Scotland's conversion king Duncan Hodge sympathised with his team-mate Kenny Logan after a Murrayfield match of contrasting fortunes for the men with the boot.

Logan missed four out of eight kicks after being given the duties ahead of Hodge, before the fly-half took over to land the conversion of Tom Smith's that sealed Scotland's comeback for a 28-all draw.

``Everyone feels for Kenny. It is not an easy position to be in,'' said Hodge. ``It was so unfortunate because apart from his goalkicking he did really well.

``The focus is always on the goalkicker and these things can happen. I guess you are always going to be either a hero or a villain."

Scotland skipper Andy Nicol made the decision to switch to Hodge, and the No 10 said: ``Andy told me I was taking the conversion and that was it. I wasn't bothered about the situation. I suppose that is why you spend 10 years doing the job.''

Scotland's team manager and goalkicking coach Dougie Morgan insisted Logan had been practising well and deserved his chance.

``We will have to look at it over the next week or so but this situation is nothing new,'' said the coach, Ian McGeechan.

``Goalkicking has been letting Scotland down for the last 30 years.''

Neil Jenkins had no such trouble for Wales, collecting three dropped goals among his 23 points, but the squandering of a 25-6 lead has raised further doubts about Graham henry's side.

Their only try came courtesy of a Scottish mistake, John Leslie failing to spot Mark Taylor as he attempted to throw out a long pass to Gordon Bulloch.

Wales lost scrum-half Rob Howley to a wrist injury, although he should be fit to face Ireland on Saturday week, his replacement Rupert Moon suffered the indignity of seeing prop Tom Smith charge past him for the crucial late try.

`There is enough negativity in Wales and I want to keep the guys heads up,'' said Henry.

``I am generally pleased with their performance. If we continually kick each other we will never get anywhere.

``The best way to defend a big lead is to maintain the policy you started with,'' he added.

``We turned away from an attack attitude to a defence attitude. Once you do that you leave yourself vulnerable."