6N 2018: Scotland v England, 24 February

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SCOTLAND v ENGLAND
24 February 2018
KO: 16:45 GMT
BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Live on [Old BBC Colonial]

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant 1: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant 2: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

A. Head to Head

135 Played 135
42 Won 75
18 Drawn 18
75 Lost 42
1,162 Points 1,623

B. Recent Form 

2 February 2013
Twickenham, London
38 – 18 to England

8 February 2014
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
0 – 20 to England

14 March 2015
Twickenham, London
25 – 13 to England

6 February 2016
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
9 – 15 to England

11 March 2017
Twickenham, London
61 – 21 to England

C. Teams

SCOTLAND 

Hogg, Seymour, Jones, Horne, Maitland, Russell, Laidlaw; Reid, McInally, Berghan, Gilchrist, J Gray, Barclay (capt), Watson, Wilson.

Replacements: Lawson, J Bhatti, WP Nel, Swinson, Denton, Price, Grigg, Kinghorn.

ENGLAND

Brown, Watson, Joseph, Farrell, May, Ford, Care; M Vunipola, Hartley (capt), Cole, Launchbury, Itoje, Lawes, Robshaw, Hughes.

Replacements: George, Marler, Williams, G Kruis (Saracens), Underhill, Wigglesworth, B Te'o, J Nowell.

Scotland's back row earning their money!

Yeeeeeees!!!!!

Hi risk from Russell but hell it worked

Huw Jones though!

Finn Russell well and truly proving the doubters wrong so far!

could as easily have been a try england. ambitious pass by russell!

All that started with Barclay.

Just as Ford made a half break that looked like him getting into the game Barclay got one of the best turnovers you will see.

Huw Jones is a bit of an operator.

How on EARTH was that turnover allowed to happen.

inviting scotland to attack us not working out so well!

If Russell is already standing still behind Care's pass when he knocks it on, how can he be not offside? NB seems both sides are doing that.

Bloody hell - how many lucky bounces and fluky carries is Jones going to get this game? Good luck to the boy, but sheesh!

Stupidity from Brown there with England in a good position.

Eddie Jones is going to give England the hair dryer treatment at half time

Scotland are playing well and are up for it...but England are mak8ngnit easy for them

Gaaaah that maul was frustrating - we had to exit our half

SimonofSurrey wrote:If Russell is already standing still behind Care's pass when he knocks it on, how can he be not offside? NB seems both sides are doing that.

Bloody hell - how many lucky bounces and fluky carries is Jones going to get this game? Good luck to the boy, but sheesh!  

On the other hand have England been within 10 metres of Scotland's line? No. Says it all.

Barclay again!

How did Owens miss the neck roll in the breakdown before the tackle. Textbook offence.

Hughes may be in trouble if that is cited after the game.

Jones, what a strong run. Outstanding

Is this happening?

Jones!!!!

Going to be a cricket score.

This is great stuff from Scotland.

Near perfect game plan so far.

What. A. Try.

Great line Jones.

Eddie will have to earn his money.

So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent. England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

So so so poor from England

Barclay and jones are having absolute stormers

wow. can we stop for half time now pls?

formerly known as Sam wrote:So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent.  England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

Eye gouge? Not really

To be fair this is the wake up call Eng land needed.

And Jones again!!!!! WTF were Scotland doing in their first two games????? This looks like the side that beat Australia. How on earth were they so supine against Wales in the first game of this year's 6N?

Scotland are ripping England to pieces right now.

England do not look like scoring a try in this game  at the moment.

Hope they do better in the second half. Scotland deserved winners at the moment.

formerly known as Sam wrote:So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent.  England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

Eh? Hughes made contact with Wilson's eyes?

carpet baboon wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent.  England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

Eye gouge? Not really

Fingers are in the eye area making a grabbing motion. It's a ban by the letter of the law for reckless play (minimum) ergo it's a red card.

Watsons defence has been brutally exposed

formerly known as Sam wrote:

carpet baboon wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent.  England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

Eye gouge? Not really

Fingers are in the eye area making a grabbing motion. It's a ban by the letter of the law for reckless play (minimum) ergo it's a red card.

it's one of those that might get cited, but there really wasnt anything in it.

Townsend is going to earn his money at half time setting us up to close out the game

GeordieFalcon wrote:To be fair this is the wake up call Eng land needed.

Couldn’t agree more.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent.  England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

Eh? Hughes made contact with Wilson's eyes?

That's what I saw as well, not sure there was any intention but there looked contact.

formerly known as Sam wrote:How did Owens miss the neck roll in the breakdown before the tackle. Textbook offence.

I thought the same - TMO said nothing either ...

Substitutions are going to be huge. Scotland are playing us off the park at the moment but I still think our bench are worth a couple of tries once Scotland tire. Can they keep it up?

formerly known as Sam wrote:

carpet baboon wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:So the TMO has seen the eye gouge from the Scottish 8 but not brought it to the attention of the ref?

Brown and Watson have been incompetent.  England's pack is too cumbersome with three locks and a big number 8.

Eye gouge? Not really

Fingers are in the eye area making a grabbing motion. It's a ban by the letter of the law for reckless play (minimum) ergo it's a red card.

Fair enough but then Hughes has to go aswell

GeordieFalcon wrote:How on EARTH was that turnover allowed to happen.

Some interesting interpretations at the breakdown about 'on feet' and when a ruck has been formed ...

Hughes should never had started.

What was Farrell doing for Jones second try? He seemingly backed away from him and left Hughes on his own. Brown and Watson really should have brought him down but that was one powerful finish.

Looking at the tries again England's back 3 defence has been really soft.

Scotland are fit enough that tireing won't be too much of a problem. Remember these players are used to playing at breakneck speed for 80 mins

Well England have to come out and be utterly brutal second half.

England have not lost to Scotland in 10 years. Could today be the day?

The way Scotland are playing it looks like it could be.