Scotland 9 England 15 player ratings: Billy Vunipola and George Kruis impress in England's new era
Man-for-man marking from the Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
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Your support makes all the difference.England began life under Eddie Jones with a hard-fought 15-9 victory over Scotland to win the Calcutta Cup for an eighth consecutive year and get their Six Nations campaign off to a winning start.
Tries from George Kruis and Jack Nowell clinched a narrow victory for England, whose defence stood firm and restricted Scotland to just three penalties from the boot of Greig Laidlaw.
The Dark Blues did hold their own for most of the encounter, but the difference proved to be the replacements as Scotland’s reserve front-row failed to live up to the standards set by their predecessors, as well as England’s clinical finishing when presented with try-scoring opportunities.
Scotland pushed late on, but their undoing had already come early in the encounter. Before the break, Kruis was on hand to cap a powerful run close to the line by reaching out to score, with two tacklers failing to halt the Saracens lock.
But the telling blow came soon after half-time, as neat hands from replacement prop Mako Vunipola released Nowell, and the wing took aim at the corner before showing a fantastic turn of speed to out-pace the covering defence and stretch the lead to six points.
Scotland rallied and pulled back another penalty, but Farrell saw out the game by kicking one of his own from 43 metres and England saw out the game by utilising their strength in the pack.
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