Scotland v England Six Nations Rugby

Scotland kick at Murrayfield against

England, the Calcutta Cup match is

on.

on.

What a score! What a magnificent

try!

What a try for Scotland!

Try for

England!

It is a try! This must surely be his

greatest moment.

Sensational finish!

Can he get to

the line? He scores!

Oh, the perfect fairy tale!

A brilliant try!

A try with heart!

A try for his brother, Tony!

Scotland have beaten England at

Murrayfield.

England get 60! STUDIO: If that has

not got you in the mood for what is

to come, nothing will. Whether

player or fan watching at home or

around the world, a match that needs

no hyperbole, purple prose or

propaganda. It is the oldest

international in the world, and the

oldest rivalry. Scotland against

England.

And on a glorious late Winter's day,

it means that until at least 6:40pm,

the Grand Slam decider on the last

weekend of the

the Grand Slam decider on the last

weekend of the championship is still

on, Ireland against Wales is

literally going at this moment,

Wales have hung on against Wales,

30-27. The Grand Slam

30-27. The Grand Slam decider is...

37-27, Ireland must have scored at

30-27. The Grand Slam decider is...

37-27, Ireland must have scored at

the end.

What a dramatic finale. It was close

in Marseille last night but France

did not get a bonus point because

they only scored three tries Micro

against the Italians. In the blue

corner, Andy Nichol, in the white

corner Martin Johnson and Jeremy

Guscott. And Paul O'Connell

refereeing in the middle. Cake world

about Dier's narrow victory?

Bum

time at the end.

time at the end.

-- a quick word

about Ireland's narrow victory?

Squeaky bum time at the end. Ireland

got the job done at the end. It was

great to hear the interception at

the end to give them a good result.

Today coming here, Andy, on an

optimistic scale, where are you?

A

lot higher because we are at

Murrayfield are not taken. Scotland

are enjoying playing at Murrayfield

at the moment, they have won eight

out of nine in the text nations --

Six Nations. England are very good

at the moment, they start favourite,

but Scotland quite like that type

Mallards again.

I spoke to some of

the RFU hierarchy in Edinburgh

today, they are very confident. Do

you share that?

They are not

playing. From the first time I got

in the England squad it was drummed

into me that you do not lose this

game. I hope for England they do not

think it is routine. If you think it

is routine, no matter where Scotland

are, are in trouble. They will

battle and fight and you have to win

that before you can get any

dominance over them.

Eddie has been

around a couple of seasons, England

are ranked two in the world, they

have played every team except New

Zealand. They had a hiccup against

Ireland in Dublin but with the

forward pack, with the half-backs

playing as well as they are,

Farrell, it is all looking England.

But you do not take them for granted

because they are still decent,

Scotland.

Paul, totally objectively,

what do you think?

I fancy England.

I think Scotland are a far better

side than they have been playing. I

think there are opportunities for

Finn Russell in the way England

defend. I am confident for England

but I think Scotland have a real

chance.

History does not lie, when

chance.

History does not lie, when we look

at the facts and figures about the

Calcutta Cup matches, there is not a

lot of room of optimism from a

Scottish perspective?

Three wins in

18 years. The last one back in 2000.

That was a personal story. England

have been much better than Scotland

over the years. Scotland have not

scored a try against England at

Murrayfield since 2004. 18 years

ago, that is a long time ago. A lot

of hair has gone since then.

I think

you have more now!

That was a very

nice moment. A bit of tomato ketchup

on the chin.

But you look the part.

You guys battled.

You guys battled.

England came as

big favourites and you battled.

These games are one-offs, you had

big favourites and you battled.

These games are one-offs, you had to

come as an England player with a

sense that if we do not get it right

and subdue these guys, physically,

it could be very, very unpleasant.

You do not want to lose to Scotland.

Jeremy, you were in the great Grand

Slam in 1990, what was that like to

play in and what was that match

losing like afterwards?

I love the

game, I was new to international

rugby, I knew more of the Scottish

players than the English because I

went on tour with the Lions. I knew

how good they were, they made the

team, made the squad, I scored the

try, when I went off we were in the

lead. I absolutely don't know what

went wrong!

It wasn't my fault. That

team was scarred by their loss. At

the end of our team when I first

came in, they were scarred by that.

Coming here all guns blazing and

getting beaten. It was a very good

Scotland's team, don't get me wrong.

That was drilled into you, you do

not come here and lose. Everyone

wants to beat them, they are all

slightly different that they are all

the same, you have to subdue them,

physically. Let the crowd know. The

last 15 minutes when they played

France, only one team was going to

win. The crowd were in it, Scotland

were great. England don't want that,

they want people looking at the bus

timetable with ten minutes to go.

But unlike France in the second

half, England will not hand them the

game. Scotland will have to play,

try to dominate England, scored

tries to win.

We have this try from 14 years ago,

almost like an archive piece. Why is

this the last try Scotland has

scored

this the last try Scotland has

scored against Murrayfield against

England?

Many, many reasons. In the

interim period Scotland have lifted

the Calcutta Cup twice, Mike Blair

lifted it and Jason White, all by

kicks.

lifted it and Jason White, all by

kicks. Scotland will not win the

game today just buy kicks, they will

have to score tries. They are

averaging 34 points at Murrayfield

in those last nine games. If they

can get anywhere close to that, it

gives them a real chance.

can get anywhere close to that, it

gives them a real chance.

Looking at the statistics about

Scotland's recent form, whatever

level you are talking about, on a

day like today, this is when you

want to play, and play the game.

Maybe with Nigel Owens as the

referee we could have a free-flowing

match?

Nigel will let it flow as

much as he can. You think of the

Scottish back row, they are more

there are spoilers. Conditions are

ideal, if you are a forward or back

he will not moan. It will be a nice,

fast surface. The Scottish backs

will enjoy that. It is

will enjoy that. It is built for a

wonderful game. I used to love the

atmosphere here, even when Scotland

were getting on top of us, I did not

mind the crowd being noisy, it made

me want to play better.

Scotland will want to play, that

could play into England's hands. If

they play well, they can score

points. Huw Jones, Hopp, Finn

Russell, we have seen it. England

will want them to play, we will

slash the game to pieces, a little

bit like Wales did. That is the nub

of the game, how much they can play

and when.

The fast answers

glistening and sparkling in the late

sunshine, it is just the most

glorious evening. It could not be

more of a contrast to the weather at

Twickenham a couple of weeks ago

when England, with a little bit of

help from their friends individual

departments, came through so

narrowly against Wales. -- from

their friends in the video

department.

The question had been asked by Eddie

Jones, are you up to it?

England's kicking game, spot-on. The

chase.

England's passing game, spot-on. Joe

Launchbury's, the very best. Two

tries for Jonny May. This was going

only one way.

Until the moment of the match.

Question, try, yes or no? Question,

who was first to the ball? Good

questions, wrong answer.

The first

grounding is by England.

England V Wales in the wet, water to

cool tempers.

To make the colours run. To run and

two slides and to make the tackle of

the round.

England still right on track.

Here is an updated Six Nations

table, given what happened at the

Aviva Stadium a few moments ago.

Ireland winning with a bonus point

as well, you can see they are top

with 14 points. A losing bonus point

for Wales but they did not get a

bonus point for four tries. If

Scotland win today they are still in

with a chance, and England have to

go to France in a fortnight, that is

by no means a given. The

championship is wide open. Eddie

Jones has been much more low-key in

the build-up to this match than

before the game against Wales.

He joined Sonia MacLachlan.

before the game against Wales.

He joined Sonia MacLachlan.

Back where it started with England,

two years ago. How much

Back where it started with England,

two years ago. How much has the team

progressed?

We are moving in the

right direction, every day we get a

bit better, incremental improvements

all the time.

You said preparations

could not have gone any better, what

have they looked like?

The first

week we had Georgia, which is

fantastic for the set piece work.

The rest of the time we have worked

on the unstructured part of the

game, which will be important

against Scotland.

You have described

Scotland as akin to New Zealand,

what challenge do they present?

They

are very good at shifting the ball

into space, they have extreme pace

in Hogg. If you give them any loose

ball they will be very dangerous.

The England boys on the bench will

be wearing trousers to keep warm.

Will you be rocking a power? It is

quite cold.

I might need a full

suit!

Good luck today.

Cheers.

STUDIO: The England

replacement substitutes will have

the cycle shorts that get the

temperature in their nether regions

up to 40 degrees to get them hot and

raring to go when they had to go

onto the field of play. There is

somebody who might be a key weapon

this afternoon, the potent pace of

Jonny May on the wing. He is very

quick, and also pretty quirky.

It is hard to talk about myself, I

guess. Everybody is a bit different.

Are you?

I guess so, hopefully in a

good way.

For me, speed is a huge part of my

game. I was always nippy as a child,

going through my teenage years all

of my friends shot up and I was a

bit of a late developer. When I got

into my late teens, early 20s, I got

a bit taller and started getting

faster and faster, really. I back

myself to win the race. I don't want

to sound arrogant or any thing but

if I see space, I would back myself

to win the race.

Jonny May has real pace. Jonny May

away on his own! Jonny May for the

corner.

He is in!

What is your biggest

weapon, the flat speed or the

ability to go from zero to 60 in the

blink of an eye?

I work hard on my acceleration of my

top speed, often on a rugby pitch

the space can change very quickly.

That is the skill, Harry transfer

your speed, to make the decision as

to when the space changes and

identify it quickly and win the

race.

Is it true you stretch for up to

four hours a day?

No, I walk around

with my stopwatch out on my list of

things to do and the boys get into

me a little bit, but I spend a lot

of time not just retching but on the

recovery side of things. It is

important, if you want your body to

deliver you how to look after it,

the quicker you get, the boy you

have to look at yourself and recover

better to keep doing it. -- the more

you have to look after yourself.

What is on the list for today?

I

have been in the pool, had a sauna,

had a massage. Had a stretch, will

have small treatment. If I can get a

nap in, that will be good.

Music often divides us, what do you

listen to be for a game?

Where you

going with this?

Disney?

I have done

in the past. And I do still.

Anything positive, for me, before a

game. And that can be anything from,

like, Bob Marley awesome Disney.

Which Disney in particular?

The Lion

King, Hercules, I love all the

Disney films. Just anything. It is

not before I walk out, it will be on

the bus in when I am trying to relax

a little bit.

Frozen?

I don't mind

frozen. I might not pleasant about

one, that I liked the film.

What is

your fastest time over 100 metres?

10.7 a few years ago. Rugby is

different to a one legend metres

sprint, I have not read many of

them. You don't often get the

opportunity to train for 100 metres.

You and Anthony Watson head-to-head

over 100 metres, who wins?

Ask

Eddie!

STUDIO: I think Froze it

would be a good soundtrack at

Murrayfield. But we obviously have

the beauty and the beast here, we

can talk about Jonny May and paste

generally. You had the Underwoods on

your side, who were blisteringly

quick. In the modern game we talk

about physicality and bowl, if you

have that pace, what option does it

give you?

The beauty of pace is

everything around you slows down. If

you do not have pace, you are

scrambling. Jonny May has out and

out, flat speed. Straight-line

speed. Here's having to adapt his

speed into rugby, he has to learn to

run and catch, stay deep and time

his running onto the ball rather

than being too far ahead. He is

dealing that bit by bit. I do not

think there are many faster than him

in the Six Nations or in world

rugby, flat out without the ball.

That was a brilliant interview.

Speed is his point of difference, he

looks after it, mindset, trains like

an athlete, not a rugby player. It

makes a difference. He seems to be

fit to play a lot of the time and

can really use that speed. He looks

out about, great to see. A brilliant

interview for any young back three

player watching.

Not just in the

back, if you asked any rugby player

I think they would say they wanted

more speed. Simmonds, the try in

Rome. I know you can coach speed and

get quicker, but if you do not have

it, you never will. Jerry had it in

spades, and about that today.

And we

didn't!

And we didn't.

Plenty of

guys had speed but could not play

ball, you had to be able to play

rugby swell. You can have a

defensive scheme, a guy like that

can destroy it with his pace. Give

him the room to move and the ball,

they can destroy things. The worst

nightmare for a guy like me and Paul

would be facing somebody like him in

space, you do not have a prayer.

If there is a debate about

selection, Mike Brown and full-back,

where do you sit in whether Mike

Brown should have the number 15?

He

has been a to play for Eddie Jones

since he started coaching. You

cannot fault his aerial display. --

he has been a go to player. You have

players like Arnie and Dan Biggar

who can chase the ball, but all of

his time in international rugby,

this has been his bread and butter.

-- you can have players like Carney

and Dan Biggar. Finn Russell needs

to put the hair balls up for longer.

Mike Brown will do this all day

long. What he was criticised for a

bit was not passing in space, and

putting people in four simple

overlaps. But as an all-round player

he is good positionally and great

under the high ball, you cannot

fault him in those areas.

He was man

of the match in this game, Eddie

Jones came out and fully justified

it. He got a bit prickly about Mike

Brown, how good must Mike Brown have

felt when his coach came out

publicly saying how well he played

not just in Twickenham but in the

previous 24?

He was brilliant in

this game, but he has made some

massive booties in attack. People

have talked about Anthony Watson

possibly coming in because of that.

In international rugby you need the

aerial competitor that Brian is.

If

you are sat there is a forward,

you're going to play at Murrayfield,

Mike Brown is up there, you think

good. England scored their first try

of Wales not handling a high ball,

Watson got a hand in it, we scored.

You have to take care of that part

of the game, Mike Brown will do it.

And I also do not think he listens

to Disney!

We have Stuart Hogg on one side,

Mike Brown on the other, you pay

your money, you take your choice.

Murrayfield is filling up, bit by

bit. I am not sure what percentage

of the Scottish crowd has come from

the Borders, but that is still very

much the heartland of Scottish

rugby, whether it be Selkirk or Jack

Brabham or Galashiels or Holly

could. And the Scotland coach,

Gregor Townsend, comes from

Galashiels.

When I grew up watching rugby, the

best teams came from the borders.

Half the Scotland team was from the

Borders as well. To come back to my

old club and see so many people

here, it is great. Great for them

and for the club.

Back in Galashiels, have you been to

this cosy bar before?

By Contra

member, maybe once. Maybe after I'd

scored a try or two I would have a

drink that the president.

How old

were you when you started your rugby

here?

About five or six. During

Sunday mini rugby, not too far away

from here. -- doing Sunday mini

rugby. I played in my brother's and

attend team because they were short,

I was seven years old. We won and I

had two touches the whole time. -- I

played in my browser's under ten

team. I played all my age group

rugby here, my own jersey was

something I was very proud to wear.

When you see the players that have

achieved great success with this

club in Scotland, David Leslie,

Peter Dods, Chris Paterson, Legends

of the game. You feel very proud it

is your club.

Gala, like the old

Father Thames, just keep rolling

along.

I was hesitant, the winger took the

dummy, I gained an end and passed it

to Jim, scored at the corner.

It was

a lovely try.

Got the crowd going.

Gregor Townsend was blessed with

great talent. He could be

inspirational and try things nobody

else tried. Occasionally they did

not come off, but he could take the

criticism and go on. He has always

been very level-headed, I can see

that coming through in his coaching.

been very level-headed, I can see

that coming through in his coaching.

I am quite often as did you think he

would be a coach, I would say no,

but he was always very thoughtful.

Although he was material and how he

played, he played his own way, he

always had a reason for doing it. He

was always a deep thinker. Having

come from the borders, Gala is

steeped in rugby, it is not a great

surprise for me to see him being so

successful.

Have the players discuss the events

of Twickenham last year? They went

down full of confidence and

down full of confidence and ...

There will be specifics in terms of

lessons learned. In terms of the

Twickenham experience it is

irrelevant, we are playing at

Murrayfield and we will talk about

Twickenham when we go to Twickenham

in one year.

What are your memories

of Calcutta Cup? I think you played

ten?

How many did I win?

Do you

know?

One. Not a great success.

So

was it a much filled with foreboding

or did you always look forward to

it?

I did, I probably put too much

emotion into it. I had supported the

national team over the 80s and 90s,

seeing the game against England got

you really fired up and that came

rushing through my veins and body

through the game, I am sure it will

for our players.

Will it be through

maturity or the fact it is a

different role of the coach that you

have to step back and keep the

emotions in check?

I think it will

be calm, there is a real edge to our

preparations, there is excitement

when you how to prepare against a

team as good as England in such an

important fixture for everyone in

Scotland. That is the biggest game

of the year, every year. We can't

wait to play.

STUDIO: Five years

behind Greg at Galashiels Academy

was a young man who many years later

kicked England to defeat ten years

ago. He joins us now. And the big

question is whether this crop of

players currently warning up behind

us can supersede Chris Paterson's

team as the last Scottish side to

beat England. If they are going to

do it today, how important is a

player like Peter Horne at 12, given

he is up against Owen Farrell?

Crucial. So much about the

half-backs in the control, Peter

Horne is another ten. He is a great

communicator, organises and

distributes very well. If there are

ruck in the midfield, he is also a

left footed kicker, he will bring a

lot of balance. It Scotland want to

create balance against England, they

had to get outside the fast press.

Having two distributors goes a long

way.

Peter Horne has spoken about

studying Owen Farrell in a bid to

improve his own game. Are they

similar?

Pretty similar, they can

both play ten or 12, quite

aggressive. Very aggressive, both of

them. Good defenders. Peter Horne

missed a couple of tackles against

Wales but he is a defend

accommodative competitor. There are

similarities.

Finn Russell's kicking

out of hand was a little wayward at

times against France, will Peter

Horne take some of that

responsibility?

Here's a good

communicator. He played reasonably

well against France, Finn Russell,

his mistakes are obvious. He had a

bad game. He will relish the

pressure today. Peter Horne in Greig

Laidlaw inside him, they will help

each other. This game is won and

lost on physicality and Peter Horne

goes a long way to deciding if it is

won or lost, as well.

The clock

ticks on, less than 20 minutes to

kick-off.

The clash between two old

enemies for the Calcutta Cup.

Magnificent run, he is over!

Magnificent run, he is over!

Rory

Underwood, magnificent try for

England.

England have scored.

It

will be a try for Jason Lawrenson!

Sensational!

Sensational!

A brilliant try! That,

surely, is England's Grand Slam try?

Hi, long and straight!

Scotland have

won the most dramatic victory.

won the most dramatic victory.

A

hat-trick for Solomon Joseph! What a

way to win the Six Nations!

Calcutta

Cup, Scotland V England. No

incentive needed.

In the distance

over bad, at around five past 12 or

thereabouts, is Raeburn Place were

the first-ever international match

took place in 1871, and 18 years

later the first Calcutta Cup match

took place. It finished, as we plan

to Murrayfield, Scotland nil,

England nil. A thriller. In an idle

moment at 9:30am on the match day, I

looked at the team sheets for that

day. Scotland had a proper with one

of the greatest names in the history

of international rugby, Bulldog

Irvin. That was his name. Fantastic.

Is Owen Farrell the most valuable

player in international rugby at the

moment?

His currency is high, for

sure, given how he is playing. He is

valuable for England, along with the

likes of Billy Vunipola. If they are

not involved in the World Cup,

England struggle. This guy is so

influential. He is the most improved

international rugby player. Every

gay he improves another aspect of

his game. I thought when he first

came into the England set up his

attack was limited -- every year he

improves this is two minutes ten

seconds into the game. He has guns,

seen the play some put boot to ball

and weighted perfectly. -- he has

scanned, seen the play. He spotted

the dogleg in defence, attacked on

the outside, went into space, laid

the ball off and he even had time

for jobs that the referee but still

keep his composure. He can see the

space, a nice pass over to Joe

Launchbury, that was an incredible

off-loads by Joel. For me, the

biggest party has improved as his

attacking. He's another dogleg. He

has the composure again, a quick

glance. He has seen the space and

continually puts pressure on the

opposition. Every touch he has, he

has an impact. A big play from a

world-class player. He is getting

down and dirty. Stopping the

momentum of the opposition. Right at

the end of that match he has the

composure and the headspace to stick

up a really high hanging ball. Mike

Brown gets there and pushes it in

defence, puts more pressure on the

opposition. A world-class player.

So much of England is about Owen

Farrell and so much of Scotland

today will be about Finn Russell. Is

there any possibility that Finn

Russell wouldn't start today?

I

don't think so, because he is

Scotland's stand-off and will be for

the next few years. He had a bad

game two weeks ago and Townsend made

the choice of putting Greig Laidlaw

out there. Talk about the

consistency that Owen Farrell is

hitting every time. His bad game is

still a very good game. That's what

Finn Russell needs to find, that

consistency. He's got all the

skills, a brilliant temperament,

just needs to find the consistency.

He got affected from the first

performance in Cardiff. He almost

swung the pendulum too much the

other way against France. He tried

to kick more, which is OK, a good

tactic, you just have to kick well.

When's the last time you saw Owen

Farrell make a bad kick? That's what

Finn Russell has to do today. As a

role model, he is facing him today.

Not directly, but just one out in

the number 12 shirt.

In the war of

words before the International

occasions, Gregor Townsend was

talking about the England defence,

saying they are offside a lot of the

time. They suddenly play on the edge

and are definitively a very hard

team to breach.

This is turnover

ball. One thing they want to do is

attack your attack. There's only

three defenders here. Owen Farrell

fires hard and puts Jake Ball under

pressure and put

fires hard and puts Jake Ball under

pressure and put him back inside.

fires hard and puts Jake Ball under

pressure and put him back inside.

Pressure on the past and they fire

up the game. Even though they're

down numbers, their driving Wales

back all the time and they want to

attack your attack. That's what they

say in defence, England. Wales have

kicked the ball away and turned it

over. A 40 metre line break here. A

good break down the wing and England

should be under pressure here now.

Rob

they want to go at you all the time,

even if it's not on to go at you. A

break here leads to a penalty for

Wales. There is no better player in

the 6 Nations that I'll have ready

in the position to exploit the

opportunities the England defence

will give you. They put you

opportunities the England defence

will give you. They put you under

pressure certainly what they want to

attack you so much that they do

leave doglegs themselves and will

give you opportunities.

Martin, if

England are offside a lot of the

time, everyone is. Do you think the

assistant referees ought to take

more control of the situation to

make it a better game?

Absolutely.

The number one priority, get these

teams on-site all the way through

the game. If you are offside, it's a

penalty, just keep on going. Don't

do it early and forget, keep going

because space is such a premium.

England are saying to Finn Russell

today, come with your bag of tricks

and we'll stomp all over it. That's

going to be the game, Scotland's

attack. If you get in front of the

ball, you've got a chance. The

referees and the touch judges have

to be all offer it.

We spoke about

his early. The referees have to stop

coaching the players, trying to tell

them to get back onside, released

the ball, and penalised them. The

behaviour will change instantly.

It

must be nice to have enough money as

the RFU have, to say it lets fly the

Georgian pack over and have a couple

of scrummaging session is against

them. What do you think England

learn from this?

When you're in

camp, they now have the luxury of

this week, without the games, you

can train hard without having to

rest up for the game. Georgia are a

big strong men. They can scrummage.

It gives you a chance to play

someone different and have a really

good work-out. Not just specifically

getting ready for one game, you're

trying to improve as a team. They

look like they can scrummage, some

big strong boys.

Let's have a quick

word about Dylan Hartley.

big strong boys.

Let's have a quick

word about Dylan Hartley. Today he

perhaps almost unannounced becomes

the second most capped England

player of all-time, over from Jonny

Wilkinson, and 20 caps or so behind

Jason Leonard. In this super

analytics world, how important is

the captain still these days?

Still

very important because you give the

team a lead. You take the example,

set the example rather,. Its

difference now, the guy plays 50 or

60 minutes at the most. It's

different to how it was. To play

that long is

different to how it was. To play

that long is still a hell of an

achievement. He's still there and

his record as a captain is one of

the best in terms of win percentage.

He's very disciplined when he plays

for England. He has a different hat

on when he plays for England but

he's also an excellent scrummager.

We were worried for the French scrum

last week, for the Scottish scrum

when they played France two weeks

ago. It may not survive today.

England brought Georgia over,

putting big emphasis on the scrum.

Simon Burgess, it will be a big test

for him.

What's this moment like,

Andy?

It's amazing. We came up,

England went out first and we used

to keep them waiting and waiting and

waiting. Clive Woodward, I remember

him getting really annoyed and

turned to go down the tunnel and

there were pipers coming towards

him. This is where, as a player, you

want to explode out to Murrayfield,

like they're doing now.

An explosion

to greet the explosion of the two

sides. A little earlier than you

might normally expect because

there's going to be a presentation

to both sides. Big moment for all

the Scottish players, but also the

point that Martin made, from an

English perspective, this is a game

you just don't want to lose.

No, we

got burnt in 1990. The better side

won. It was a better site. Every

game since then, every game, we

wanted to win.

We alter dog about a

few people. Nathan Hughes is a

number eight today. What does he

bring to the England size?

He's go

forward guy, big powerful athlete.

He's not played a lot of rugby but

he'll be imperative. If he's on the

front foot, good things will happen

for England. Nathan Hughes really

has a big job to do, carrying the

ball for England.

Scotland don't

really have a Nathan Hughes. They

don't really have a blunt instrument

in the pack. Grant Gilchrist carried

the ball really well against France

but he's not really of primary

ball-carrier.

No, the impact in the

second half, Gregor Townsend might

have to go to his bench earlier.

Ryan Wilson again is there. He set

the passion, set the motion and he

will have George Ford and Owen

Farrell in his sights.

In the

context of how the match pans out,

Andy, do you think Scotland have to

be a head with 20 minutes or so to

go?

I think so, but more importantly

they have to start better than me

having either of the two games. In

Cardiff against France, they started

poorly. If you let England get away,

I don't think there's a way back.

Scotland needs to come out and get

their game going. We've talked about

Finn Russell, but he is the key

player here. He has to get

Scotland's game going but he has to

relax, also. He tries too hard and

did that in Cardiff, and if he does

that it might get away from him.

Will leave our guys on the podium

and go down to Sonia.

This isn't

something I've seen before on the

eve of the 6 Nations Test match but

indicative of the fact there's a

real edge to this game. As both sets

of players left the field after

warming up, they came off the pitch

together and there was a scuffle at

the mouth of the tunnel. Owen was

involved. John Barclay, the Scotland

captain, had to pull away a number

of his players will stop Farrell was

pulled away by some of his

team-mates. A real edge and you

wonder if some of that might spill

over into the game.

over into the game.

I didn't like

guys who smiled and shook hands with

the opposition before the game. It's

not that sort of game! You wake up

hating the world on this sort of

day. The only people you like those

who play for England. Everyone no.

In the studio, two of us are going,

great. The others are saying no.

Scotland versus England, this is

what it's about. You want to go out

there and skill aside and tactics

and whatever, you have to do it to

them before they do it to you.

I

need to mention one thing because we

received a fantastic e-mail today

from a lady called me Elliot. She

said could you please say hello to

my husband Christie Elliot, because

60 years ago today he made his debut

for Scotland against England? It's

his 85th birthday today. It's a bit

too cold to go to Murrayfield but

we'll be watching at home with many

millions of others. Many happy

memories, I'm sure, for you of

matches in days gone by. It's make

your mind up time. What we say,

Andy?

I want to see Scotland play

better, they have to play better

than against France. Their key is

Finn Russell. Their whole collective

game can improve by he himself

playing better than he did two weeks

ago. If they do that, they'll give

themselves a chance.

A massive

turnaround if he Finn Russell can

find his form. I think he's probably

going to get worse. I see England

winning by 10-15 points this

afternoon.

I love your optimism. I

feel a sense of foreboding. We don't

want to lose. I hope Scotland play

really well and I think England are

a little bit... They got a bit

defensive against Wales. I hope

Scotland can have a go and we have a

great game.

Murrayfield are all

behind us.

I think Scotland and Finn

Russell will turn it around and play

well again. I think England are too

far ahead of them at the moment.

It

was a fantastic match in Dublin

early today when Ireland beat Wales

and let's hope this game today is

equally as compelling. So much

history attached to this fixture.

This is the 136th meeting of the two

countries, who contested the first

ever international, but there's also

a really significant anniversary

today because 80 Dylan Mackin 80

years ago, England versus Scotland

at Twickenham was the first ever

game to be televised live. Scotland

won, won the triple Crown and also

won the championship. While the

enormity of the rivalry hasn't

changed, the intervening period, the

style of commentary has changed

somewhat. What the audience in 1938

would have made at our commentary

team, I think we do not know. They

will be with you after the anthems.

# God save our gracious Queen

Long live our noble Queen

# God save the Queen

# God save the Queen

# Send her victorious

# Happy and glorious

# Long to reign over us

# God save the Queen. #

CHEERING

# O flower of Scotland

# When will we see your like again

# That fought and died for

# Your wee bit hill and glen

# And stood against him

# Proud Edward's army

# And sent him homeward

# Tae think again

# Those days are passed now

# And in the past they must remain

# But we can still rise now

# And be the nation again

# That stood against him

# Proud Edward's army

# And sent him homeward

# Tae think again. #

CHEERING

A song which speaks of this old

rivalry but in recent times it's

been rather an uneven contest.

Scotland need to improve over their

victory against France. Same team.

Grant Gilchrist was impressive

against France.

So much focus on Finn Russell at fly

half. Peter Horne is inside centre.

For England, a pack of power but

tremendous experience. 219 caps in

the front row. Joe Launchbury wins

his 50th cap.

Averaging almost 50 caps a man on

the back row. Jonathan Joseph scored

a hat-trick against Scotland last

year. Mike Brown Man of the Match

against Wales at full-back. On the

bench... Scotland only used half the

bench against France.

Dylan Hartley moving onto 92 caps

today, moving past Jonny Wilkinson.

Behind only Jason Leonard in English

terms. What a captain he's been for

England. Both teams gather in the

huddles far out on the turf of

Murrayfield. What a game we hope to

have here because in recent matches

perhaps this fixture hasn't served

up the best fare will stop and

listen to the noise at Murrayfield.

CHEERING

A chilly day for that sort of thing!

Nigel

A chilly day for that sort of thing!

Nigel Owens is the man in charge.

Three, two, one.

The countdown over,

we wait for the

Three, two, one.

The countdown over,

we wait for the latest instalment in

this, the oldest international

fixture in the game. The man with so

much to prove today, Finn Russell,

gets the Calcutta Cup under way.

Taken in by Launchbury.

The first ten, 20 minutes of this

game is so important. Scotland were

sluggish against Wales and France.

Penalty to Scotland and if Scotland

were looking for a brighter sparked

two start than in previous games,

they've got it.

A pity for Scotland

they couldn't get someone on Peter

when's shoulder when he made that

break.

Exactly what you don't want when you

play, to concede the early points as

an English team.

They dealt with it

very well. Grant Gilchrist, you can

see him fighting really hard to keep

hold of the ball. The break from

Peter Horne was good. It came from a

short pass from Gordon Reid and

that's exactly what we'll see.

England will attack so quickly.

Immediately the spotlight falls on

Greig Laidlaw. Eight from eight

kicks so far.

Gray it has the distance. That was

the only question. Scotland lead

three points to the good within the

first three minutes. An ideal start

for the home side.

A good two great

kick from Greig Laidlaw. Composed

start, some good decisions in

attack.

CHEERING

And Scotland have the ball. Their

defence stands firm and they have

the penalty. Better still for

Scotland.

Scotland.

Once or twice there, there

were just in danger of being

isolated. You only need to be a

couple of yards further advanced

than your supporting players.

Players are so quick down and up

onto the ball.

It's exactly what we

expected to see from Nathan Hughes.

One or two really early carries,

powerful carries. Interestingly,

Scotland are targeting that short

tackle. Very aware that they have to

slow England's possession.

Jonny Gray, sending Grant Gilchrist

alongside him.

CHEERING

Murrayfield is alive.

England have got this. Penalty to

England. England's defends matches

Scotland this time.

Superb work on

the floor by Chris Robshaw. Must be

very pleased with the way they've

managed to get around what is at

times a possibly narrow defence for

England.

It's interesting from a

line-out. When it falls to the

middle, Scotland still have the

ability to get round the outside

edge. Great work from Robshaw to win

the penalty.

Takes it three metres

beyond the line.

Just the faintest strains of Swing

Low Sweet Chariot.

Outvoted by Scotland, from an

England point of view. -- out

thought.

Short and line-out is the call.

Hartley to halfway. It slows for a

minute.

Just a little think from Care for

sending it down the line.

Watson bouncing off the challenge

from Farrell.

A different Scotland so far in the

opening ten minutes.

Advantage to England for the knock

on.

Very well directed, but Russell

scooped it up in one arm.

It is certainly pacey stuff so far.

Absolutely. It's interesting, really

intriguing. Two different styles on

show already. Scotland have passed

the ball off them and kept it

moving. England have gone almost

more direct. That means England

having to put more players into the

breakdown to win the ball. Scotland

have played on the edge but they've

saw little in the game at the moment

it almost looks as if the defence is

trying to force a mistake and

whoever is going to be quickest will

get a foothold in this game.

REFEREE:

Stay, stay, stay.

England

making a bit of ground again.

Grant Gilchrist being told to get

out of there. Can't escape notice

with a red scrum cap.

An opportunity now for England.

Penalty to England.

The first time

England managed to get some

momentum, they forced a penalty.

England want to play a steady game,

and this is Jonny May's pace. We

were talking earlier about pace.

Certainly the defensive line is back

about ten metres.

That's the first

time England have strong two or

three passes together to get to the

edge. Hamish Watson penalised there.

Owen Farrell and Hamish Watson have

had one or two coming togethers.

Tenacious, hard players. Kicking at

60% in this year's tournaments,

which is a little below his usual

high standard but he kicks from

Robert wide out.

Of course he can. Things level up at

Murrayfield. He is enjoying it.

Wagging his tail! He looked a bit

sad, I think he was a Scotland fan!

What a match so far. Three points

apiece, but barely pause for breath.

Nathan Hughes looked hesitant for a

moment.

Danny Care centred out, did not buy

too much ground.

Two or three

breakdowns snout that Nigel Owens

has asked the ball to be moved very

quickly. -- two or three breakdowns,

now.

He is through! Huw Jones had the try

amid the chaos. Huw Jones scoring

once more for Scotland, the first

try of the game.

England in panic

mode after that penalty. If you have

given away a penalty already, you

have dropped it straightaway.

Scotland managed to get there on the

back foot.

Nigel Owens makes a

tackle on Peter Horne, but that the

pressure Finn Russell is under from

Owen Farrell. He's still got the

grubber kick away. A ninth try for

Huw Jones for Scotland. It was a

little bit scruffy. A penalty

advantage. Sometimes in these

Calcutta Cup matches, it almost

typifies them, the frantic nature.

Good start for Scotland.

That is the

first try for Scotland against

England at Murrayfield Saint Simon

Danieli in 2004. -- since Simon

Danieli. Huw Jones cannot stop

scoring for Scotland at the moment.

Seven tries in his last eight

internationals. England try to come

again once more.

Laidlaw got the kick away, but

penalty to England. It is clear from

Nigel Owens.

That really is a dull

penalty. You have just scored, seven

points, it will probably give three

points back, totally unnecessary.

Any player in front of the ball can

stand there. Looking at Gilchrist,

he does not move very far. Maybe

Simon Berghan popped up a bit on his

side. It is a harsh penalty.

The

referee was starting to look at

this, they would know it was a

deliberate defensive ploy. It was an

obstruction point.

We did not see it

pulled up that often last year. This

time it was. Any movement in front

of the ball, you alert the referee.

Once more, over to Owen Farrell.

Similar kick, similar results.

England's move on to six points. --

England's move on.

A grubber kick under huge pressure.

Almost tried to disguise it with his

eyes. There was a fortunate bounce

from the advantage.

A good score for Scotland. Then in

Beits are doing the fielding at the

restarts. Hughes was able to give it

to Ford.

Play on, says the referee. The crowd

gasped, grown and jeer.

gasped, grown and jeer. -- gasp,

groan and jeer. What a wonderful

kick from Finn Russell. If you were

to judge it on the opening 18

minutes, it is a different Finn

Russell today.

He is a class player. Every game he

plays, hopefully he learns

something.

A hard kick on the move. A lot of

space to target. Itoje was committed

to that.

Scotland had the opportunity to

counterattack.

Taken down by Courtney Lawes for

England.

Advantage to England. Kicked away,

but they have a penalty.

Grant Gilchrist penalised.

REFEREE: Number four, taking the

maul down.

COMMENTATOR: The mauls have not been

aggressive.

England's mauls have

been poor. They have not been set up

or driven properly. The one Scotland

got together was driven very well

and quickly and resulted in the

first try.

Danny Care said behind the runners

to Lawes. -- said behind.

Danny Care complaining, the ball was

deep and taken hired by Farrell.

Seem more putting pace on it.

Entered by May.

Eredivisie flung it out, carried by

Berkeley past Itoje.

Berkeley past Itoje. -- Horne flung

it out.

it out.

A good tackle by Farrell.

Took the ball quickly.

Russell flung about are to Huw

Jones, who keeps it alive.

Watson did so well. Great power from

the winger. Berkeley eventually

scrums him. Nigel Owens says this is

fine. Scotland may have turned this

over. Hartley clinging on for dear

life.

REFEREE:

Scrum down.

A great whack from Huw Jones down

the wing.

England are kicking away a

lot of possession and inviting

Scotland to counterattack.

Look how hard he works to fight and

buy himself an extra second to

protect the ball.

On occasion I think players put in

the outer passes too early, but I

think that was the right choice at

the right time.

It was Jonny May

down the left-hand side, almost

hands in the air, but a really good

decision.

This is a loose kick from Danny

Care, this is a pass, almost drags

in Jonny May.

Watson does really well here.

A long bit of treatment to Dan Cole,

but he comes back now and is ready

to resume again.

Finn Russell has been impressive so

far. Scotland with a good few metres

more than England. There have not

been too many scrums so far. Mako

Vunipola down on one knee as well.

Fairly even on that data.

The first real pause we have had in

this game. You talk about the

fitness of the sites, Scotland pride

themselves on being as fit as any

but Eddie Jones talked about England

being 40% fitter than two years ago.

Let's see if that tells in the final

quarter.

England with a mighty weight

advantage.

REFEREE:

Crouch, bind, set!

Scotland look to secure the ball as

quickly as possible.

Scotland has not ball. -- Scotland's

ball.

Coming back for the Scotland scrum.

I think Huw Jones had almost lost it

before that.

The referee, I suppose

you get one shot.

It was interesting

how he gave the knock-on. Set piece

play from a reasonably stable scrum,

just targeting Batchelder by George

Ford. -- targeting that shoulder by

George Ford.

Scotland get away with

one. An opportunity for a very

similar position further infield.

Seymour is hiding behind Finn

Russell.

One area that Scotland were possibly

predicted to struggle and was the

front row, given the number of

absenteeism and injuries that they

have had. But they did Jim endlessly

well against France -- they did

tremendously well.

Simon Berghan, six foot four, but he

likes to get so low. He fears being

upended unbuckled. Very difficult to

keep the scrum up, then.

Simon Berghan is the heaviest man in

the Scotland side. He did not quite

know where he was, but he set it

back.

Scotland edging closer. Hartley

keeps Berghan Iturbe.

keeps Berghan Iturbe. -- keeps

Berghan at bay.

A little knock-on, England's

applause for their defence working

this time. They have the scrum.

It

was a change of tactic, Scotland

taking a direct route. Forcing the

knock-on. Nathan Hughes has been

really busy in his first game back.

It was a more direct route, closer

to the breakdown. England can cope

with that reasonably well, I think.

426 minutes, not too many handling

errors from either side. Conditions,

though.

Just one thing from the two scrum

attacks, they have attacked close to

the scrum. The second one was back

inside. I wonder if they think

Robshaw and Lawes RA little bit slow

off the back of the scrum?

They want

to drag players in so that the width

is there. If England have two people

dragged in, there are fewer numbers

to do that.

Keep away from the

midfield blitz.

Absolutely.

If you are just joining us, nearing

the half-hour mark, Scotland with

the one try of the game through Huw

Jones.

Penalty to England this time.

REFEREE:

All of you, far back, hinge

on and down.

That means bending from the waist

and simply collapsing backwards.

It gives Owen Farrell the chance to

clear for touch, and England's

line-out.

When you get your feet

level like that, as soon as you go

below parallel there is no way you

can hold a scrum up.

Looking for the maul to creep

forward again.

Mike Brown gave it to Watson. A

tough pass for a winner to try to

cope with.

cope with. -- a Wenger.

I think you

could say it is not the best pass in

the world.

England have kicked quite

often. There is the space to attack.

Whether it was dislodged by Peter

Horne's tackle, it was a poor pass.

England should keep the ball in

hand.

Cries of upside around the pitch.

Vunipola try to feed it to Hartley.

-- cries of offside around the

pitch.

Finn Russell in for the

interception. It could have caught

the ball, says Nigel Owens. Not a

deliberate knock-on. England will

have the scrum.

Russell read it well. But he would

be frustrated he did not take that.

The modern idiom is that if you dug

it up, you have a chance to catch

it. From an England point of view,

this is the first chance they have

had in almost the whole half so far.

The rest of the game has been played

at pace. From an England point of

view, before half-time they will

want to have a period of ten minutes

where they play coherent rugby.

All of the players have been

burrowing away in the ear of Nigel

Owens.

Ready to scrum again.

REFEREE:

Lines, sets...

They all need to be told to shut up.

A solid scrum this time. Kerr feeds

his line -- Care feeds his line and

Ford does well. Penalty to Scotland

as John Barclay gets applause from

his team-mates.

Great work by

Berkeley.

Born in all sorts of trouble, trying

to set it back for Scotland. -- pawn

in all sorts of trouble.

in all sorts of trouble. -- Horne.

Huw Jones goes himself. Jonny May

gets to him, Scotland Sydney into

the England 22. Ryan Wilson feeds

on. Barclays looks for support.

McInally through the middle. Farrell

gets him down. Scotland within

metres of the line. Maitland for the

try. One end of the pitch to the

other. Maitland scores for Scotland.

What a try. Where did it come from?

So nearly an interception. They

celebrate. Nigel Owens is just

asking a question.

So any reason why they cannot award

the try. So much to talk about.

Before the ball got to Huw Jones was

so nearly intercepted by England. We

look to the screens. Any reason a

try cannot be awarded? TMO Simon

McDowell. Watson coming in,

Maitland...

A try without a doubt.

They have run the better lines, made

the better decisions. They fully

deserved the lead.

Playing such a

quality team, you have to take a

risk. A long pass, teasing the

defence. You Jones does wonderfully

well. -- Huw Jones. The quick ball

is moved out, Russell's floating

pass over the top. That is an

outstanding try for Scotland.

The sounds you can hear our Finn

Russell's critics falling silent

around the country. Maitland and

Jones, the two who scored against

France, have scored. A difficult

conversion for Greig Laidlaw.

Trying to bring it down, and it

nearly does, but falls short in any

case. Scotland's lead is nine

points.

points.

Maitland has to keep his

width to get on the outside.

Scotland playing some attacking

rugby, getting their reward.

Again, Ryan Wilson fields on top of

Jonny May.

Laidlaw gets the kick away. Brown

comes forward.

Deep to Mike Brown. Some muscle up

to the ten metre line.

England are making good ground

coming here.

It urged charging headlong into the

22.

22. -- Itoje charging. Penalty to

Scotland.

Nigel Owens penalising England. They

will usually give a metre around the

ball for you to take a mannered.

Anything outside that, the referees

deem it to be excessive -- a metre

around the ball to take a man out.

They are being stricter beyond the

ball.

A frustrating penalty from England.

It is a good phase, nine phases of

play. It is frustrating for the

coaches.

Taken down by Wilson.

Five minutes remain in this first

half.

Nothing doing.

I said it earlier, these moles seem

quite passive. It is almost as if

there is a risk they will have to

step away. There is not the

dynamism. -- I said it earlier,

these mauls seem quite passive.

these mauls seem quite passive.

The

efforts have not been coordinated.

They are half-hearted. You set

yourself out to do that, you had to

commit to do it properly.

It has

been good defence by England to not

let Scotland get down.

A real

opportunity now. Four minutes to go.

England with the attacking position.

England try and get the secondary

screens. It is not going anywhere.

Just an injection of pace from a

standing start, almost.

Scotland get the penalty again.

Hughes and Ryan

Hughes and Ryan Wilson too untoward

things to each other. -- to untoward

things.

It is not effective enough.

REFEREE:

What is the problem? If you

are not sure, let's get on with the

game, OK?

Well, they knew what it was

beforehand. Oh, now, then. Contact

with the eye area, that is. Not a

gouge, but...

Barclays has done well. -- Barclay

has.

has.

Not accurate enough, not enough

men in.

Huw Jones through again. Scuttling

into the 22. What a score! Huw

Jones, he has done it again.

Scotland have three tries, and it is

that man once more.

that man once more.

I have been at

Murrayfield a long time ago when

this tidal wave of emotion and

sentiments, great play by Scotland.

It turns against you, it is a

horrible feeling. England are

staring down the barrel of defeat.

He cannot get a space between Hughes

and Farrell.

and Farrell.

It is not only the

line, it is the speed and the power.

Running into space. So many players

run into the man, it is running into

space

run into the man, it is running into

space. He was over 22 and still had

a lot to do with two defenders

coming over. The desire, the drive,

the leg strength. Laidlaw has the

extras. Just over a minute remaining

in the first half at Murrayfield,

Scotland 22, six.

I think Hughes

breaks it inside. At the last minute

he thinks he will just go right down

the middle.

What a player he has become for

Scotland and what a game he's having

here. One minute remaining and the

restart so important for England to

try and get something before

half-time. A little bit shorter,

this restart, but Wilson again takes

and Scotland may be happy to head to

the shareds.

the shareds. -- sheds.

The clock ticks toward 40. The fans

of Scotland looking to carry it in a

couple of phases.

Laidlaw taking all the time in the

world. Use it, says Nigel Owens. As

good a half from Scotland as you'll

see. England being tested as never

before in this championship. What a

half at Murrayfield and Scotland,

from 3-0 22-6.

They're not flopping,

Scotland.

from 3-0 22-6.

They're not flopping,

Scotland. England have got a lot of

problems at half-time.

It's

half-time at Murrayfield.

STUDIO: This is the first half-time

team talk that Eddie Jones has

STUDIO: This is the first half-time

team talk that Eddie Jones has had

to give in a situation like this.

It'll be a fascinating test of his

coaching skills. Huw Jones is the

Harry Kane of rugby. The blistering

acceleration that took in between

Brown and Watson to give Scotland a

very convincing lead. Are you

sensing 50 shades of 1990?

What a 40

minutes

sensing 50 shades of 1990?

What a 40

minutes by Scotland!

sensing 50 shades of 1990?

What a 40

minutes by Scotland! They set the

foundation, they came out, played

really well. Real intent, real

ambition, but accuracy in that first

five or ten minutes. Look at the

metres made by Scotland. 327. That

has been as good a 40 minutes as an

Scotland dabbles in the 6 Nations

and a

Scotland dabbles in the 6 Nations

and a long-time.

Martin, does there

seem a palpable difference in

intensity and in tension between the

two sides, and how?

Absolutely and I

said at the start if you take this

game for granted and don't wrestle

the initiative, you're in trouble.

Scotland attacked with a variation,

they went wide, they wrestled the

initiative and got what they got.

England had the ball, tried a couple

of balls and didn't get anywhere.

England like to play at their own

pace, dominate position. Give it to

the back three. Scotland have forced

them to play quicker when they've

got the ball and they're not liking

it. When they do get the odd bit of

momentum, Berkeley's coming in and

winning the ball.

A big question you

ask is how physical and how

aggressive can you be while

maintaining your discipline and

being accurate? That's what Scotland

are doing and they didn't do at the

start of the championship. They are

incredibly physical, playing with

real intent, but they're really

accurate. They're playing rugby, not

just putting up the jumper and

taking in without physically,

they're playing fantastic rugby.

When you talk about intensity, I

don't think we've ever seen is that

if we have, very rarely. A scuffle

between the players before

if we have, very rarely. A scuffle

between the players before the match

began. We've highlighted here... I

think Owen Farrell is in the middle

of this and perhaps Ryan Wilson. I

don't know. Where is Pep Guardiola?

England's highlights so far!

We did

actually consult the man who knows

all about these things, Wayne

Barnes, can you be

all about these things, Wayne

Barnes, can you be sent off or doing

something before a game begins? You

can't because the referee is only

the official once the game kicks

off. You can do almost anything you

want before the game starts!

If I'd

known!

So, Huw Jones first of all. I

think five matches in a row he's

scored a try in and he's just on

fire stop --

you look at the ball

that Scotland had here. They get

going forward and they released the

that Scotland had here. They get

going forward and they released the

ball early. They don't wait until

they lose momentum and England

regrouped to go slow. They go early

and gives them the front foot.

You

think England have it fairly well

Marshall. But a ricochet. And we

talked about pace at the beginning

of the game. If Huw Jones doesn't

have the pace to get that, it's no

try and England will scramble and

cover. Because it is pace, it scares

the difference, originally --

ricochet.

That other games played

and if it gets you away, it might

bounce. A beautiful way to kick by

Finn Russell. He bought a ticket and

Huw Jones went and got it and

scored.

Its kind in penalty

advantage in that situation. It can

be a 50-50 shot.

Talk about 50-50

shot, this path that leads to

scoring the corner, this is kind of

a 30-70 past, isn't it?

One that

hasn't been going well for Finn

Russell and the first two games but

this time...

Even in the last two

games, I think he's been brilliant

in this first 40 minutes. He was

wired into what Jeremy said before

the game. It looked from where I was

sitting that that was a dubious past

but actually it sailed over Joseph.

It was a very good at and Huw Jones,

England scrambled the defence pretty

well and Scotland didn't panic. A

penalty advantage, and Stuart

McAnally has had a great 40 minutes.

Good decisions, good decision. He

finishes it with another great pass.

How much has been written and said

about him and he's actually gone

further. He's playing more rugby,

fleeing from deeper again. Fair play

to him.

He's playing how Eddie Jones

said he would top yellow Gregor

Townsend said he would play and not

going into his shell. He's had a

tremendous 40 minutes. If we show

the second Huw Jones try, it's a

fantastic acceleration. The kind of

try that you said you would have

scored.

Huw Jones got a brilliant

line against France and this is

similar but in midfield. With pace,

again. Hugh John Still macro has

seen this before the ball came. He

is already cutting his line as they

are bringing in that ball. The

defence has gone, where's it going?

I think it's Nathan Hughes there.

He's just coming back, hasn't

reacted quickly enough with Farrell

and the combination hasn't worked.

The momentum took him over.

That

line-out came off John Barclay and

if you remember against Wales he

gave away two penalties poaching

just after half-time. Getting that

line-out, that field position from

that penalty was massive.

Nathan

Hughes just got drawn in, his eyes

got drawn in. Back in that position,

he scanned a bit better, not being

dragged in. That gave the space the

Huw Jones but the pace and the

power, it was a beautiful

combination. My goodness, does that

guy know where the try line is.

Would you criticise Brown or Watson?

You were saying he should have made

the tackle because it was coming

straight on, Mike, but Anthony

should have gone lower.

I can as to

this question because no one else

has had the experience. We've been

an international coach. We've been

in this situation and had to give

half-time talks, what does Eddie

Jones say?

He's got the easier talk

because you been so bad, been

outplayed, they've been more urgent

and aggressive than you. It's an

easy solution, you have to go out

and get into this game otherwise

nothing tactically is important. If

you're going to get beaten like

they're getting beaten. For me,

Gregor has in a way that the more

difficult talk. What are they going

to do with this main points at

half-time? There wouldn't have had

that conversation. They have to come

out and keep doing what they're

doing which isn't always as easy as

it sounds. You'll say to England,

you're getting smashed in every

possible way. They've got the

initiative, they're more physical,

faster, everything. You have to book

your ideas up right now or it's

going to be very uncomfortable.

Does

Finn Russell become more

conservative in the second half or

keep going?

He wants to play as Finn

Russell has played. I wrote him off

before the game and thought he'd get

worse but he's just been

unbelievable. To that, you gave two

give great credit because this is a

massive pressure environment,

international rugby. He knew if he

had one more poor game, he was

unlikely to be picked again. Gregor

has had confidence in him and he's

gone out and proven its.

He's not

been perfect. He passed to Stuart

Hogg. Whoever does play the perfect

game, but he's shown the resilience

and mental strength to go back to

his basics of kicking. This is the

attacking and he's always got that.

You always want to show it. What

he's done better than two weeks ago

is kicking in general, it's been a

lot better, as has his game

management. He always was to get on

the ball.

Some of his passes that

have gone awry in that first game

against Wales, they did. This game,

they are sticking and they're

hitting the mark. The players are

reading what he's trying to do and

he's anticipating that and being in

the right place.

I think Greig

Laidlaw can be the guy who puts the

sensible hat on and play the

percentages are bit for Scotland in

the second half. Finn Russell can

keep playing.

We talk about

intensity. We have a counter ruck

from the Scottish back. Around the

breakdown, there's been so much more

venom about Scotland and England.

We

thought it was a big moment. Anthony

does really well. But England just

knock off at the ruck. They have