DAN Biggar believes Wales will thrive under the pressure of playing for their places against Scotland in the fervent Murrayfield atmosphere tomorrow.

Head coach Warren Gatland resisted the temptation to wield the axe after the horror show against England in the Six Nations opener but it's unlikely that he will be so generous if his charges fail again in Edinburgh.

In World Cup year the heat is on to respond and grasp their shot at redemption – but fly-half Biggar wouldn't have it any other way.

"We need to perform and no-one has the right to be in that shirt, but we put pressure on ourselves," said the 25-year-old Ospreys ace, who had seven stitches in a head wound suffered against England.

"We want to be playing under pressure, we want to be testing ourselves, the last thing we want is to be comfortable in our positions and shirts so bring it on. It's a great position to be in."

Coach Rob Howley said that the players went into their shells when faced by a "white wave" last weekend and Biggar expects a better response at Murrayfield.

"Confidence won't be an issue in terms of this team," he said. "We have got a good record at Murrayfield so it's a case of getting a win to kick-start our campaign. If we don't win then the Six nations has gone for us."

Wales responded to a disastrous display in the opener with Ireland to lift the trophy in 2013 and Biggar believes they have the strength to repeat the trick.

"We showed real character and we are going to have to show that again. This squad has got that," he said.

"Every time we are knocked or we are questioned there is normally a positive reaction and let's hope it's the same against Scotland.

"We are going to have to it the hard way now, go away from home and win three games which is never easy in international rugby and we have also got the champions at home.

"But that's what you play rugby for, the great challenges like that. The character in the squad is second to none so we fully believe we can turn things around and get back on the horse and back to winning ways."