Ford thrilled with his throwing form

The hosts won all 11 lineouts on their own throw to cap a remarkable return to form for the 30-year-old after being dropped by Scotland earlier this year and suffering an injury-hit summer.

After working on his action with Edinburgh and hitting his jumpers once more in five GUINNESS PRO12 appearances so far this campaign, Ford is confident his throwing rhythm is back and here to stay.

And the hooker knows he will have to be at his best if Scotland are to challenge a fearsome New Zealand pack at BT Murrayfield on Saturday.

"You are there to hit the jumpers and if you are not doing it sometimes it is not your fault, sometimes it is," Ford told Edinburgh Evening News.

"There are five parts of the line-out - the throw, the lift, the jump, movement on the group and catching at the end. There are a lot of things involved.

"You have to get on with it, go away and work it out and do things slightly differently. That is in the past now.

"I got my hands on the ball a couple of times and the set piece went well. Everybody involved played to a really high standard, but New Zealand on Saturday are the best team in the world and rightly so.

"We are under no illusions that there are things we can tidy up and get better."

"We have a bit of momentum on the back of beating Argentina but there's no point hyping things up and talking about great things just now. We've got to do it on the pitch."

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