Scotland set to shake England at Calcutta showdown | Six Nations 2024

"This is a game
that Scotland should win."
Scotland's impressive win against Wales should worry England ahead of the Calcutta cup match this weekend, says The Times' Stuart Barnes
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[@darthmaul408]

I love listening Stuart Barnes. He never tows the party line.

[@AlexanderMclntosh]

Ireland are a class act be nice too see them lose though

[@AlexanderMclntosh]

Brilliant

[@iainmcaulay3244]

It'll come down to set piece. If England achieve dominance - they'll win through penalty accumulation or line out drive tries...

[@robslade9281]

Im so pleased hes not commentating anymore...

[@lifecycleproject]

ffs... who's the embarrassing beardy type ?

[@ds6914]

Scotland will beat Ireland

[@amantedellopera1681]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂dream on

[@bengormley2517]

not this year

[@thecuttingsark5094]

Blah blah blah. Scotland are the lovechild of NH rugby despite no major wins and beating England by only 6 points last year. England comfortably the 6th best team coming out of the RWC and Scotland comfortably NOT in the top 4. England hated by everyone including half of England! Receive constant negativity and are under appreciated. Borthwick is rebuilding the whole squad and his player rotation/selection is excellent. If England win this game AWAY it’s a huge win and every English rugby fan should be ecstatic. But they won’t be because they’re going to moan about Bore Thick rugby. Yaaaaaawn

[@amantedellopera1681]

And they are right,england still play bog standard bish bosh boring rugby,have no attack score very few trys,under borthwick it wont change,blitz defence takes time to bed in,took leinster 10 games under nienbar to get it working,i cant see england beating scotland or ireland but i could see them beating france who are not at the races.barnes is right in most of what he is saying

[@thecuttingsark5094]

@@amantedellopera1681 And once England have the defensive system imbedded, what do you predict for them? IMHO you are making the incorrect assumption that flashy rugby is intelligent and that boring rugby is for thickos. SA have won 3 RWC finals without a single try.

[@wilsonsandviviennethevan.3090]

OK England play a structured game and if Steve borthwick is to be believed this will change over his stuartship. I see Scotland under pressure play headless chicken rugby as 2nd half against Wales 26 unanswered points. They also got battered by SA in the world cup If England shut down Fin Russell I'd say they Win. .

[@randomcomputer7248]

@@amantedellopera1681 Scotland aren't all that. They lost to a weakened France, who only just got past Italy. Beat Wales, but Wales are at rockbottom. Pressure on Scotland, Eng are re building, will be a big loss if it happens.

[@Scottsfc]

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