Finn Russell will make a daunting Six Nations bow for Scotland away to France on Saturday but he can barely wait.
The 22-year-old former stonemason only made his Scotland debut in June before starting all three November internationals -- now he is going to face a Six Nations baptism of fire at the Stade de France.
Scotland have not won in Paris since the final Five Nations competition in 1999, which the Scots won.
Since then they have more often than not battled Italy to avoid the wooden spoon and found France an unhappy hunting ground.
But Glasgow Warriors back Russell can barely contain his excitement ahead of his tournament debut.
"Being at home would have been good but being over here in Paris is amazing as well, so it's going to be a great day tomorrow (Saturday) -- one I'm never going to forget," he said.
"To start this weekend in front of 80,000 people is going to be amazing."
He added: "I'm pretty chilled out with all that sort of stuff, I'm not too nervous about it. I think tomorrow it will be a wee bit daunting running out in front of 80,000 over here and all that stuff.
"I know what the French crowds are going to be like but it's one of these things, I'll enjoy it and won't let it get to me too much."
The fly-half expects the infamous French crowd to have an influence on the game and says it will be his job, alongside half-back partner Greig Laidlaw, to silence them.
"Everyone's just talking about the French crowds and I think it's famous how the French crowds are. I've only played twice in France so I've had a kind of wee bit of it, so it should be good.
"What I've heard (is) get them whistling because that means you're on top.
"I think the crowd will have a big influence on it, so if we manage to quieten the crowd down early on, that will take them out of it. Nigel Owens is a good ref so it depends, both teams have got to try to play as well to his game as they can.
"The less penalties we give away will definitely help us. I think the key for them will be their driving lineouts and the scrums and stuff, the set piece. So if we can take that away from them it might give us a bit of an advantage.
"But at the same time it might come down to who's more physical and who wants it more tomorrow night."
Russell insists Scotland are in a relaxed frame of mind, knowing no-one expects them to come away with a victory, nor to challenge for the Six Nations crown.
But he believes they could shock a few people.
"I think that's Scotland: no-one sees them as winning the Six Nations and they're always kind of underdogs.
"But for us it's not a good thing, it's not a bad thing, we've just come over here knowing we've been written off already.
"To come over here and have the chance to prove everyone wrong and give it all we've got, there's nothing to lose for us with no expectations -- to come over here and give it all we've got and hopefully get a good result, it's good for us."
Source: AFP