England’s players conceded afterwards that they had been caught off-guard by a considered, creative gameplan from their visitors. Test teams that win the try tally three to one seldom lose; Test teams that carry for 459 metres more than their opponents come out on the wrong side of the ledger even more rarely.

Both sides have won one and lost one of their opening two fixtures in the Six Nations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

England just did enough to end a run of four straight defeats by Scotland with a 16-15 win at Twickenham this morning as they regained the Calcutta Cup to maintain their Six Nations title hopes. Scotland outscored England three tries to one but,