England: (13) 23 |
Tries: Malins 2, Genge; Pens: Farrell 2; Con: Farrell |
Scotland: (12) 29 |
Tries: Jones, Van der Merwe 2, White; Pen: Russell; Cons: Russell 3 |
Duhan van der Merwe's precocious effort gave Scotland back-to-back wins astatine Twickenham for the archetypal time, turning Calcutta Cup past connected its caput with a stunning Six Nations triumph against a spirited England.
After Huw Jones and Max Malins traded scores, Duhan van der Merwe scored an idiosyncratic effort that volition spell down successful Six Nations past to instrumentality Scotland up again.
England stayed diligent and were rewarded arsenic Malins finished disconnected a well-worked squad effort earlier Owen Farrell's punishment enactment them 1 constituent up astatine half-time.
Ben White kept Scotland wrong 1 aft Ellis Genge's try, earlier Farrell and Scotland fly-half Finn Russell traded penalties to permission the people astatine 23-22 with 10 minutes left.
A sensational Scottish onslaught followed, allowing Van der Merwe to people different and marque Scottish wins astatine Twickenham astir arsenic regular arsenic Glastonbury aft claiming the archetypal successful 38 years successful 2021.
Steve Borthwick's England showed combat and contributed to an electrifying match, but they could not springiness their caput manager triumph successful his archetypal crippled successful complaint arsenic Scotland won the Calcutta Cup for the 3rd clip successful a row.
More to follow.
Line-ups
England: Steward; Malins, Marchant, Farrell (capt), Hassell-Collins; Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Chessum, Ludlam, B Curry, Dombrandt.
Replacements: Walker, M Vunipola, Cole, Isiekwe, Earl, Youngs, Lawrence, Watson.
Scotland: Hogg; Steyn, Jones, Tuipulotu, Van der Merwe; Russell, White; Schoeman, Turner, Nel; R Gray, Gilchrist; Ritchie (capt), Crosbie, M Fagerson.
Replacements: Brown, Bhatti, Berghan, J Gray, Dempsey, Horne, Kinghorn, Harris.
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