"Unfortunately, again, we couldn't get over the line. But I'm really, really pleased with the way the team tried to play and played."