England lose again to Scotland at Twickenham as Red Rose fail to win back the Calcutta Cup
Scotland have recorded back-to-back wins at Twickenham for the first time in history‘s favour, Steve Borthwick looked to be on course for victory in his first game in charge of the Red Rose.The marauding 27-year-old had already brought Twickenham to its feet with a stunning first-half try that began in his own half where he then fended off five players.
Finn Russell then converted Van der Merwe’s late try as England failed to pick up any further points as Scotland secured a third consecutive Calcutta Cup.Despite the defeat, there is plenty of optimism going forward for England as they performed with the speed and purpose that was missing in the latter stages of Eddie Jones’ reign.Max Malins scored two tries at TwickenhamMax Malins scored two tries along with Ellis Genge who bundled the ball over the line in the 48th minute.
“I thought we did it in large parts. There’s some stuff we need to look at and obviously we need to get better at, but we can look at that tomorrow and the day after. “We’d like to credit the Scotland team on their performance and sticking in it to the end like they did. We’ll make sure we get better from here.”
He added: “I thought we stuck in the fight very well. Even though Scotland played until the end and sacred their try, it never felt we went away. “I thought we played some good attacking rugby at times and when we got the ball, we played on the front foot and caused them some problems. Prior to England’s defeat to Scotland, Ireland thrashed Wales 34-10 in the opening match of the
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