Scotland skipper Jason White admits the World Cup was a missedopportunity for his side.
The Scots bowed out at the quarter-final stage after a 19-13defeat to Argentina in Paris.
White admits the team only have themselves to blame for notreaching the last four.
"The Argentina game was a missed opportunity for us to get to thesemi-finals," said the Sale Sharks skipper, who began his careerwith Aberdeen Wanderers.
"We could have beaten them, but we made too many individualmistakes.
"We didn't play well enough to win it, so that is a tough lessonfor us to learn."
Wins over Portugal, Romania - at Murrayfield - and Italysealed a last eight encounter with The Pumas, who surprisinglytopped their group after beating hosts France in the opening game.
But it was defeat to New Zealand in Edinburgh in the penultimategroup match that caused controversy.
Hadden decided to rest his top players ahead the must-win gameagainst the Azzurri, opting instead to field a shadow side.
Despite a 40-0 reverse, White insists his boss got it right.
White was a doubt for the event after injuring an anteriorcruciate ligament against
Romania in November 2006.
But the 29-year-old battled back to fitness to lead his countryon the biggest stage of all.
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