Scotland v England

:01:04. > :01:18.It is the history, it is the passion. It is instilled in new from

:01:19. > :01:26.a youngster. Pride, it is the wee against the big man. 1990, it does

:01:27. > :01:33.not get any better than that. Scotland have won a famous victory.

:01:34. > :01:42.Playing against 15 mad Scotsman, it is tough. Scary. Intimidated. What a

:01:43. > :01:51.struggle. As long as you get your retaliation in first, you might be

:01:52. > :01:59.in with a chance of winning. You never lose against England. We never

:02:00. > :02:07.expected to lose against Scotland. Never lose. Never lose. Failure is

:02:08. > :02:12.not an option. Just don't lose to England. You never lose against

:02:13. > :02:23.Scotland. You never, never lose to England.

:02:24. > :02:28.The Auld Enemy gala dinner last night. 700 years on from

:02:29. > :02:34.Bannockburn, 743 after the country first met on rugby field. Random

:02:35. > :02:39.anniversaries will count for nothing. It is about two side is

:02:40. > :02:43.recovering from an opening weekend defeat, desperate to get off the

:02:44. > :02:48.mark, only too well aware that however much people tried to

:02:49. > :02:53.underplay the political undertones, Scotland against England is never

:02:54. > :02:59.just another match. And while both these teams look for

:03:00. > :03:02.an opening victory, Ireland have played two and won two after an

:03:03. > :03:14.emphatic victory this afternoon. Ireland's next stop is took on in a

:03:15. > :03:19.couple of weeks time. Here we are in Murrayfield. Not ideal conditions

:03:20. > :03:25.overhead. It could be a lot worse. Not ideal conditions underfoot. The

:03:26. > :03:29.pitch has come in for a barrage of criticism. Some areas looked

:03:30. > :03:38.dreadful. It will have an effect on the quality of what we see in the

:03:39. > :03:45.next couple of hours, in the company of Auld Enemy, Jeremy Guscott and

:03:46. > :03:58.John Inverdale. Both sides have known about this. They should have,

:03:59. > :04:05.tactically, it is huge. Sexton did a masterclass for Ireland. It is quite

:04:06. > :04:10.dry here. You're kicking game, you're chasing game has got to be

:04:11. > :04:19.world-class. Whoever wins that will win the match. England lost last

:04:20. > :04:27.week. I think the guys deserve another chance. England tried harder

:04:28. > :04:30.and succeeded in losing. They need a chance to repay back Stuart

:04:31. > :04:34.Lancaster's faith in selecting them. I thought their attacking was

:04:35. > :04:43.brilliant, especially Owen Farrell and Danny Care. Is your cup half

:04:44. > :04:50.empty or half full? It was a difficult performance to analyse. It

:04:51. > :04:53.fell off in the second half. I think everyone here in Murrayfield is

:04:54. > :04:57.looking for a spike in performance from Scotland. In the second game of

:04:58. > :05:03.the Championship it normally happens. A final thought about the

:05:04. > :05:06.pitch but I am sure we will come back to it during the course of the

:05:07. > :05:10.match, we are on a piece of synthetic grass on the side of the

:05:11. > :05:15.pitch and if you look six inches that way, that is what the real

:05:16. > :05:18.grass pitch looks like and I guess it is not long before all

:05:19. > :05:24.internationals are played on this. This time next year, the pitch will

:05:25. > :05:28.be dug up and it will be 50-50% synthetic and grass. For the moment,

:05:29. > :05:33.it looks like that and it will be interesting to see what effect it

:05:34. > :05:37.has what we see over the next 80 minutes or so. For Scott Johnson,

:05:38. > :05:46.this is his last throw of the dice in attempt to overthrow England.

:05:47. > :05:54.Lastly, as the match wore on, the flames slowly flickered and then it

:05:55. > :06:05.finally fizzled out. With a roar we begin. It is Trimble

:06:06. > :06:09.who crosses. Ireland have the try! It is a gallop towards the line.

:06:10. > :06:28.Surely a dry? It is a try! Chris Henry. Rob Carney is going.

:06:29. > :06:34.They are a long way ahead now in the Six Nations against Scotland.

:06:35. > :06:39.Was it a big decision to drop your captain, Kelly Brown, not just out

:06:40. > :06:47.of the starting line-up but out of the squad? It was a tough decision.

:06:48. > :06:54.Kelly is a great human being. We thought the mix was better this way.

:06:55. > :06:59.It was difficult. It was a difficult week but these things have to

:07:00. > :07:04.happen. A big challenge for Chris Fusaro coming into this side? With

:07:05. > :07:09.the pitch the way it is and the conditions the way they are, it

:07:10. > :07:15.might suit him. I have coached a few boys like him and his form has been

:07:16. > :07:19.good. He deserves the run out. You have talked about dark places this

:07:20. > :07:26.week, how has it been in such a short turnaround? We brought

:07:27. > :07:31.torches, that is what we did. But at the end of the day, there were good

:07:32. > :07:37.things as well. There is a naivete about our team and we know that. A

:07:38. > :07:41.quick turnaround gives a good chance to bounce back quickly.

:07:42. > :07:47.With a new flanker and a new captain today for Scotland. They did not

:07:48. > :07:58.really perform well in Dublin but a few changes in the front row. No

:07:59. > :08:02.changes in the second row. The first change for Scotland and what a

:08:03. > :08:13.change, Kelly Brown out and Chris Fusaro comes in. No change at

:08:14. > :08:26.halfback. Greig Laidlaw takes the captaincy from Brown. A youthful

:08:27. > :08:34.centre partnership. Sean Maitland is out and Tommy Seymour comes in.

:08:35. > :08:38.Today, from a Scottish perspective, it may be all about Chris Fusaro who

:08:39. > :08:43.makes his debut today. I was talking to Jason White last night who became

:08:44. > :08:54.Scotland captain. He made his debut against England in 2000 on the

:08:55. > :08:58.winning side. The Scotland captain Kelly Brown has

:08:59. > :09:06.been dropped for the Six Nations match. He is gutted to miss the

:09:07. > :09:12.match. It took me awhile to come to terms with it. I had to pinch myself

:09:13. > :09:18.a couple of times. It is a massive honour. I will have to listen to the

:09:19. > :09:24.coaches. I was to get the nod. Kelly had a good game last week. It is the

:09:25. > :09:27.nature of the sport, it can be ruthless sometimes and also it is an

:09:28. > :09:38.opportunity for me now so I have got to prove myself. I will be trying to

:09:39. > :09:46.get in there and disrupt it as much as possible against England. A great

:09:47. > :09:52.tackle. We have got the game plan. I think we have got the right game

:09:53. > :09:57.plan to win it. Andy, the obvious question is, what

:09:58. > :10:03.does he bring to the side that Kelly Brown couldn't? It is all about the

:10:04. > :10:07.breakdown. Chris Fusaro has been brought in to get his hands on the

:10:08. > :10:11.ball in the tackle. He is quicker but shorter than Chris Robshaw. He

:10:12. > :10:18.needs to get there. He must win the race to get to the tackle. If they

:10:19. > :10:22.arrive at the same time, there is a difference of 15 kilograms in

:10:23. > :10:34.weight. He must win that race. Another significant selection,

:10:35. > :10:39.Escott -- Scott in the centre. Matt Scott coming in at 12, really has

:10:40. > :10:45.two for that link between all the good play last week, to let Stuart

:10:46. > :10:48.Hogg get the ball. I think he is growing and growing as an

:10:49. > :10:52.international inside centre and he is a really good player.

:10:53. > :10:57.Let's move on to England now who could have one, should have won, you

:10:58. > :11:06.might say in Paris to last weekend but they were hit by a French sucker

:11:07. > :11:17.punch in the final of the match. What a start to the Six Nations! A

:11:18. > :11:34.second try for France. Mike Brown, helter-skelter rugby. England are

:11:35. > :11:40.level! England's lead grows. There are warnings of gales in all

:11:41. > :11:46.areas. And France will steal it. It has been a thriller in Paris and the

:11:47. > :11:51.home team have won it. Stuart, fortunate, I guess, out of

:11:52. > :11:56.every player who was available, you have kept faith with that team, is

:11:57. > :12:00.it time to repay that faith? It is not about repaying it to anyone but

:12:01. > :12:04.themselves. I think they were disappointed to have lost the game.

:12:05. > :12:09.It was difficult initially to pick them back up but there is a lot of

:12:10. > :12:15.frustration we will take out in Scotland today. What were the key

:12:16. > :12:21.lessons? Everything matters, the start, it is a big mountain to

:12:22. > :12:25.climb. There is also the positivity. The accuracy in our game

:12:26. > :12:30.I thought was excellent. We want to build on that. You have had a look

:12:31. > :12:36.outside. A lot of talk about the pitch and conditions, what do you

:12:37. > :12:39.make of it? The same for both teams. It is the same as yesterday. It is a

:12:40. > :12:44.bit wetter today than yesterday but I am sure it will be fine. It will

:12:45. > :12:50.be the same for both teams. We can win in the rain and the drive.

:12:51. > :12:55.Stuart Lancaster was talking about the pitch there. This is the

:12:56. > :12:58.pre-match entertainment which is always great. Really outstanding

:12:59. > :13:02.entertainment. Given the state of the pitch already, I'm not sure they

:13:03. > :13:08.are doing it an awful lot of good. Obviously, the players are not

:13:09. > :13:12.playing in high-heeled boots but it is not improving the situation, I do

:13:13. > :13:16.not think. Going back to the England side,

:13:17. > :13:25.rarely has the substitution caused such a furore as Danny Care's last

:13:26. > :13:32.week. He maintains his place. A lot of pressure on these three,

:13:33. > :13:41.the scrum did not go well last week. Always excellent work rate, they

:13:42. > :13:46.shared the work rate these two. Chris Robshaw has to win his contest

:13:47. > :13:55.with those are. Failure is not an option. Kicking will be keyed today.

:13:56. > :14:01.The ball must go hi all go wrong. Luther Burrell scored a great try

:14:02. > :14:05.last week. He needs to target Duncan Weir today. Who would want to be a

:14:06. > :14:15.back three player today in these conditions? The courage will be

:14:16. > :14:20.tested this afternoon. We were talking about the scrum-half. He has

:14:21. > :14:24.had a chequered career. He was running the show last weekend. He

:14:25. > :14:33.has been talking to Sonja McLaughlan about the good times and the bad.

:14:34. > :14:39.England have dropped Danny Care following his arrest for

:14:40. > :14:46.drink-driving. Drunk and disorderly at the wheel. He will come back

:14:47. > :14:50.stronger. All I wanted to do from a kid was to play for England. I loved

:14:51. > :14:56.every minute of it and to have that taken away from me spurred me on to

:14:57. > :15:00.make some changes in my life. I realised what I want to be is an

:15:01. > :15:06.international rugby player. To play for my country as many times as I

:15:07. > :15:12.can and represent everyone who has been there for me and supported me.

:15:13. > :15:17.Do you have faith in him off the pitch? 100%. We all makes mistakes

:15:18. > :15:23.and the important thing is to learn from them. I do believe everything

:15:24. > :15:30.happens for a reason. Maybe I needed that lesson to spur me on to be a

:15:31. > :15:36.better player. Danny Care providing the spot. Where did that performance

:15:37. > :15:41.come from? I had been waiting a while to be back in the number nine

:15:42. > :15:49.shirt. It is such a special tournament. To have that shirt away

:15:50. > :15:55.in France, I knew I had to perform. All that was missing was a try. I

:15:56. > :16:02.was about two centimetres away! It was close. Why do you think that you

:16:03. > :16:09.were substituted? You get substituted around that point. I

:16:10. > :16:17.think I could've played on a bit longer but the coach makes the

:16:18. > :16:20.decisions. And I back that 100%. I always believed he could be the best

:16:21. > :16:26.in the world and now he is relentless in that pursuit. What do

:16:27. > :16:31.you think when you hear that? I will give him ?10 later! It is good to

:16:32. > :16:36.hear and Stewart has always believed in me mad that I could be the best.

:16:37. > :16:41.It has taken a couple of years but hopefully I am playing the best rob

:16:42. > :16:48.me of my career at the moment. -- rugby. How much is the team driven

:16:49. > :16:53.to take the title? We know that we can win every game, simple as that.

:16:54. > :17:00.We were close in France. Scotland is going to be a massive game, but

:17:01. > :17:04.really exciting for us. We will go there full of confidence and try to

:17:05. > :17:11.get the win. So there is Danny Care. Have you

:17:12. > :17:16.revised your opinion about the substitution last week? Not at all.

:17:17. > :17:23.I thought Danny Care was having his best game. He was playing really

:17:24. > :17:26.well. To me you only make the substitution if someone is injured

:17:27. > :17:35.or you need a tactical change to the game. I think it did affect the

:17:36. > :17:41.game. I just hope that the coaching staff watch the game closely today

:17:42. > :17:46.and take players of only if it will make a big difference. Do not change

:17:47. > :17:50.for the sake of changing. He will not have the option of another

:17:51. > :17:56.outside half if Owen Farrell gets injured. Owen Farrell, was that his

:17:57. > :18:03.best game for England last week? He was superb. Probably the fact that

:18:04. > :18:10.it was his ninth consecutive game starting really helped. He was

:18:11. > :18:16.looking, probing, passing well. Everything in sync. What about no

:18:17. > :18:22.replacement outside half on the bench? Especially in these

:18:23. > :18:35.conditions, if Owen Farrell was to be endured, there would be a gap in

:18:36. > :18:42.that recognised ten. They need to be on the pitch for the whole game

:18:43. > :18:45.today. They were very good in certain areas and less good in

:18:46. > :18:54.others. What about this in particular? They have been working

:18:55. > :19:02.on this in training. They get quick ball. Danny Care whips it out. Talk

:19:03. > :19:08.about scanning and looking, they have a couple of lines of attack.

:19:09. > :19:19.The French have come up too early. Owen Farrell makes up good ground.

:19:20. > :19:26.Luther Burrell gets indeed. You cannot get much better than that. It

:19:27. > :19:33.is a great setup. I do not think we will see too much handling today. It

:19:34. > :19:43.will be more kicking. England are at their best. Chris Robshaw and Luther

:19:44. > :19:50.Burrell. These conditions will play to the England strengths. Scotland

:19:51. > :19:57.in Dublin were far too lateral. They never got in behind the defence. You

:19:58. > :20:02.have got to get in behind. That is what Chris Fusaro will have to do

:20:03. > :20:08.today. Well 89 years ago was the very first match played here.

:20:09. > :20:12.England against Scotland. And Scotland were the winners. This

:20:13. > :20:35.stadium has seen some great moments.

:20:36. > :20:56.Smith again. O Connell, what a superb try.

:20:57. > :21:09.Roy Laidlaw. A bit of indecision. There is a chance now. And he goes

:21:10. > :21:19.through. That is a brilliant try. Armstrong to Gavin Hastings.

:21:20. > :21:33.Magnificent try for the 21-year-old!

:21:34. > :21:44.Dawson again. Caught by Grimes. Grayson is through. What a try!

:21:45. > :21:49.And Paul Grayson is actually commentating this afternoon on radio

:21:50. > :21:55.five live. If we go across the running track, one of the

:21:56. > :22:01.idiosyncrasies of Murrayfield, Brian Moore and Chris Paterson are in the

:22:02. > :22:08.commentary box. Good afternoon. We are probably warmer and drier than

:22:09. > :22:12.you! Yes, it is pouring with rain. Not an afternoon for the backs. In

:22:13. > :22:20.terms of the battle at front, what are the key areas? Well I think the

:22:21. > :22:27.scrum suffered last week. The England scrum likewise. They have

:22:28. > :22:31.both improved enormously. I thought Kelly Brown has been given a bit of

:22:32. > :22:35.a hard time because he was asked to play in a different position and

:22:36. > :22:45.then dropped for not doing it well enough. And who will be in the back

:22:46. > :22:49.three on a day like this on the England side? The back three are

:22:50. > :22:53.bound to be busy. How do you respond to kicks from the opposition today?

:22:54. > :23:02.You do the basics well. And that will put the opposition under

:23:03. > :23:09.pressure. The Scotland backs, they know each other's games inside out.

:23:10. > :23:16.Whereas the England backs, some of them are new to the scene. But there

:23:17. > :23:27.are quality players. You suspect the game might be a carbon copy, or at

:23:28. > :23:33.least very similar. To the game played in Dublin earlier this

:23:34. > :23:36.afternoon. We have got a forum on the red button straight after the

:23:37. > :23:42.final whistle here and any thoughts you have, give us a shout. Also on

:23:43. > :23:47.the BBC Facebook page. There is going to be a lot to be said about

:23:48. > :23:54.the Welsh performance this afternoon. This England side are

:23:55. > :24:01.Twickenham in a couple of weeks time. Here is the reception for

:24:02. > :24:07.England in Scotland. Not overwhelming, it is fair to say. But

:24:08. > :24:21.there's always that little bit of rivalry. It is the only ground where

:24:22. > :24:27.England get booed. I feel that England will win the day. It is

:24:28. > :24:33.going to be tight but I think they should see it through. We will be

:24:34. > :24:38.playing the same record over and over. Scotland will create chances

:24:39. > :24:42.but they have to take them. I think today will be a different set of

:24:43. > :24:50.chances. It is all about playing in the right areas. There will be a lot

:24:51. > :24:59.of kicking. They will be bombarded with high balls in the wings. A huge

:25:00. > :25:06.kicking performance required tonight. We do not have the

:25:07. > :25:10.pyrotechnics as they had in Sochi last night but that is still a

:25:11. > :25:18.magnificent sight, the types and drums. And this massive cannon is

:25:19. > :25:23.going to go off in a moment. Scotland coming here at Murrayfield.

:25:24. > :25:27.The England team already lined up and waiting for the anthems.

:25:28. > :25:34.Wherever it you are watching us, battling the elements or in the

:25:35. > :25:41.gales, this is the match to lift all spirits. England have only one here

:25:42. > :25:47.once in the last decade. It is a rivalry that began in 1871 when

:25:48. > :25:54.Scotland one 1-nil. And it is the battle that resumes for the 132nd

:25:55. > :26:02.time today. Brian Moore, Chris Paterson and Andrew Carter on

:26:03. > :26:07.commentary after the anthems. The crowd stand for the second match of

:26:08. > :26:16.this second weekend of the RBS 2014 Six Nations Championship.

:26:17. > :26:25.# God save our gracious Queen! # Long live our noble Queen!

:26:26. > :26:36.# God save the Queen! # Send her victorious.

:26:37. > :26:42.# Happy and glorious. # Long to reign over us.

:26:43. > :27:18.# God save the Queen. # O Flower Of Scotland.

:27:19. > :27:26.# When will we see your like again. # That fought and died for.

:27:27. > :27:34.# Your wee bit hill and glen. # That stood against him.

:27:35. > :27:42.# Proud Edward's army. # And sent him homeward.

:27:43. > :27:53.# Tae think again. # Those days are past now.

:27:54. > :28:01.# And in the past they must remain. # But we can still rise now.

:28:02. > :28:09.# And be the nation again. # That stood against him.

:28:10. > :28:13.# Proud Edward's army. # And sent him homeward.

:28:14. > :28:39.# Tae think again #. One anthem seat to crush an army.

:28:40. > :28:47.The other rebelling. Both teams desperate for a win. The Scotland

:28:48. > :28:54.coach has swung the axe. But it has only fallen on Kelly Brown in the

:28:55. > :29:03.forwards. Chris Fusaro is smaller and more mobile. Tommy Seymour comes

:29:04. > :29:10.in in the wing for injured Sean Maitland. And for England, same

:29:11. > :29:22.again. The two youngest forwards are the key players. Billy Vunipola will

:29:23. > :29:27.be hard to contain. Jonny May brings real pace on the left wing. He plays

:29:28. > :29:37.in spite of breaking his nose last week. Alex Goode covers a couple of

:29:38. > :29:42.backline positions for England. And in between this great meeting

:29:43. > :29:52.between Scotland and England is a French referee. And the noise

:29:53. > :30:00.swells. The countdown will continue here at Murrayfield. And they can't

:30:01. > :30:09.it down to the 100 and 32nd meeting between these two countries.

:30:10. > :30:22.A blast of the whistle and away they go.

:30:23. > :30:29.England have pristine white shirts. That will not last. Hartley got him

:30:30. > :30:47.down. A little bit of adrenaline flowing.

:30:48. > :30:57.You cannot allow players to receive the ball uncontested. A quick look

:30:58. > :31:04.at England's success rate last week. 87% of their line-outs worked.

:31:05. > :31:19.The first test for Hartley and Lawes. There is Vunipola again.

:31:20. > :31:55.He tried to off load. Scotland take it quickly. Sean Lamont. The referee

:31:56. > :32:05.says just wait a moment. The ball will be kicked. I suppose you can

:32:06. > :32:14.say fairies foul and foul is fair, it is the same as saying it is the

:32:15. > :32:19.same for both sides. Also there were bands walking on the pitch

:32:20. > :32:29.beforehand. But they were playing songs from Glee. Who are they? That

:32:30. > :32:38.comes back to Scotland and Ryan Wilson has it but that was offside.

:32:39. > :32:43.There will be a pop at goal for Farrell. There are good kicks and

:32:44. > :32:50.bad kicks and that was a great kick. Huge pressure from Stuart Hogg. We

:32:51. > :33:01.saw Duncan Weir try and put one over the top of Jack Nowell's head. Scott

:33:02. > :33:06.Johnson will be very disappointed that something and nothing has given

:33:07. > :33:09.England a relatively simple shot without having to do anything. Such

:33:10. > :33:45.a good goalkicker. That was a slip. You saw the planted

:33:46. > :33:54.foot. His left foot completely gone from underneath him. You will see it

:33:55. > :33:57.in super slow motion. He said he did not know what his back foot was

:33:58. > :34:14.going to do. Here we are. They take away the roots, these

:34:15. > :34:25.little beasties, that is why it is so unstable out there. Anyway, a

:34:26. > :34:37.good chance again. It is Scotland's ball. There was some concern about

:34:38. > :34:42.Ryan Grant's back before kick-off but he seems to be going OK. Just as

:34:43. > :34:47.the referee said advantage, Mike Brown takes it for England. It is

:34:48. > :35:06.not really a day for galloping fullbacks.

:35:07. > :35:25.Interesting, last week the Scotland Ireland game almost turned on Sexton

:35:26. > :35:33.making a break from a dummy kick. How far will Farrell get? Not too

:35:34. > :35:38.bad, just about to the 22. When you haven't got a firm pitch, playing

:35:39. > :35:51.from your own 22 scenes and awful long way. It is a very big slog.

:35:52. > :35:58.That was taken down nicely by Tom Wood. England will try and get

:35:59. > :36:02.something going on here. Danny Care takes it away and a drop goal

:36:03. > :36:10.attempt. He did it last week and he has done it again. If he was under

:36:11. > :36:15.pressure to do that, he would not have done that. He thought, I might

:36:16. > :36:25.as well have a shot. He is a natural footballer.

:36:26. > :36:44.I think you can tell he wants to smile but he is not allowed to.

:36:45. > :36:51.England with the early lead courtesy of that man, Care. David Denton

:36:52. > :37:17.coming forward. Scotland are working hard to get

:37:18. > :37:25.that back line, into Farrell and then Lawes. We decided to kick it

:37:26. > :37:32.low. This was rather better measured. Seymour was up there as

:37:33. > :37:42.well. Different servers, that might have gone straight out. He hit that

:37:43. > :37:52.big divot. You can see England have won in the backfield.

:37:53. > :38:08.England's line-out has been solid on two occasions so far.

:38:09. > :38:19.Trying to give Danny Care bit more breathing space here. Down it goes.

:38:20. > :38:26.The referee says nothing wrong with that.

:38:27. > :38:53.Scotland have the penalty this time. The man infringing is Dylan Hartley.

:38:54. > :39:01.Quite clear, Jerome Garces says, the feet. A calf kick this one, with the

:39:02. > :39:08.instability underneath. And the angle as well -- a tough kick. The

:39:09. > :39:39.wind can be quite hard at the East hand side of Murrayfield as well.

:39:40. > :39:46.England still with that Danny Care drop goal lead. We were talking

:39:47. > :39:55.before we came on air about the wind, repeat what you said. Trade

:39:56. > :40:01.secret. The wind at Murrayfield is a low wind which swirls around the

:40:02. > :40:07.stadium. It is always tricky here. That was carried in by Seymour then.

:40:08. > :40:11.Scotland coming in. David Denton. A chunky meeting with many polar. --

:40:12. > :40:25.Vunipola. Hamilton and Swinson set off

:40:26. > :41:02.together. That was unchallenged until Mike

:41:03. > :41:32.Brown came haring in. Laidlaw just gets that kick away.

:41:33. > :41:38.Danny Care was there. The fullbacks will be tested... And Farrell just

:41:39. > :41:48.took his eye off the ball. Twelvetrees under pressure. He was

:41:49. > :41:53.able to get back kick away. Well done, Billy Twelvetrees, to stand

:41:54. > :42:03.his ground there. England have the penalty. Scotland holding on. First

:42:04. > :42:09.man on his feet. Neither side really making any great impression with

:42:10. > :42:19.their kicking games. I think as well, Brian, there is a lot of

:42:20. > :42:29.pressure on the kicker. A safe kick from Owen Farrell. England will have

:42:30. > :42:36.the line-out. I think he just takes his eyes off the ball. Scotland need

:42:37. > :42:42.to be on quicker. They need to be made to pay for that, England. They

:42:43. > :42:53.were allowed to get away with it. England's line-out works well

:42:54. > :42:58.enough. Vunipola has it at the back. A penalty advantage to

:42:59. > :43:04.England. A little attack to nothing there. Another infringement there so

:43:05. > :43:11.they will come back for the original infringement. The penalty has been

:43:12. > :43:15.given against Jim Hamilton for going in the side but it could also be

:43:16. > :43:20.given to Chris Fusaro on the near side here for taking down, I would

:43:21. > :43:30.have thought both packs would use this. Very difficult to stop on a

:43:31. > :43:35.greasy surface. The way to defend that is as soon as it is caught the

:43:36. > :43:40.whole thing has to be dropped. A good kick from Farrell. He did not

:43:41. > :43:45.fancy a pop at goal in these conditions. He found a good kick in

:43:46. > :43:52.the Scottish 22. How much money would you put on a repeat of that?

:43:53. > :43:56.When you get into that area there, between the five metre line and the

:43:57. > :44:03.try line, that is very bare. We know what is coming for England. Scotland

:44:04. > :44:12.will do well to defend this. There is a bit of confusion. Lawes has it

:44:13. > :44:18.at the back. Breaking away all the time. They have done well, Scotland,

:44:19. > :44:27.to wreck that. And here is another try.

:44:28. > :44:49.Jack Nowell was holding the defence and Burrell takes a wonderful line

:44:50. > :44:58.to breakthrough. It is still man on man. His man.

:44:59. > :45:07., hard, shut down what is in front of you, having numbers in and around

:45:08. > :45:12.the ball, with Danny Care running, Nowell and Burrell, Scotland will be

:45:13. > :45:21.disappointed. They tried very hard to disrupt the ball. Ultimately, a

:45:22. > :45:33.great try for England. Just as steady drizzle coming down. Farrell

:45:34. > :45:38.to give England a ten point lead. This one does go through. No bother

:45:39. > :45:45.with that. And England into double figures. Scott Johnson, the Scottish

:45:46. > :45:53.defensive coach, will be disappointed. One fell swoop and he

:45:54. > :46:03.is over. Restart, Duncan Weir. Seymour trying

:46:04. > :46:12.to take it down. Penalty to Scotland. How often does that

:46:13. > :46:18.happen, you give a penalty away straight after you have scored

:46:19. > :46:34.points. It is hard not to in that situation, it is instinct to grab

:46:35. > :46:42.the ball. Laidlaw will have this chance. Slightly easier than his

:46:43. > :46:47.last attempt. A nephew of Roy Laidlaw, great Scottish scrum-half.

:46:48. > :46:59.Scored a wonderful try against England in this fixture 31 years

:47:00. > :47:06.ago. This one trying to get away as well. Jack Nowell quickest to react.

:47:07. > :47:11.A couple of visits for Laidlaw. Not easy kicks but that one you would

:47:12. > :47:21.have felt he should have opted through. It would have kept Scotland

:47:22. > :47:41.within one try. Denton again is the gatherer. Slips through the middle.

:47:42. > :47:59.Seymour taken down by Danny Care. Scotland making some headway. Easily

:48:00. > :48:14.taken by Jonny May. He goes for distance. Scotland still in their

:48:15. > :48:20.own half. It was a good break by Seymour. That is what Scotland have

:48:21. > :48:26.not been doing. What has to happen after that, the next man also has

:48:27. > :48:37.two get over it the gate line. -- have two. The England line-up

:48:38. > :48:57.working well. The ball comes back smartly to the Apollo. -- Vunipola.

:48:58. > :49:06.A penalty to England. That was a silly penalty for Sean Lamont. He is

:49:07. > :49:13.on the wrong side and has to get back around. There are two players

:49:14. > :49:25.from each side and he has to get back. It is a risky one 35 yards out

:49:26. > :49:32.from the goalpost. The fact is when you are 10-nil down and there is a

:49:33. > :49:42.doubt, do not do it. And he is experienced. 84 or 85 caps now. It

:49:43. > :50:10.gives Farrell another opportunity to try and get some points for England.

:50:11. > :50:20.That one drift away as well. It is all down to concern about what is

:50:21. > :50:38.going to happen. Not fully committed to the kick. It is something to

:50:39. > :50:45.watch for the rest of the game. Twelvetrees trying to battle his way

:50:46. > :50:58.through. Vunipola can certainly do it. 20 two stone charging. England

:50:59. > :51:15.making good ground here. Twelvetrees skips inside. Farrell just delaying

:51:16. > :51:31.that passed a little bit. England will have the scrum. Was it an

:51:32. > :51:51.initial England knock-on? Yes, it was. A little reminiscent of last

:51:52. > :51:56.week, when Burrell sets of. I have been watching Chris Fusaro very

:51:57. > :52:06.closely. He has had a good introduction. A good tackle there.

:52:07. > :52:17.Nothing flash. And then first ball carried, he is knocked back but

:52:18. > :52:23.keeps the ball. I was going to save that the scrum was solid but down

:52:24. > :52:34.they go. Double, double, toil and trouble. What can be said? I looked

:52:35. > :52:45.up nematodes on the Internet last night! They are fascinating

:52:46. > :52:47.creatures. Perhaps in a quieter part of the game I will tell you about

:52:48. > :53:09.them! They are sliding about. It is all a

:53:10. > :53:17.bit of a mess. Scotland have the penalty. They are not scrums of

:53:18. > :53:33.power today at boys and balance. -- poise. There is no purchase at all.

:53:34. > :53:42.But England will feed if they can. The referee is the man that has to

:53:43. > :53:47.enforce that law. Should there be a mentality just to get the ball out

:53:48. > :53:56.and away as quickly as possible as Mac there should be. Scotland were

:53:57. > :54:08.poor in the line-out last week. David Denton waiting at the back.

:54:09. > :54:32.Carried well. Denton has it three or four times. English hands getting in

:54:33. > :54:50.there. Denton just has to stall for a moment. Scooped away quickly.

:54:51. > :54:58.Stuart Hogg this time. It gets them territory. If you are taking the

:54:59. > :55:04.ball round the corner it is fine but you have to keep going and get

:55:05. > :55:21.enough men there. It is one step forward for Scotland and one step

:55:22. > :55:32.back. Danny Care having a chat with the

:55:33. > :55:54.referee. He eventually sends it down the line. Good work from Robshaw.

:55:55. > :56:14.Jonny May comes into play scrum-half. Down the blind-side they

:56:15. > :56:25.go. Danny Care kicks again. England creeping up the pitch. Taken down

:56:26. > :56:34.well by Laidlaw. Ryan Wilson, a good tackle. Cannot quite get it to

:56:35. > :56:41.Denton. England's all. Still playing that scrum advantage. The kick goes

:56:42. > :56:57.long and it is well directed. Into touch in the Scotland 22. You see

:56:58. > :57:04.the difference in those kicks. That came from the pressure of the

:57:05. > :57:12.English defence. And eventually got the turnover with a good kick from

:57:13. > :57:22.Danny Care. There will be pressure on the Scottish line-out now. It

:57:23. > :57:36.goes awry again. England have the position and they have some space.

:57:37. > :57:48.Jonny May takes it into the bodies. Tom Wood is there. Advantage to

:57:49. > :58:04.England. The referee with his arm outstretched. Back they come for the

:58:05. > :58:08.penalty. That goes back to that line-out for Scotland that went

:58:09. > :58:16.wrong. Jim Hamilton again giving away the penalty. A loose Scottish

:58:17. > :58:25.line-out. Jonny May fights hard to get over the gain line. He is

:58:26. > :58:32.powerful and big. Three Scottish defenders drawn right in. England

:58:33. > :58:41.got in behind him and that is where the penalty came from. It looked

:58:42. > :58:54.like an overthrow. But I think it is more timing. Well it often does look

:58:55. > :59:01.like the hooker but there is often a combination of factors. England now

:59:02. > :59:09.in front with nearly half an hour gone at Murrayfield, and looking

:59:10. > :59:27.comfortable for the lead. Duncan Weir again with the restart.

:59:28. > :59:38.Denton is there. Good take by Billy Vunipola. You would not want to be

:59:39. > :59:48.knocking him down! It is going to be a Scottish throne. Denton has

:59:49. > :59:56.carried well for Scotland. And even the polar wonderful for a big man,

:59:57. > :00:05.clicking -- plucking the ball out of the air. The selectors glad to have

:00:06. > :00:28.Matt Scott back in the side. The referee was in the way a little

:00:29. > :00:33.bit there, a guilty face he has, but it will be an England scrum.

:00:34. > :00:40.Courtney Lawes made a good decision to come out of the line but

:00:41. > :00:47.crucially, Robshaw went with him. Robshaw was there to help out his

:00:48. > :00:55.mate. Any vantage Scotland might have had was completely gone. A

:00:56. > :00:58.little bit of a break for the players. Treatment being

:00:59. > :01:06.administered to a couple. We will have our second scrum. One tries so

:01:07. > :01:15.far. It came from Luther Burrell. He scored against France last week and

:01:16. > :01:19.today. You cannot see from that angle but when you are defender and

:01:20. > :01:27.you see someone hovering there, you are constantly aware that he may

:01:28. > :01:28.come left or right. Just being in the picture causes seeds of doubt in

:01:29. > :01:48.the defence. And scrum again. Both sides have gone down. We play

:01:49. > :01:59.it from the scrum. We get through it. Farrell kicks it up into the

:02:00. > :02:09.dark sky. Who did it come off last? It is going to be England's

:02:10. > :02:14.line-out. The Scottish groundsman has had a peculiar problem.

:02:15. > :02:18.Murrayfield always used to be one of the best grounds to play on, it was

:02:19. > :02:26.always a firm surface. Half the pictures in the Six Nations are

:02:27. > :02:35.substandard. They should all be hybrid pictures -- pitches or you do

:02:36. > :02:42.not play on them. Murrayfield will be changing to a hybrid pitch.

:02:43. > :03:03.England have the wall again. -- the ball again.

:03:04. > :03:12.Burrell knocks on this time. Wilson lays it back. Some quick hands,

:03:13. > :03:27.stationary bodies for Scotland. And Dunbar.

:03:28. > :03:35.Stuart Hogg, he does have a big boot. He sends it over the head of

:03:36. > :03:47.Mike Brown. It doesn't quite go all the way. Scotland with the quick

:03:48. > :03:51.line-out. The way they come. A chase from Sean Lamont. Nowell takes it as

:03:52. > :04:20.it heads into touch. This sparked the Scottish crowd into

:04:21. > :04:29.life. You can see Dylan Hartley will take his time. He has really made

:04:30. > :04:38.this position his own. Hartley, a man in great form hits his mark

:04:39. > :04:46.again. Courtney Lawes. They are club partners.

:04:47. > :04:59.Scotland will have the penalty. Is it within range? I don't think so.

:05:00. > :05:06.Just outside with the angle and the underfoot conditions. There is an

:05:07. > :05:12.opportunity for them to get some sustained possession. When you talk

:05:13. > :05:17.about nonconfidence in the non-placing foot, what do you mean?

:05:18. > :05:26.You do not want to apply pressure through that foot. You want Demon

:05:27. > :05:38.Menton to go to the posts. The unknown is a problem.

:05:39. > :05:49.They are dying the death of a thousand line-outs. That was long

:05:50. > :06:13.again. This time Lamont fields into Farrell and Vunipola.

:06:14. > :06:17.He was slipping and sliding and still going. He showed some skills

:06:18. > :06:31.there. A gap opened. There is some life in the

:06:32. > :06:58.Murrayfield crowd. A disappointing end for Scotland

:06:59. > :07:01.fans. Time and time again, Scotland make ground, they go through

:07:02. > :07:04.multiple phases but the cutting-edge is not quite there. Hawk takes the

:07:05. > :07:22.22 restart. -- Stuart Hogg. That was a good take under pressure

:07:23. > :07:27.by the full-back. A classic example of Duncan Weir just almost, almost

:07:28. > :07:50.pulled out. Brown technically is very good.

:07:51. > :07:53.Duncan is too early. Three minutes to go in this first half. This is

:07:54. > :08:13.how Weir and go head-to-head. England with the ball, with the

:08:14. > :08:20.advantage, with the penalty now. A good chance for England to get

:08:21. > :08:30.something before half-time. I think they can afford to gamble here.

:08:31. > :08:51.Colin Farrell could have a shot at going right to the corner.

:08:52. > :08:57.The England line-out has been rock solid into the final couple of

:08:58. > :09:02.minutes of this first half. Robshaw at his leisure. That was

:09:03. > :09:07.unchallenged from the air and then put on the shelf. Held at the back

:09:08. > :09:14.by Launchbury. And here comes Joe Launchbury. Nowell was trying to get

:09:15. > :09:31.there but Scotland have it through Ford.

:09:32. > :09:44.Lamb and had the kick. An England line-out once again. England want to

:09:45. > :09:51.get this one in and get another try. Still a minute to go. England with a

:09:52. > :10:01.perfect record at the line-out. Ten from ten.

:10:02. > :10:10.Scotland, 50%. It means you cannot sustain pressure or my Menton. If

:10:11. > :10:25.you lose momentum you lose the territorial battle. -- they cannot

:10:26. > :10:33.sustain pressure or momentum. Farrell for the try line. Burrell

:10:34. > :10:37.cannot quite get there. Just short. He is still trying to stretch. The

:10:38. > :10:45.clock is read in the first half. England looking for a killer second

:10:46. > :10:53.try. Scotland may have been spared their scrum. That is a let off for

:10:54. > :11:00.Scotland. It could so easily have been a second try for England.

:11:01. > :11:09.Scotland, for all their endeavour, have not had the cutting edge. They

:11:10. > :11:20.looked comfortable at the moment. Scotland have a lot to do. 13 points

:11:21. > :11:30.in it, England lead. It was 13-0 at half-time in Dublin

:11:31. > :11:35.today as well. Scotland still in it. Owen Farrell missing a kick early on

:11:36. > :11:41.but Danny Care doing what he did last week against the French with a

:11:42. > :11:47.cheeky drop kick. Laidlaw missed two penalties which would have put

:11:48. > :11:51.Scotland on the board. That was Burrell's second try for England,

:11:52. > :11:55.not a bad record to have. The picture may be one of the

:11:56. > :12:05.determining factors which gives the half-time score of 13-0 to England.

:12:06. > :12:09.An awful lot of play in the Scotland half which meant it was hard for

:12:10. > :12:25.them to get out of there. England are, if not in cruise

:12:26. > :12:32.control, they are very comfortable? I think that sums it up well.

:12:33. > :12:39.Scotland got the basics wrong. The line-outs are not functioning. Some

:12:40. > :12:42.penalties you give the ball the opposition. England will be very

:12:43. > :12:51.pleased because they are not having to break too much of a sweat.

:12:52. > :12:55.Scotland are soap for this half. -- so poor. I think England will be

:12:56. > :13:03.very pleased. I think Scott Johnson has a lot of talking to do at

:13:04. > :13:06.half-time. He certainly does. 13-0, there is still a chance for Scotland

:13:07. > :13:19.but they have got to really up their game. Have England found a real

:13:20. > :13:23.centre? It is too early to say. Scotland have been giving penalties

:13:24. > :13:28.away all throughout this first half, to many in England's half,

:13:29. > :13:41.five in England's car. The line-out here goes really well for England.

:13:42. > :13:45.-- five in England's half. They have really set this up. You look at the

:13:46. > :13:53.England backs. They are not doing what they are setup to do, it was

:13:54. > :13:57.always set up for Burrell on that line. It is really good that they

:13:58. > :14:02.got the control. It is something that they planned on the training

:14:03. > :14:06.paddock. A lot of composure. Remember last week, Danny Care was

:14:07. > :14:10.sniping, trying to get the balls over the line. This time they are

:14:11. > :14:17.taking their time because of the conditions. There is the dogleg that

:14:18. > :14:20.is created. We had his shoulders facing inwards, they should be

:14:21. > :14:27.facing out. Burrell comes through the gap. We have two great centres

:14:28. > :14:32.alongside us here. The point about them being in a dogleg, school kids

:14:33. > :14:36.are always told you are supposed to go up together as if you were

:14:37. > :14:42.attached by string, whose fault is that? Is it a lack of communication?

:14:43. > :14:47.The guy on the outside has gone up too quickly. And also, you are on

:14:48. > :14:52.the back foot so when Burrell came on the short ball, the two Scottish

:14:53. > :14:56.centres were going backwards. You have got no chance. That is just

:14:57. > :15:02.training. You have to stay in line with the shoulders. But that try,

:15:03. > :15:09.the one thing for me for Scotland, they gave away a soft penalty, they

:15:10. > :15:15.do not compete at the line-out. England do a rolling ball. Scotland

:15:16. > :15:19.did not compete in any way. From a coaching point of view it drives you

:15:20. > :15:30.nuts. Seven times in the game you cannot win the game. Right at the

:15:31. > :15:34.death, is Luther Burrell had scored a second try, that would have been

:15:35. > :15:40.it. I did not expect too much running. But that is brilliant from

:15:41. > :15:50.Owen Farrell. Taking the ball to the line. Even from this, they should

:15:51. > :15:59.have scored. That is old England. You should have scored from that.

:16:00. > :16:01.The Scotland defence is in disarray. Fair play to Scotland, they have

:16:02. > :16:08.scrambled back really well and they are still in the game. Owen

:16:09. > :16:19.Farrell, he scans it so well. We saw that last week in Paris. I thought

:16:20. > :16:30.that was a penalty. Conceding seven, definitely game over. They were like

:16:31. > :16:37.a boxer on the ropes. The French referee! That changing room will be

:16:38. > :16:40.a different place because they did not concede that try. In that

:16:41. > :16:48.Scottish changing room someone has got to be saying you cannot keep

:16:49. > :16:53.giving penalties away. This is where as a coach you earn your stripes. It

:16:54. > :16:58.is obvious what is happening. The penalty, that is just a bad kick.

:16:59. > :17:03.But giving the ball away nonstop. He has picked it out. If you could keep

:17:04. > :17:11.the ball in play, the worst that can happen is England get the ball, kick

:17:12. > :17:17.it out and it is Scotland's all. They are just kicking too far. You

:17:18. > :17:21.have got to stay in play. Even if England get hold of the ball... It

:17:22. > :17:31.is just plain bad little bit smarter. -- playing that little bit

:17:32. > :17:40.smarter. They are giving the ball back to England. Jack Nowell as the

:17:41. > :17:47.novelist has not really been tested. Forced England to make decisions.

:17:48. > :17:52.Talking about Scottish discipline, Lamont has 80 odd caps. Moments like

:17:53. > :17:58.this just changed the momentum of the game. Very much so. This is just

:17:59. > :18:10.poor discipline. Scotland not playing well. The discipline has got

:18:11. > :18:16.to be good. That is just giving the ball back in the position and then

:18:17. > :18:20.you are back under pressure. So what does Scott Johnson say? They have to

:18:21. > :18:31.bring a different dimension to the play. Last week Scotland it happened

:18:32. > :18:39.a lot in the first-half, they were off-loading. They need to get behind

:18:40. > :18:46.England. This is Ryan Wilson. He takes it in and you can see he is

:18:47. > :18:52.about to off-load to Denton. It was the right content, but poor

:18:53. > :18:57.execution. Scotland need to bring a different dimension to the game. I

:18:58. > :19:03.do not think Denton was expecting it. It sums up how Scotland are

:19:04. > :19:12.playing stop playing very much as individuals and not as a team. The

:19:13. > :19:21.back row is not linking together. It is disjointed. It is difficult to

:19:22. > :19:25.see what they are doing. Well here is a man who might know what

:19:26. > :19:30.Scotland are doing. It is the Scottish assistant coach. We are

:19:31. > :19:37.speculating about what Scott Johnson might be saying. One of the main

:19:38. > :19:48.things is discipline. They have had ten or 12 line-out in our half. That

:19:49. > :19:53.is killing us just now. Lucky that the scored did not end the half. Is

:19:54. > :20:01.there a sense you can get back into this game? We need to get

:20:02. > :20:04.possession, some territory. Some of the same problems as last week.

:20:05. > :20:10.Against a good side we need possession in their half. Best of

:20:11. > :20:17.luck. Well it was 13 nil at half-time also

:20:18. > :20:30.in Dublin but at the end, there really only one side in it.

:20:31. > :20:36.They will go for the drive. Here comes the drive. There are over the

:20:37. > :20:47.line. Married. -- Mary checks where it

:20:48. > :20:56.is. It is there in front of him. Ireland, what a finish this would

:20:57. > :21:08.be. Colin Murray looks up. Paddy Jackson scores. It rounds of a

:21:09. > :21:15.performance... It is all too late for Wales. The game is lost.

:21:16. > :21:22.Tempers flaring at the end, not surprisingly. Any thoughts on that

:21:23. > :21:30.game in Dublin, to give us a shout on the red button forum after this.

:21:31. > :21:37.The red button follows this programme. And we have friends

:21:38. > :21:45.against Italy live tomorrow from 2:30pm. Right now on BBC Two you can

:21:46. > :21:52.watch the second day of the winter Olympics live from Sochi. And once

:21:53. > :21:59.the Winter games are over and the Six Nations, it is time for this.

:22:00. > :22:07.You have seen the aerodynamic helmets. Here are the shorts.

:22:08. > :22:17.Victoria loves them. Sport relief? Swimming? This beauty will make you

:22:18. > :22:23.as fast as a frog -fish type thing. You want to win sport relief? You

:22:24. > :22:31.have got to train hard. That means going uphill. You are supposed to do

:22:32. > :22:38.it for fun. Running? All you need is you. Join the fun and games. The big

:22:39. > :22:42.programme on the Friday night and then the sport relief mile on the

:22:43. > :22:49.Sunday as well. So England very much in control

:22:50. > :22:53.here. A Scottish perspective, what can they do to try to stem the tide

:22:54. > :22:59.and perhaps get back in the game? At the moment they are not doing

:23:00. > :23:08.anything. They are in second gear and not playing well at all.

:23:09. > :23:23.13 points in it. No changes in either side. The England shirts

:23:24. > :23:27.shiny and new. Penalty to Scotland. Jonny May the only England player

:23:28. > :23:35.who has not changed his shirt. Perhaps there was not one for him! I

:23:36. > :23:42.would like to see Scotland upped the tempo. They have played a fairly

:23:43. > :23:49.static game. The line-out is not working. They are being forced back

:23:50. > :24:01.because of that. Much better to free up the game and make England work.

:24:02. > :24:04.Billy Vunipola has it. And Scotland will have little chance in this

:24:05. > :24:11.match if they cannot win the line-outs. Jonny May cutting back

:24:12. > :24:20.infield. Manages to keep it alive for England. Billy Vunipola once

:24:21. > :24:33.again. Farrell with the high kick. It is a bit too long. There being a

:24:34. > :24:41.perfect example of not winning the line-out. England on the front foot.

:24:42. > :24:48.In that line-out you can see what is happening and why that has gone

:24:49. > :24:54.wrong. Defenders are watching the feet and as soon as they move, that

:24:55. > :25:09.is when they react. You have got to get up and down quickly. The

:25:10. > :25:30.line-out is one. A little bit messy. But England have it.

:25:31. > :25:40.Danny Care looking for territory. Stuart Hogg, a day for his boots,

:25:41. > :26:04.not his flying feet. Can Scotland get anywhere near the England

:26:05. > :26:10.line-out? Lawson is coming on. Coming on for Ross Ford. They are

:26:11. > :26:23.losing a good deal of power in Ross Ford. But it is not really that kind

:26:24. > :26:48.of game today. Can Dylan Hartley hit his man again? Lawson with an early

:26:49. > :27:03.touch. Sean Lamont coming in off the wing.

:27:04. > :27:10.Wilson makes good ground. Lawson back infield. Scotland lifting the

:27:11. > :27:20.pace a little bit. Still battering away at the fringes. You hear the

:27:21. > :27:36.crowd respond. Up close to the England 22. In that passage of play

:27:37. > :27:43.you have that tussle. Scotland can go through a number of phases and

:27:44. > :27:50.make ground, as they were doing. Just taking their eyes off the ball,

:27:51. > :27:59.a simple, basic error. The Merrifield atmosphere was building.

:28:00. > :28:12.But the English defence is safe. The crowd are just waiting. The English

:28:13. > :28:19.defence, filling the front field. Plenty of show and passion. But

:28:20. > :28:32.Scotland have fallen flat and the crowd has as well. Just an

:28:33. > :28:44.impression I have got, it seems that the England speed in defence is

:28:45. > :29:00.quicker than Scotland. Denton aside, England probably have had more

:29:01. > :29:14.yardage. Sort of a scrum. Ryan Wilson and Tom

:29:15. > :29:29.would and others join in. -- Tom Wood. Full of sound and fury,

:29:30. > :29:45.signifying nothing in the end. Let's have a chat. Ryan Wilson, Courtney

:29:46. > :29:54.Lawes been summoned. Keep your self-control after my whistle. Carry

:29:55. > :30:07.on. This is how it came about. Messy

:30:08. > :30:16.scrum again. Courtney Lawes playing peacemaker, of sorts. He is quite

:30:17. > :30:23.hard done by, there. I do not want to overdo this, but scrummaging is

:30:24. > :30:28.not an easy exercise anyway. But when you cannot get the purchase and

:30:29. > :30:37.your feet are slipping, it is extremely difficult. It adds to the

:30:38. > :30:44.danger of scrums as well. At this level you tend not to get the

:30:45. > :30:50.serious injuries, thank goodness. Players are better conditioned. What

:30:51. > :30:58.are you supposed to do when that happens? A good defence against both

:30:59. > :31:07.nematodes is marigolds, apparently. They are resistant to nematodes. I

:31:08. > :31:17.had a strange dream about it last night!

:31:18. > :31:28.Penalty to England after a series of fractured scrums.

:31:29. > :31:37.Looks like England want to bring a bit of extra tempo. We had Duncan

:31:38. > :31:42.Hodge at half-time saying Scotland have got to get the next score if

:31:43. > :31:47.they want to get back into the game. It is always crucial the first score

:31:48. > :31:58.after half-time. The line-out comes back England's way.

:31:59. > :32:08.Vunipola has a way of hopping through things. It was a quiet

:32:09. > :32:17.afternoon on the wing but Jonny May, marvellous stuff, into the 22.

:32:18. > :32:20.The work was there, he took his chance beautifully. Alex Dunbar did

:32:21. > :32:29.really well there to slow that ball down.

:32:30. > :32:39.Danny Care has to dive for it after it zipped through his legs. England

:32:40. > :32:45.looking for the score they were just denied before half-time. A knock on

:32:46. > :32:54.by Scotland. This will be an English scrum. A bit of inexperience thereby

:32:55. > :32:57.Jack Nowell. He has done promise in things but that was a sort of I

:32:58. > :33:08.cannot think of anything else to do kick, so why will chip it. He did

:33:09. > :33:17.well to stop the momentum from Jonny May. Greig Laidlaw tries to round

:33:18. > :33:25.his troops and get a stranglehold on this game.

:33:26. > :33:35.We hear that Jonny May has broken his nose. It was an undisclosed

:33:36. > :33:42.fracture last week. I think it now has been displaced. I suppose if you

:33:43. > :33:46.have got that kind of injury it will be more fragile. A penalty to

:33:47. > :33:54.England. Look at that, Scotland going down. Moray Low penalised for

:33:55. > :34:04.collapsing. Farrell will surely have a pop between the posts. New scrum

:34:05. > :34:09.nor experimental variation, if players do not want to stay on their

:34:10. > :34:15.feet, it is not the referee's fault, if they go to ground. Referees have

:34:16. > :34:18.got to be firmer. There are 50,000 people here who have not come to

:34:19. > :34:27.watch you diving around on the floor. That means there are 17,500

:34:28. > :34:35.who have! Well, there are odd people who come to rugby. The Blues are

:34:36. > :34:45.never a nice sound at Murrayfield for the kickers. -- booze.

:34:46. > :34:55.He pulled it again. It brings that uncertainty into the placing foot.

:34:56. > :35:00.All misses have been to the left. I do not think if he was thinking

:35:01. > :35:02.about that and taking his focus away from the triggers he usually has

:35:03. > :35:15.when he kicks successfully for England. The many polar with the

:35:16. > :35:22.flow. He fed his arm around the defender. Mike Brown carried it on.

:35:23. > :35:28.He passes to Jonny May. Dunbar gets in there. Once more, do Dunbar gets

:35:29. > :35:36.in and Scotland do not get that ball. It is a penalty. It is a

:35:37. > :35:50.yellow card coming for Scotland. The man called forward may well be...

:35:51. > :35:56.Alex Dunbar has been called forward. Good work initially. Then guilty

:35:57. > :36:04.work and off he goes for ten minutes. Scotland or even more up

:36:05. > :36:09.against it now. Look at this from Vunipola. The brutality and the

:36:10. > :36:28.subtle hands. Some good support from Mike Brown to launch that attack.

:36:29. > :36:35.Robshaw has it in the middle of field now for England. Farrell gives

:36:36. > :36:53.it to Luther Burrell. Still England looking for the way

:36:54. > :36:58.through. Farrell thought he saw something inside David Denton.

:36:59. > :37:02.Scotland with 14 men. A man down in the backline. Can England find the

:37:03. > :37:16.space which must be there? Jonny May has proved himself a real

:37:17. > :37:25.threat so far. That was good disrupting work by Greig Laidlaw

:37:26. > :37:32.there. Scotland just looking to survive this. That was stolen by

:37:33. > :37:44.Scotland illegally. A penalty to England. They will kick for touch

:37:45. > :37:52.again, surely? They may as well stay. Numerical advantage would make

:37:53. > :37:59.pace at some point, if they can get it right. 12 penalties conceded by

:38:00. > :38:08.Scotland, five for England. Scotland are making another change. John

:38:09. > :38:18.Beattie is coming on for David Denton. He does not look very happy.

:38:19. > :38:29.He has had a good game, David Denton. We have just seen the flowed

:38:30. > :38:34.so far from Vunipola. That is what led to England getting on the front

:38:35. > :38:42.foot which led to Dunbar's yellow card. Only be churlish would say,

:38:43. > :38:44.forward pass, Billy. Brutality and dexterity in unison. There was some

:38:45. > :39:02.confusion for England. This time, the penalty goes for

:39:03. > :39:24.Scotland. That is a real boost for Scotland.

:39:25. > :39:33.When you have dropped down to 14 men there are some really great attitude

:39:34. > :39:37.being shown. The thing is, when you're lying is threatened, the

:39:38. > :39:41.discipline is to make sure that happens in and around the halfway

:39:42. > :39:46.line when there is not that impetus on you. That is where your work rate

:39:47. > :39:54.and your concentration has to be a lot better. Scotland's line-out

:39:55. > :40:01.still a mess. Courtney Lawes has it. Even polar on the rampage again. --

:40:02. > :40:15.the winner polar on Stuart Hogg is stepping straight

:40:16. > :40:56.into Farrell. That went over the head of the

:40:57. > :41:00.referee. Mike Brown calls the mark. That is disappointing I think from

:41:01. > :41:06.Laidlaw who is a very good scrum-half. Scotland have not had

:41:07. > :41:09.enough ball in English territory. To kick the ball away to nothing with

:41:10. > :41:17.no chaser there, does not make sense. It gives Mike Brown the

:41:18. > :41:30.chance to dump it long. It was long. Taken by Scotland.

:41:31. > :41:42.Mike Brown now cutting through. Look at the ground Mike Brown has made.

:41:43. > :41:58.England are beginning to feel a bit of space in front of them.

:41:59. > :42:11.The speedy feat to get away. Stuart Hogg chased hard on his own. Mike

:42:12. > :42:15.Brown, a very deceptive player. Physically unremarkable but a lot

:42:16. > :42:20.stronger than he looks. People constantly underestimating. He

:42:21. > :42:26.always breaks through the first line of defence. I would have thought by

:42:27. > :42:29.this time that players would have wised up to the fact that you cannot

:42:30. > :42:35.do it and you have to pay more respect. He pumped his legs and

:42:36. > :42:55.fights through it. England have won 16 line-outs and

:42:56. > :43:04.lost none, Scotland have won five and lost five. That, in the modern

:43:05. > :43:08.game, almost inevitably means the side that has lost half will never

:43:09. > :43:11.be in the game territorially. It is that constant pressure you will want

:43:12. > :43:22.to build winning line-out after line-out. For all the mistakes, it

:43:23. > :43:34.is still just 13 points. No hands on the ball. England have not really

:43:35. > :43:46.taken advantage of that one-man extra.

:43:47. > :43:59.Four minutes to go. The average points lost to a team with a man

:44:00. > :44:17.down to seven so Scotland are well in credit on that. There is Dunbar.

:44:18. > :44:30.Stuart Hogg took Nowell but still England's ball. Twelvetrees again

:44:31. > :44:38.and onto Marler. Still with that one-man advantage. There should be a

:44:39. > :44:44.gap somewhere. Mike Brown now for the try. Brown is in and England

:44:45. > :44:51.finally, finally have their second try. It came eventually. It was not

:44:52. > :45:05.on the side where I thought it was going to be. England recognising the

:45:06. > :45:15.gap down there. Jack Nowell, a big impact in there. Healer is his

:45:16. > :45:31.lesson quickly. Look at that quick footwork. -- he learnt his lesson.

:45:32. > :45:39.The big players against France have scored again today. Jack Nowell did

:45:40. > :45:53.not give the ball to Jonny May in that set piece move so as I say, he

:45:54. > :46:06.learnt quickly. Owen Farrell pops it over for a 20 point advantage. That

:46:07. > :46:11.average is there because that is the consequence of you finding yourself

:46:12. > :46:26.down. It was right on the line, to be fair to Alex Dunbar.

:46:27. > :46:44.Duncan Weir gets us going again into the final quarter of the match.

:46:45. > :46:53.Fair contest, says the referee. England lift the ball again. I am

:46:54. > :47:11.not sure he meant to do it like that! Looking for the infield pass.

:47:12. > :47:22.England have the scrum. He gambled successfully. Chris Robshaw made a

:47:23. > :47:33.wonderful decision. Danny Care Fountain and that passed out to Mike

:47:34. > :47:47.Brown. -- found him. He took a gamble and it paid off.

:47:48. > :48:00.Mike Brown, 92 metres made already in this match. This was the try. The

:48:01. > :48:19.final pass from Jack Nowell. That was Andy Robinson was Mike unhappy

:48:20. > :48:30.box there. -- Andy Robinson's. The Scottish forward coach will not be

:48:31. > :48:34.too happy. Line-outs and scrums are crucial and they are also wrote

:48:35. > :48:50.skills that you can just to get better. Those things are things that

:48:51. > :49:12.can be worked on. The sin is up. -- sin-bin.

:49:13. > :49:18.Twelvetrees salvages that one. Penalty to Scotland this time. That

:49:19. > :49:31.doesn't show if you can put pressure on early, it puts pressure on

:49:32. > :49:40.elsewhere. Dunbar coming back on and England about to make a change as

:49:41. > :49:46.well. Dave Atwood is on for Joe Launchbury. You do not often see Joe

:49:47. > :50:08.Launchbury but he does such effect of work. -- effective.

:50:09. > :50:27.The referee having a chat with Robshaw. Scotland may not be able to

:50:28. > :50:55.win this match but they will try to get something. For the final 17

:50:56. > :51:04.minutes or so. A path to Dunbar. Scotland still

:51:05. > :51:32.with it. But drifting a bit at the moment. Scotland take the ball deep.

:51:33. > :51:36.Johnnie Beattie, plenty of power. Steps out from the challenge on

:51:37. > :51:44.Twelvetrees. Dunbar heaved into touch. There were 12 Scottish

:51:45. > :51:59.phrases and 11 of them, the first contact was behind the gain line,

:52:00. > :52:14.every time. Max Evans about to come on. Coming in for Tommy Seymour.

:52:15. > :52:24.Chris Cusiter also about to come on for Scotland. Greig Laidlaw, the

:52:25. > :52:40.captain, is off. A big cheer as the scrum-half comes on. They have to

:52:41. > :52:57.earn the right to go wide. It takes a lot of hard work. You have too

:52:58. > :53:07.stretched the defence to do that. Mako Vunipola on in the front row.

:53:08. > :53:31.Plenty of heavy muscle in there for England. Mike Brown puts his foot on

:53:32. > :53:44.it. Mike Brown disappointed with that. 15 minutes to go. England can

:53:45. > :54:00.afford to do that. Scotland have got to go 75 metres, if indeed they do

:54:01. > :54:10.retain the ball. Here comes really, puffing away. -- really.

:54:11. > :54:22.England charging now, sending in their heavy man. Robshaw is quick.

:54:23. > :54:45.He does a lot of the gritty, unpleasant work. Courtney Lawes.

:54:46. > :54:52.Still there for Danny Care. Jonny May has been busy. Just a little

:54:53. > :55:25.delay of the past. -- pass. England creeping close. Good support

:55:26. > :55:34.from the second row. England getting closer and closer to that third try.

:55:35. > :55:41.Advantage to England as well. They will come back for that penalty now.

:55:42. > :55:47.Scotland offside. Through all that phase of labour has to be a dominant

:55:48. > :55:59.tackle from the defence at some point. England wanted to keep the

:56:00. > :56:06.ball and they did that. Someone has two step up and stop that. It has

:56:07. > :56:14.been a frustrating day for Stuart Hogg. He has not had an opportunity

:56:15. > :56:23.in the first 65 minutes. In this next phase, it is a good off-load.

:56:24. > :56:29.Last year against Italy he did the same and ran the length. It has been

:56:30. > :56:37.a frustrating afternoon for Stuart Hogg. Difficult conditions

:56:38. > :56:55.underfoot. But Mike Brown has done pretty well. Here come England with

:56:56. > :57:04.the drive. Advantage to England again. Scotland infringing in

:57:05. > :57:24.defence. And the referee's patients will be stretching. -- patience.

:57:25. > :57:44.Chris considered getting a talking to. The crowd saw that on the big

:57:45. > :58:08.screen as well. Good position for England looking for that third try.

:58:09. > :58:18.20 line-outs taken by England. No doubts remaining about the results

:58:19. > :58:31.here. I think Scotland have turned this over. Scotland will have the

:58:32. > :58:41.scrum. Wilson managed to get his hands on the ball. But they still

:58:42. > :58:51.have to defend the line. Changes being made by England again. Tom

:58:52. > :58:56.Youngs coming on. He is coming on at hooker for Dylan Hartley. And then

:58:57. > :59:07.Morgan is going to come on in the back row for Billy Vunipola. Dylan

:59:08. > :59:15.Hartley was the thrower of 20 line-outs. Jonny Gray has just come

:59:16. > :59:38.on for Scotland. Billy Vunipola is off. Jonny Gray on for Jim Hamilton.

:59:39. > :59:47.Hamilton hobbling away. He has put in a shift. He has worked hard for

:59:48. > :59:57.his team. Have England turned it over? Not quite.

:59:58. > :00:17.The pitch takes a real pounding once more. Scotland looking for a

:00:18. > :00:26.steadier ball to clear from. A slip out of the hands there. Ten minutes

:00:27. > :00:37.to go, 20 point in it. Scotland will have the scrum. They defended well.

:00:38. > :00:43.They have had to do so much tackling, they are very tired and

:00:44. > :00:49.they are not getting enough numbers to capitalise. 2:30pm tomorrow,

:00:50. > :00:57.France against Italy. And after this match, we have a red button Forum, a

:00:58. > :01:05.discussion of all matters as Alex Goode comes in. You can contact us

:01:06. > :01:10.in to send in your questions. You can contact us on the e-mail,

:01:11. > :01:18.Twitter, Facebook as well. And Instagram and pigeons... Talking

:01:19. > :01:35.about Ireland and the great win against Wales. Eight minutes to go.

:01:36. > :01:46.There was a dominant scrum from Scotland. A couple of tries for

:01:47. > :01:54.England. Luther Burrell owl and then Mike Brown. The two men who scored

:01:55. > :02:02.for England against France. Didn't Mike Brown enjoyed that? There was

:02:03. > :02:09.no need to do that, he scored. One over the touchline, whatever. These

:02:10. > :02:20.things always come back to haunt you. No mockery.

:02:21. > :02:39.The booing can be heard. Advantage to England. There is the penalty. It

:02:40. > :02:43.came to the back quicker so England could get the drive on in a fashion

:02:44. > :02:51.which was controlled. That is the difference. England looking to

:02:52. > :02:53.inflict further punishment in the final seven minutes of the match.

:02:54. > :03:06.They have the line-out. Recent matches between these two

:03:07. > :03:20.have always been close at Murrayfield and this one has not

:03:21. > :03:31.been. England's first lost line-out. It did come back eventually their

:03:32. > :03:38.way but it was not clean. 30-0 at half-time, only one try. The

:03:39. > :03:48.territory has been in England's favoured -- 13-0 at half-time. Danny

:03:49. > :03:53.Care is off for Lee Dickson. Not quite the contentious replacement as

:03:54. > :03:55.it was last week. A shake of the head for an Danny Care. Brad Barritt

:03:56. > :04:14.is on as well. Six minutes remaining. Scotland

:04:15. > :04:17.scrum. It was picked up by Johnny Beattie. England very quickly upon

:04:18. > :04:48.him. Here shows exactly, 1% England only

:04:49. > :04:52.have spent in their 22, Scotland 31%. You can make a case for there

:04:53. > :04:57.being more points on the board but the fact is, Scotland have struggled

:04:58. > :05:02.badly this afternoon and England have been dominant. England's

:05:03. > :05:07.line-out is looking shaky now Hartley has gone. But England still

:05:08. > :05:16.have it. They have possession with five minutes to go.

:05:17. > :05:25.That was good but he gave it to Stuart Hogg. Nice attacking play

:05:26. > :05:29.from England. But what you saw there, were options. One or two

:05:30. > :05:34.players that ball could have gone too. The Scottish defence has to

:05:35. > :05:44.guess. They are making ground over the gain line. Henry Thomas is

:05:45. > :05:51.coming on now, the sale prop coming on for Dan Cole. He was the only

:05:52. > :05:57.player last week not to come on. He gets his chance of 4.5 minutes here.

:05:58. > :06:03.And confirmation that Brad Barritt is on for Luther Burrell. Young is

:06:04. > :06:18.trying to get this England line-out going again. It has changed since he

:06:19. > :06:25.came on. A loose pass, Stuart Hogg was desperate to get his hands on

:06:26. > :06:28.it. I understand Lee Mears was brought in to help Tom Youngs with

:06:29. > :06:38.his throwing but he officially needs a bit more work. The massive effect

:06:39. > :06:45.that the small parts of the game can have on your outcome. Shows how

:06:46. > :07:00.important the line-outs are. Courtney Lawes has it for England.

:07:01. > :07:06.Scotland are on the offence again as England are still looking for that

:07:07. > :07:14.try. They are getting closer. Courtney Lawes with it at the back.

:07:15. > :07:15.Lawes trying to drive in there now at the back. Looking for it again,

:07:16. > :07:32.Lawes. The pitch is really churning up

:07:33. > :07:36.there and England cannot make that final bit. One more try and it will

:07:37. > :07:50.be a record defeat for Scotland here at Murrayfield.

:07:51. > :08:08.2.5 minutes remaining. Farrell flips it back infield. But penalty to

:08:09. > :08:14.England. Again, the bravery shown by the Scotland defence as Farrell

:08:15. > :08:16.picks up the loose ball. It was a pass by Mako Vunipola which set up

:08:17. > :08:28.that tackle wonderfully. Good covering for Sean Lamont on

:08:29. > :08:49.Owen Farrell. Just two minutes remaining.

:08:50. > :08:56.The victory is all but complete for England. They have now got to play a

:08:57. > :09:01.home match against Ireland which should be a cracker and then a home

:09:02. > :09:07.match against Wales so two took in games to come for England and then

:09:08. > :09:12.awaited Italy. What about man of the match? For me, Mike Brown. You could

:09:13. > :09:20.make a case for Chris Robshaw. The entire England group have done a

:09:21. > :09:28.sterling job but Mike Brown is the one who stood out in the end for the

:09:29. > :09:37.England backline. So Mike Brown, one of the tries scored. He is the RBS

:09:38. > :09:45.man of the match. And the third try in this final minute. Barrett's

:09:46. > :09:58.gravels on. England coming forward again. -- Barritt scrabbles on. They

:09:59. > :10:05.are loose again. He did well to improvise a little kick forward.

:10:06. > :10:10.Matches to come for Scotland, wait Italy in two weeks time and then

:10:11. > :10:15.home against France and then they finish off a way to Wales. Things

:10:16. > :10:19.hast to improve if they are to get anything from this Championship --

:10:20. > :10:22.things have to improve. A very important win, this, for England.

:10:23. > :10:34.The contrast between the boxes. The final play of this game as the

:10:35. > :11:05.clock goes red. That will be out and that will be

:11:06. > :11:09.that. Victory for England. Some booing around Murrayfield but

:11:10. > :11:16.England get their Six Nations chance back, moving in the right

:11:17. > :11:22.directory. Two tries and comfortable victory, one from Mike Brown, the

:11:23. > :11:25.other from Luther Burrell. Scotland's chance at the

:11:26. > :11:29.Championship is fast eroding with the Murrayfield pitch. Another hard

:11:30. > :11:33.day for Scotland. England have a very satisfying win here. It is

:11:34. > :11:36.never too easy to come here and England have not found it easy to

:11:37. > :11:43.come here to Murrayfield but they have won with room to spare. The

:11:44. > :11:47.territorial advantage was great. You could possibly have asked them to

:11:48. > :11:51.produce more scores but they controlled the game, particularly in

:11:52. > :11:56.the line-out. It is difficult for me to make a case for what they can do.

:11:57. > :12:08.There are lots of areas they need to work on. I am lost for words.

:12:09. > :12:14.Scotland scoreless at Murrayfield for the first time against England

:12:15. > :12:22.in 1978 when they lost 15-0. That was a game for the purists, not the

:12:23. > :12:29.occasional viewer. Partly due to the weather but also the gulf between

:12:30. > :12:33.the two sides. Gerry, talk positively -- Jeremy talk

:12:34. > :12:37.positively. It was very good. They lost in key areas against the

:12:38. > :12:42.French. This evening, they kept it simple. They knew it was a game in

:12:43. > :12:48.territory with conditions like this. Danny Care started off very well.

:12:49. > :12:53.They tackled resiliently. Everything they did, their tactics, were spot

:12:54. > :12:59.on. Although Scotland really didn't test them. For every winner, a

:13:00. > :13:06.loser. And a distant loser at that. Scotland cannot be happy with that

:13:07. > :13:11.performance, in any aspect. The backs had no platform.

:13:12. > :13:15.Disappointing, very disappointing. The outstanding player for England

:13:16. > :13:20.in the autumn internationals is also the man of the match today.

:13:21. > :13:27.Congratulations, Mike. After the disappointment of last week, how

:13:28. > :13:31.much did you enjoy this one? It was massively disappointing so we wanted

:13:32. > :13:40.to show reaction this week. An outstanding shift in. I thought it

:13:41. > :13:46.was overall outstanding. You waited for that first England tried to come

:13:47. > :13:52.and then they all came at once. I was waiting in the wings, Jack, the

:13:53. > :13:57.young lad, a great flow from him. It looked tricky out there for you.

:13:58. > :14:01.Obviously, the pitch is not in the best condition unfortunately. I

:14:02. > :14:06.thought we played it at great tempo. I thought the forwards were

:14:07. > :14:08.brilliant. A great attacking performance from England but how

:14:09. > :14:14.much is built on that defence being able to limit Scotland are not

:14:15. > :14:19.letting them score at all? We know we had a great defence from the get

:14:20. > :14:22.go. The coach has done a brilliant job with us. The Six Nations is

:14:23. > :14:27.about showing what we can do in attack. I think we have done that in

:14:28. > :14:36.the last two games. Congratulations, RBS man of the

:14:37. > :14:45.match, enjoy it. Cheers. So there is the Calcutta Cup which dates from

:14:46. > :14:50.1879. Chris Robshaw will be receiving that in just a few

:14:51. > :14:56.moments. Chris, bitterly disappointed. What

:14:57. > :15:02.is your assessment of the game today? Yes, disappointed. The set

:15:03. > :15:08.piece, the line-out was malfunctioning. You cannot have a

:15:09. > :15:13.Six Nations game with a line-up that does not work. We could not get

:15:14. > :15:20.anything going. We were not getting any fastball. Missing tackles at the

:15:21. > :15:24.end. It is hugely disappointing, it was a brilliant crowd and we were

:15:25. > :15:29.desperate to give them something to shout about. It is frustrating

:15:30. > :15:33.seeing where the problems are but not being able to read defied them.

:15:34. > :15:39.Of course and you have to be able to fix the problems. We just could not

:15:40. > :15:47.do that. It was a little mistake after little mistake a compounding

:15:48. > :15:55.errors. We were still in the game at 30-nil down. We coughed up a bit of

:15:56. > :16:03.ball and had a bit of possession. Just massively disappointing.

:16:04. > :16:06.So there is Chris Robshaw, the England captain, lifting the

:16:07. > :16:10.Calcutta Cup here at Murrayfield this evening. England's first big

:16:11. > :16:15.tree of the Championship. So the table looks like this following

:16:16. > :16:22.events in Dublin this afternoon where Ireland where the emphatic

:16:23. > :16:32.that was over Wales. It is England against Ireland at Twickenham in a

:16:33. > :16:40.couple of weeks. That is for the future. And for the forum as well.

:16:41. > :16:51.If you have any thoughts then give us a shout.

:16:52. > :17:02.Clive, your overall assessment? I am impressed. This was a difficult game

:17:03. > :17:09.and they have won it. The forwards were really strong. I was really

:17:10. > :17:18.impressed in the difficult conditions. This is not an easy

:17:19. > :17:22.place to come. And they did win with a lot to spare. It was a poor

:17:23. > :17:31.Scotland team but I think they can look forward to the Ireland game in

:17:32. > :17:37.a couple of weeks. The team is really starting to take shape. This

:17:38. > :17:43.is a great win for England and a big bounce back from Paris. It was not

:17:44. > :17:55.easy, in spite of the conditions. Looking forward to Ireland. Mike

:17:56. > :18:02.Brown was magnificent in the autumn and again today. It has been a long

:18:03. > :18:11.drink between caps for him. He has worked hard. As you say, he was the

:18:12. > :18:18.man of the autumn series for England. He is just a complete foot

:18:19. > :18:24.taller. He is not the quickest. But he has got a rugby brain. He knows

:18:25. > :18:34.what to do at the right time. The ball gets to Jack Nowell. Jonny May

:18:35. > :18:41.is going spare! But Jack Nowell decides no, I will go myself and see

:18:42. > :18:50.what I can do. But luckily they recycle and keep going and the ball

:18:51. > :18:57.gets recycled back to the left. He has not scored a lot of tries for

:18:58. > :19:03.Exeter. The footwork there is fantastic. It is the first time we

:19:04. > :19:12.have seen him play a full game like this. He just got his hands on so

:19:13. > :19:20.much. What do you make of Luther Burrell, his overall informants? I

:19:21. > :19:30.think he is a bit quiet. -- performance. He was not involved in

:19:31. > :19:44.defence last week. This is what you expect a 6-foot three die to do. --

:19:45. > :19:57.die. -- guy. I was encouraging him to target Duncan Weir for this game.

:19:58. > :20:03.Because of the size difference. And here at the defence is not great.

:20:04. > :20:08.But as long as you can spot it, you can attack it. Duncan Weir looking

:20:09. > :20:16.in, not even looking at Luther Burrell. Talking about size, Mike

:20:17. > :20:22.Brown is kind of normal sized. Luther Burrell obviously a huge

:20:23. > :20:33.presence in the centre and then apologised a massive individual. --

:20:34. > :20:38.Billy Vunipola. Again, he off-loads. And for me the off-loading game was

:20:39. > :20:47.fantastic. Scotland kept running into him. He was fantastic. But this

:20:48. > :20:54.guy is special. He is moving the ball. That off-load is fantastic.

:20:55. > :21:01.You could go to ground but that is world-class. If you know the ball is

:21:02. > :21:07.coming, this is why he is an exciting player. Not because of his

:21:08. > :21:15.sheer size. There were no missed tackles, they did everything right.

:21:16. > :21:25.He's just and strong. -- powerful and strong. Does the blame lay with

:21:26. > :21:30.the coaching staff or the players? I think a bit of both. It did look a

:21:31. > :21:35.bit mechanical. The players have to be good enough to be game where and

:21:36. > :21:43.change it. So many things went wrong. What about a line-up? I was

:21:44. > :21:47.frustrated. A couple of years ago the Scotland line-out was

:21:48. > :21:51.outstanding. It has fallen apart. They lost five line-outs. Sometimes

:21:52. > :22:01.it is the thrower, sometimes the timing. They used to have the

:22:02. > :22:06.confidence. Other things they were limited with but you could guarantee

:22:07. > :22:11.getting the ball. And that was what was so frustrating stop 16

:22:12. > :22:20.penalties, Scotland conceded. I could go on. You will never win

:22:21. > :22:22.again with those kind of statistics. Scotland always did something to

:22:23. > :22:29.unpick their good work. Whether it was penalties... But the line-outs,

:22:30. > :22:35.somebody needs a bit of a telling off. Because the coaching is

:22:36. > :22:39.producing this performance. The only way to stop it is by dropping

:22:40. > :22:43.people. They're not doing what you are asking them to and they have to

:22:44. > :22:48.go. Well that would be a good talking

:22:49. > :22:55.point for the forum. If you do want to contribute, this is your

:22:56. > :23:00.opportunity. Give us a shout now. And France against Italy is the

:23:01. > :23:07.culmination of the weekend tomorrow, from 2:30pm in Paris. And highlights

:23:08. > :23:11.of the Winter Olympics on BBC Two from seven o'clock tonight. And

:23:12. > :23:17.coverage continuing through to the end of the games. Thank you very

:23:18. > :23:30.much. Andy, a definite evening for Scottish rugby. Best desolate. We

:23:31. > :23:35.will be with you in Paris tomorrow. But if you have any contributions to

:23:36. > :23:47.make, give us a shout now on the forum. That is in one minute.