Scotland v England

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v England Match Reports

Scotland won their first Calcutta Cup match in a decade with a thrilling 25-13 victory over England at Murrayfield. The damage was done in the first half as Scotland scored three tries, including two from Huw Jones, to lead 22-6 at the break. England started the second half strongly with Owen Farrell scoring a quick try to reduce the deficit, but Scotland defended well and didn't concede any further points. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v England - Match Highlights

Scotland v England - Match Stats

Scotland (22) 25
Try: Jones (15', 38'), Maitland (31')
Conversion: Laidlaw (16', 39')
Penalty: Laidlaw (3'), Russell (67')

England (6) 13
Try: Farrell (44')
Conversion: Farrell (44')
Penalty: Farrell (14', 18')

Man of The Match: Finn Russell (Scotland)


Scotland v England - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Gordon Reid
  • 2 Stuart McInally
  • 3 Simon Berghan
  • 4 Grant Gilchrist
  • 5 Jonny Gray
  • 6 John Barclay (CAPTAIN)
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Ryan Wilson

Backs

  • 9 Greig Laidlaw
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Sean Maitland
  • 12 Pete Horne
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Tommy Seymour
  • 15 Stuart Hogg

Replacements

  • 16 Scott Lawson
  • 17 Jamie Bhatti
  • 18 Willem Nel
  • 19 Tim Swinson
  • 20 David Denton
  • 21 Ali Price
  • 22 Nick Grigg
  • 23 Blair Kinghorn

England Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Mako Vunipola
  • 2 Dylan Hartley (CAPTAIN)
  • 3 Dan Cole
  • 4 Joe Launchbury
  • 5 Maro Itoje
  • 6 Courtney Lawes
  • 7 Chris Robshaw
  • 8 Nathan Hughes

Backs

  • 9 Danny Care
  • 10 George Ford
  • 11 Jonny May
  • 12 Owen Farrell
  • 13 Jonathan Joseph
  • 14 Anthony Watson
  • 15 Mike Brown

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Joe Marler
  • 18 Harry Williams
  • 19 George Kruis
  • 20 Sam Underhill
  • 21 Richard Wigglesworth
  • 22 Ben Te'o
  • 23 Jack Nowell
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