Scotland vs England LIVE: Six Nations rugby score and result from Calcutta Cup today
Follow live reaction as England and Scotland kicked off their Six Nations campaigns in the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield
Finn Russell slotted a penalty eight minutes from time to earn Scotland a narrow 20-17 win over England on Saturday as they took advantage of a penalty try and a yellow card for the visitors to wrestle back control of an intense Six Nations game.
Scotland, 10-6 up at halftime, were 10-17 down when they were awarded a penalty try after England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie batted away a high cross-field pass. He was sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes. It proved the turning-point as with the one-man advantage, Scotland won a late penalty to snatch victory and take the Calcutta Cup for a second successive year.
Ben White scored Scotland’s other try while all England’s points came from young fly-half Marcus Smith, who crossed for a try and was unlucky to end on the losing side.
Follow all the latest reaction in the live blog below:
Ireland 7-0 Wales, 15 minutes
Wales have struggled so far to disrupt Irish ball and Mike Catt’s attack is thus able to wander as it pleases. It has been a creative start, with plenty of toing and froing and pretty pictures off the hands of Jamison Gibson-Park and Johnny Sexton.
That’s less pretty - Josh van der Flier takes his eye off the ball as it hits his hands and knocks on just short of the Irish 22.
Missed Penalty! Ireland 7-0 Wales, 14 minutes
Away again! A similar flight on the kick of Johnny Sexton, who nudges it gently up into the breeze, asking it to carry it goalwards but waving his arms in frustration as it again slides past the right post.
Ellis Jenkins takes a moment to strap up a cut that is leaking a little bit of blood. Wales will kick a 22 dropout.
Ireland 7-0 Wales, 12 minutes
Creative from Ireland! They create an overlap on the right with a switch-back play after folding bodies to the left, Garry Ringrose able to roam in the open-field and very nearly gassing Taine Basham on the outside. Basham grabs a shoelace but not before the half-break is made, and a scrambling Wales are a yard or two offside at the next breakdown.
Johnny Sexton will have another go from 45m, right of centre. This would take him beyond 500 Six Nations points, by the way.
Ireland 7-0 Wales, 11 minutes
Taine Basham shoots out of the line to try and stall the Irish attack and does so with a firm hit, though his right hand has knocked the ball forward as it is passed and Wales are thus denied a chance to hare after a fly-hack. Back down for another healthy heaving at the scrum.
Missed Penalty! Ireland 7-0 Wales, 10 minutes
Not quite! Johnny Sexton’s effort starts on line but goes like a Bruce Mouat stone as it curls on the breeze wide of the right upright.
Ireland 7-0 Wales, 8 minutes
There is an inviting blindside and Ireland wish to use it, Mack Hansen nearly fixing Louis Rees-Zammit’s flashing feet with a step but clung on to by the Welsh wing.
Ireland then play territory, kicking down the centre and chasing well. Aaron Wainwright is stalled in the tackle and then falls away from support, allowing Andrew Porter to attack the breakdown and come up with a holding on penalty. Johnny Sexton gestures for goal, and then for the tee from the touchline as it looks to extend the Irish lead.
Ireland 7-0 Wales, 7 minutes
But this Paul O’Connell guided Irish defensive lineout is going to be a menace all afternoon. Ryan Elias’ throw for Aaron Wainwright is disrupted and Wales knock-on. Scrum, Irish feed.
Ireland 7-0 Wales, 6 minutes
Ireland knock-on soon after the restart but Wales are unable to make the most of it and kick advantage away. Ireland are going to play, Johnny Sexton and Garry Ringrose combining as they so often do to send Andrew Conway on a ramble up the right. Conway toes ahead.
An even end to the ensuing battle of the boot means Wales will throw a lineout near halfway.
TRY! IRELAND 7-0 Wales (Bundee Aki try, 3 minutes)
What a start for Ireland! Josh van der Flier hurries away from the feigned maul and puts Caelan Doris into a soft shoulder, with Ireland over the gainline straight away. Rapid ball is efficiently worked right and then left, Johnny Sexton pulling a pass back into the hands of the creative Mack Hansen, who assesses his options.
He pies the space for Bundee Aki filling his left wing space. Hansen lifts a lovely pass to the centre, who makes unimpeded passage for the corner to open the scoring.
Sexton nails a tough conversion from the touchline, and that is just about a perfect start for Ireland.
Ireland 0-0 Wales, 2 minutes
First touch for Mack Hansen, and it’s nearly a dream one! A kick from Johnny Sexton skews the debutant’s way off a Welsh boot and suddenly the wing bursts into space. His chip ahead over the last man comes more off the shin and Louis Rees-Zammit scurries back to cover, but Wales are forced out and Ireland will have a lineout deep in opposition territory.
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