England v Scotland

Date:

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)

Attendance: 81,912

England v Scotland Match Reports

England held off Scotland to reclaim the Calcutta Cup for the first time in five years with a narrow 16-15 victory at Twickenham. Scotland dominated the first half with a fast-paced attack that saw Ben White and Huw Jones both score tries. But the conversion kicks were missed and with Tommy Freeman scoring a try for England, the visitors held only a slender 10-7 lead at halftime despite their dominance. After the break, England took advantage of Scotland errors to build a 6-point lead with two penalty kicks from Marcus Smith and one long-range effort from Fin Smith. Duhan van der Merwe scored a late try for Scotland, but Finn Russell missed a third conversion attempt and England held on for a single-point victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v Scotland - Match Highlights

England v Scotland - Match Stats

England (7) 16
Try: Freeman (9')
Conversion: M Smith (9')
Penalty: M Smith (56', 67'), F Smith (70')

Scotland (10) 15
Try: White (4'), Jones (19'), Van der Merwe (79')

Man of the match: Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)


England v Scotland - Team Line-ups

England Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Ellis Genge
  • 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
  • 3 Will Stuart
  • 4 Maro Itoje (Captain)
  • 5 Ollie Chessum
  • 6 Tom Curry
  • 7 Ben Earl
  • 8 Tom Willis

Backs

  • 9 Alex Mitchell
  • 10 Fin Smith
  • 11 Ollie Sleightholme
  • 12 Henry Slade
  • 13 Ollie Lawrence
  • 14 Tommy Freeman
  • 15 Marcus Smith

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Fin Baxter
  • 18 Joe Heyes
  • 19 Ted Hill
  • 20 Chandler Cunningham-South
  • 21 Ben Curry
  • 22 Harry Randall
  • 23 Elliot Daly

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Pierre Schoeman
  • 2 Dave Cherry
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Jonny Gray
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie
  • 7 Rory Darge (Co-captain)
  • 8 Jack Dempsey

Backs

  • 9 Ben White
  • 10 Finn Russell (Co-captain)
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Tom Jordan
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Kyle Rowe
  • 15 Blair Kinghorn

Replacements

  • 16 Ewan Ashman
  • 17 Rory Sutherland
  • 18 Will Hurd
  • 19 Sam Skinner
  • 20 Gregor Brown
  • 21 Matt Fagerson
  • 22 Jamie Dobie
  • 23 Stafford McDowall
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