Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has urged his side to use the agony of their desperately close defeat by England to fuel the remainder of their Six Nations campaign. "We were very close to getting a historic win and whether it was a kick or another decision at the end of the game,

England's figures less good: 126m and 65m. Oh and defenders beaten is 15 to two in Scotland's favour. A couple of reset scrums helps to take the sting out of Scotland's fast start. Tom Willis explodes off the base before another Alex Mitchell kick is won back by England.

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.