Scotland 6-13 England
Date:
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Attendance: 67,144
Scotland v England Match Reports
Scotland's inability to take their try-scoring chances cost them dearly, as they came off second best to Stuart Lancaster's new look England side. Charlie Hodgson's charge-down try was the difference between the two sides, as Scotland were beaten 6-13 by England at Murrayfield. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: Scotland 6-13 England
- Guardian: Charlie Hodgson's try proves decisive in England defeat of Scotland
- Independent: Youthful England win scrappy encounter against rivals
- Telegraph: Scotland 6 England 13: match report
- Daily Mail: Brave England hang on to give Lancaster perfect start as Scots rue missed chances
- Scotsman: Scots undone by avoidable mistakes
- RBS 6 Nations: Hodgson try hands Lancaster winning start
- Sydney Morning Herald: 'New' England grind out win over Scotland
Scotland v England Match Stats
Scotland (6) 6
Penalties: Parks 2
England (3) 13
Tries: Hodgson
Conversions: Farrell
Penalties: Farrell 2
Man of the Match: David Denton (Scotland)
Scotland Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Rory Lamont, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Sean Lamont, 11 Max Evans, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Chris Cusiter
Forwards: 1 Allan Jacobsen, 2 Ross Ford (captain), 3 Euan Murray, 4 Richie Gray, 5 Jim Hamilton, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 7 Ross Rennie, 8 David Denton
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Geoff Cross, 18 Alastair Kellock, 19 John Barclay, 20 Mike Blair, 21 Greig Laidlaw, 22 Graeme Morrison
England Team Line-up
Backs: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 David Strettle, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Ben Youngs
Forwards: 1 Alex Corbisiero, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 Tom Palmer, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain) 8 Phil Dowson
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Geoff Parling, 19 Ben Morgan, 20 Lee Dickson, 21 Jordan Turner-Hall, 22 Mike Brown