Scotland v England, Murrayfield, Sat 8th Feb, 17:00

England head coach Stuart Lancaster has kept faith with the side which lost to France and named an unchanged line-up for Saturday's match against Scotland.
Gloucester's Jonny May starts on the wing despite breaking his nose nine minutes into the 26-24 loss in Paris.
Courtney Lawes will be in the second row after his cheekbone bruising eased, while Danny Care and Owen Farrell form the half-back partnership.
"They're determined to put last week's result behind them," said Lancaster.
England will be hoping to avoid a third successive Test defeat, having lost to New Zealand in the autumn and France in the opening weekend of the Six Nations.
Scotland, however, were well beaten by Ireland on Sunday have not prevailed in the Calcutta Cup since their 15-9 win at Murrayfield in 2008.
"Scotland will be hugely motivated by their defeat in Dublin and, as we found two years ago, Murrayfield is a tough place to play," added Lancaster, who began his England reign with a 13-6 win against Scotland in 2012.
May is not expected to wear a protective face mask when he wins his third cap in Edinburgh.
Luther Burrell, who scored on his debut at the Stade de France, will make his second Test appearance at centre, while Jack Nowell takes up the right-wing spot for what will also be his second cap.
Wasps prop Matt Mullan will travel as the 24th man.

England XI v Scotland: Mike Brown (Harlequins, 22 caps), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 1 cap), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 1 cap), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 9 caps), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 2 caps), Owen Farrell (Saracens, 20 caps), Danny Care (Harlequins, 43 caps), Joe Marler (Harlequins, 16 caps), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 51 caps), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 44 caps), Joe Launchbury (London Wasps, 15 caps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 26 caps), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 24 caps), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, capt, 21 caps), Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 6 caps)
Replacements: Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 13 caps), Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 11 caps), Henry Thomas (Sale Sharks, 2 caps), Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby, 6 caps), Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby, 16 caps), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints, 13 caps), Brad Barritt (Saracens, 17 caps), Alex Goode (Saracens, 14 caps)

SecretFly wrote:Why do the English always feel compelled to talk about who should and shouldn't be part of a party that belongs to all?

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Why do the English always feel compelled to talk about who should and shouldn't be part of a party that belongs to all?

We dont even get to vote on Scottish independence

stub wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Why do the English always feel compelled to talk about who should and shouldn't be part of a party that belongs to all?

Paul Hayward in the Telegraph doesn't feel inclined to look at what Scotland needs to get their team firing competitively again (Vern Cotter, etc for example) but instead just decides to insult an entire nation by saying it doesn't even deserve to be in the great competition.

Nice winning mentality, Paul  - graceful  He's careful to cover himself and say it isn't "English Arrogance" talking.  But yes, Paul - it very much is.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/sixnations/10627088/Six-Nations-2014-Scotland-are-not-fit-to-be-a-part-of-this-great-tournament.html

Some English may feel that way Fly (Paul for instance) but not all of us.   

SecretFly wrote:

stub wrote:

SecretFly wrote:Why do the English always feel compelled to talk about who should and shouldn't be part of a party that belongs to all?

Paul Hayward in the Telegraph doesn't feel inclined to look at what Scotland needs to get their team firing competitively again (Vern Cotter, etc for example) but instead just decides to insult an entire nation by saying it doesn't even deserve to be in the great competition.

Nice winning mentality, Paul  - graceful  He's careful to cover himself and say it isn't "English Arrogance" talking.  But yes, Paul - it very much is.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/sixnations/10627088/Six-Nations-2014-Scotland-are-not-fit-to-be-a-part-of-this-great-tournament.html

Some English may feel that way Fly (Paul for instance) but not all of us.   

Oh I appreciate that, stub.  I appreciate that in the old HEC debate too.  Not all English think like Hayward.  But the ones that do..............  it's just this absolute belief that somehow they have a right to decide on the contribution of others.

DaveM wrote:Yes, deciding to generalise about the English based on the views of one journalist is unfortunately only going to take this thread in one direction.

thomh wrote:EDIT: Deleted my comment because I actually can't be bothered.

SecretFly wrote:Why do the English always feel compelled to talk about who should and shouldn't be part of a party that belongs to all?

DaveM wrote:Yes, deciding to generalise about the English based on the views of one journalist is unfortunately only going to take this thread in one direction.

lostinwales wrote:Being ever so slightly serious for once, one thing that I noticed that doesnt seem to have been mentioned yet about 36. He was doing a lot of work as a dummy runner when england did have the ball.

Scrumpy wrote:Wheres the England v Ireland thread gone?