Scotland v England

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v England Match Reports

Scotland beat England for a second successive year to retain the Calcutta Cup with a narrow 20-17 victory at Murrayfield. Despite trailing 10-6 at the break, England had looked on course for victory after Marcus Smith turned the match in their favour early in the second half. However, a penalty try awarded against Luke Cowan-Dickie proved pivotal as Scotland went on to claim a dramatic win courtesy of Finn Russell's penalty in the 72nd minute. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v England - Match Highlights

Scotland v England - Match Stats

Scotland: 20
Try: White (18'), Penalty Try (66')
Conversion: Russell (20')
Penalty: Russell (41', 72')

England: 17
Try: Smith (53')
Penalty: Smith (17', 34', 48', 63')

Man of the Match: Matt Fagerson (Scotland)


Scotland v England - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rory Sutherland
  • 2 George Turner
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Jonny Gray
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Matt Fagerson

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sam Johnson
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Darcy Graham
  • 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)

Replacements

  • 16 Stuart McInally
  • 17 Pierre Schoeman
  • 18 WP Nel
  • 19 Sam Skinner
  • 20 Magnus Bradbury
  • 21 Ben White
  • 22 Blair Kinghorn
  • 23 Sione Tuipulotu

England Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Ellis Genge
  • 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
  • 3 Kyle Sinckler
  • 4 Maro Itoje
  • 5 Nick Isiekwe
  • 6 Lewis Ludlam
  • 7 Tom Curry (Captain)
  • 8 Sam Simmonds

Backs

  • 9 Ben Youngs
  • 10 Marcus Smith
  • 11 Joe Marchant
  • 12 Henry Slade
  • 13 Elliot Daly
  • 14 Max Malins
  • 15 Freddie Steward

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Joe Marler
  • 18 Will Stuart
  • 19 Charlie Ewels
  • 20 Alex Dombrandt
  • 21 Harry Randall
  • 22 George Ford
  • 23 Jack Nowell
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