Six Nations LIVE: Huw Jones scores twice as Scotland secure a famous victory over England
Re-live all the action from the Six Nations clash at Murrayfield
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Your support makes all the difference.England take on Scotland at Murrayfield in the Six Nations on Saturday with the Calcutta Cup on the line as well as both side’s championship hopes, with the visitors still looking to claim after their 100 per cent start.
Having seen off Italy and Wales so far, Eddie Jones’ side will look to take their third step towards retaining the Six Nations for a second time and become the first team to win the championship consecutively three times in a row.
But Scotland will have been buoyed by their victory over France last time out that made up for the disappointing 34-7 reverse against Wales on the opening weekend, and with a second consecutive match at home, Gregor Townsend will hope to see a partisan Murrayfield crowd inspire his side to a first victory over the English since 2008 and maintain their own hopes of claiming the title.
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What time does it start?
Scotland vs England kicks off at 16:45 GMT at Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on BBC One from 16:15.
Teams:
Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Tommy Seymour, Huw Jones, Peter Horne, Sean Maitland; Finn Russell, Greig Laidlaw; Gordon Reid, Stuart McInally, Simon Berghan; Grant Gilchrist, Jonny Gray; Jonny Barclay, Hamish Watson, Ryan Wilson.
Replacements: Scott Lawson, Jamie Bhatti, WP Nel, Tim Swinson, David Denton, Ali Price, Nick Grigg, Blair Kinghorn.
England: Mike Brown; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Jonny May; George Ford, Danny Care; Mako Vunipola, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole; Joe Launchbury, Maro Itoje; Courtney Lawes, Chris Robshaw, Nathan Hughes.
Replacements: Jamie George, Joe Marler, Harry Williams, George Kruis, Sam Underhill, Richard Wigglesworth, Ben Te’o, Jack Nowell.
24 mins: Maitland tries to sprint onto the first-phase ball as full pelt, but the ball is knocked out of his hands by Farrell and the ball is knocked forwards off the Englishman, so we'll have another scrum about five metres left of the previous one.
There's no doubt which side is in the ascendancy though, and it's not the reigning champions.
27 mins: England do well to repel the attack, and the ball is eventually knocked forwards after strong tackles from Robshaw, Itoje and Hughes.
28 mins: Reid takes the scrum down and England get a pressure-relieving penalty to clear their lines. Farrell kicks to touch on their own 10m.
29 mins: England whip the ball out of the maul and try to go wide quickly. Brown makes a good break, but delivers a poor pass to Watson that's knocked into touch. However, the lineout from McInally is poor and he overthrows, and England have the ball back.
30 mins: Horne tries to intercept a Farrell pass and knocks the ball on, but it's not deemed deliberate and that's probably a fair call. However, England cough the ball up when Ford is trapped on his own and Scotland break...TRY FOR SCOTLAND!
We think, we're going to the TMO...
32 mins: Well what a turn-up this is! Having won a penalty, Scotland elected to run from their own 22 and when Joseph tried to intercept, be only allowed Russell to pass over him to Jones. The centre broke up into the English 22, and when Scotland came back left, Russell whipped a flat pass out to wing Sean Maitland.
The TMO was called upon to check the grounding and that he wasn't in touch, but it got the thumbs up and while Laidlaw missed the conversion, Scotland lead 15-6!
36 mins: England need an immediate response here, and while Hartley is penalised when his side were on the attack deep in Scottish territory, England are let off the hook when they hold the driving maul up.
37 mins: Once again, it comes to nothing as Robshaw takes the ball into contact, the support isn't there and the Scottish defence wraps up the ball to win the penalty. There's a skirmish between Hughes and Gilchrist that causes Owens to give them bit a ticking off, and Scotland kick to touch.
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