The return of the six nations is quickly approaching and it comes with rugby's most historic fixture. The Calcutta Cup!
But what can we learn from both England's and Scotland's last outing, and how might they go about their business on Saturday evening.
Enjoy!
But what can we learn from both England's and Scotland's last outing, and how might they go about their business on Saturday evening.
Enjoy!
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England are experts, tapping back the ball into a waiting cluster of white shirts.
Scotland rely less on kicking, but did show their ability under the high ball vs Ireland.
Below we see the strike plays disrupt the french defence creating space both in the front line + back field.
Scotland will have practised the fold a lot during this week aiming to match England speed around the corner.
And you can see why Borthwick is persisting with it this week due to the effect it had against France.
It's having ramifications on the backfield, as well as enabling a 2 sided attack. A real weapon.
The use of a flat attack had mixed results against Ireland's aggressive defence but they will hope with more time on the ball against England.
Everyone remembers the famous 2018 try as Huw Jones carved through and we saw similar vs Ireland.
Its a real skill to adjust on the move and its something Scotland will look to use again this weekend.
The differences in attack promise an interesting clash of styles, meaning for the neutral there will be another fascinating undercurrent.