Scotland Defeats England in Six Nations, Raising Questions for Borthwick
Scotland delivered a humbling defeat to England in the Six Nations at Murrayfield, leaving England coach Steve Borthwick with significant questions about his team's performance and ambitions. The match analysis highlights Scotland's revitalized play.
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Revitalised Scotland trample all over Steve Borthwick’s lofty ambitions | Robert Kitson
A humbling Six Nations defeat at Murrayfield has left the England coach with significant questions to answer Some of life’s certainties are impossible to sidestep. And to the trinity of death, taxes and rail delays can now be added a fourth familiar staple. When Scotland play England at Murrayfield it is now all but guaranteed the hosts will raise their game to Ben Nevis‑type heights and the visitors will be taken down a peg or three. Thus it was again at the weekend as Scotland reignited the bonfire of English vanities and once more sent the auld enemy homewards tae think again. A chastened England were exposed repeatedly in thought and deed by opponents unrecognisable from the sodden losers in Rome the previous week and, as a result, the visitors were brutally consigned to a fifth Calcutta Cup defeat in the past six editions. Continue reading...
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