Today was another truly astonishing day in the life of stand-off Daniel Arthur Parks as Scotland posted back-to-back away international victories with a 24-16 triumph over Argentina in Tucuman.

He produced another man of the match performance – his fourth in five games. For the third time this year, contributing all of Scotland’s points, though, on this occasion, it was the first win he had secured within that monopoly sequence, courtesy of six penalties and two drop-goals. He broke a record today too, becoming the highest unique points-scorer in a Scotland match, surpassing his great buddy Chris Paterson’s mark of 21 points in the 21-9 win against Wales at Murrayfield in 2007.

And, for good measure, he equalled Scotland attack coach Gregor Townsend’s career points haul for Scotland of 164 and moved within one of equalling John Rutherford’s all-time Scotland drop-goal record of 12.

Dan's the man - as another record tumbles

For generations of Scots it seemed that the only comic-book hero called Dan was the man of the Desperate variety who munched cow pie and was created in the offices of DC Thomson in Dundee.

Yet today in far-off Tucuman, in the north of Argentina, we had another Dan who chose this particular lion’s den to remind everyone that when it comes to scripting a cracking yarn, he’s your man.

Rewind to earlier this year and the Scotland management opted for Dan for the away match against Wales.  Since then the 32-year-old, who qualifies for Scotland through a maternal grandfather from Ayrshire, has supplied 81 points through 20 penalties and 7 drop-goals.

Has it changed his demeanour?  Not a bit of it.  He’s still the same happy-go-lucky individual with an insatiable desire when he crosses the whitewash, to win for Scotland.

So his reaction to today?  You can listen below, but it was typical Dan, thanking the crowd, relishing the atmosphere, critical of his three missed kicks at goal and insisting that his season is not yet done with more work to be accomplished in the second test in Mar Del Plata next week.