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Former captain All Kellock says it’ll mean a lot to South African born Josh Strauss to represent Scotland at the Rugby World Cup. The back row forward only qualified to represent Scotland on the eve of the tournament but Kellock, who captained Strauss at Glasgow, says he’s spoken to the number eight about what comes with playing for international rugby. “I’ve had a lot of conversations with Josh about it and I know how much he thinks about it and I’ve also told him that now that he’s Scottish he’s probably going to get a little bit better looking and probably get a little bit taller as well and be a better player, so hopefully that will come about as well,” he said. “He’s working hard on the accent, he took a good six months to understand me at all but he’s working hard on it.” Kellock added that he’s sure it’ll mean as much to Strauss to represent Scotland as any other player. “I would say that I talked for many years as a captain about motivating factors and there are different motivating factors in every member of your team,” he said. “The world’s changed, people are moving around so much that it’s a reality that people are going to pull on a jersey that doesn’t necessarily represent where they grow up but he will be as motivated as anyone else on that part.” Scotland begin their World Cup campaign against Japan. This clip is from the Friday Sports Panel, Friday 18 September 2015.