Scotland v 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:

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

 
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