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Sat 11 Nov 2002Walker's reign on Scotland wing set to run and runScotland v South Africa:  In a world inhabited by Ben Cohen and Jonah Lomu, Scotland can walk tall at last. It has been a while, but the Murrayfield faithful will be grateful that the next big thing rampaging down the wing has a thistle on his breast, writesIain MorrisonFor the match against South Africa today, Ian McGeechan has kept faith with the XV that struggled to put points on the board against Romania, which means Nikki Walker will win his second cap. Bruce Douglas, Stuart Moffat and Walker, last weekend's debutants, all showed enough promise to justify a second crack but it is Walker whose tenure on the right wing could run and run.