Scotland stun defending Six Nations champions England to assert Calcutta Cup as Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell increase Lions possibilities in entrance of Warren Gatland

Scotland ended their 38-year anticipate a win at Twickenham by gorgeous England with an 11-6 win on the dwelling of the reigning Guinness Six Nations champions.

Finn Russell proved to be the catalyst for the underdogs as they celebrated the 150^th anniversary of the oldest rivalry in rugby to assert the Calcutta Cup.

Russell directed play masterfully, Cameron Redpath loved an influential debut and Stuart Hogg was world class at full-back as strutting Scotland got the liberty to roam Twickenham.

However Scotland lacked the factors to replicate their dominance, Duhan Van Der Merwe’s strive as a part of an 8-6 half-time lead an insufficient return given that they had put England right into a straitjacket.

Russell was on the coronary heart of their sensible show, maintaining the house defence guessing with an array of kicks and passes, however there additionally have been erratic moments, most notably a visit on Ben Youngs punished by a yellow card.

Lions coach Warren Gatland was watching from the stands and he’ll view the Racing 92 magician as a transparent winner in his duel with Owen Farrell.

Scotland’s mastery of virtually each division continued after the interval but they struggled to make the impression on the scoreboard wanted to kill off England, who have been bitterly disappointing.

Nearly a fifth of Eddie Jones’ group had not performed since France have been edged in sudden dying 62 days in the past and whereas the inactivity of the Saracens contingent contributed to the shortage of depth, England had extra urgent issues.

Conceding 4 penalties within the first 5 minutes alone, considered one of them leading to three factors for Russell, led to a dismal begin and the indiscipline turned a debilitating theme of the match.

Twice Maro Itoje charged down kicks by scrum-half Ali Worth contained in the Scots’ 22 because the guests invited strain, however they have been uncommon constructive moments for the pink rose.

Redpath was already making his presence felt at inside centre, most notably by catching an extended line-out throw and working arduous into the center of the house defence.

Russell was starting to weave his magic along with his passing already making a distinction and there was one other swing in direction of Scotland when he was chopped down by a swinging arm from Billy Vunipola, who was despatched to the sin bin.

Exhibiting no in poor health results, Russell lofted the ball into the left nook the place the bounce simply deceived Van Der Merwe, however quickly after the wing’s highly effective run swept him to the road and he was in a position to contact down.

The primary half hour had been dominated by Scotland, however England clawed their method again into rivalry with successive penalties by Farrell.

Russell noticed a yellow card for his journey on Youngs, his spell within the sin bin spanning both half, however when he returned the Scots have been pounding away on the dwelling line and he slotted a penalty.

Hogg weaved his method into house and the distinction in attacking capability between the rivals was stark as England struggled to fireplace a shot.

Two enormous touchfinders from Hogg pinned the champions again as rain started to fall, however the Exeter full-back was unable to land a long-range penalty that will have propelled his facet eight factors forward.

It was not wanted nonetheless, as England may simply not muster any significant response and Scotland’s gamers celebrated noisily when the ultimate whistle blew.